| We often begin our training for schools in an 'off road' environment, as we can take a much higher ratio of pupils to instructors (up to 30 pupils per 2 instructors, assuming at least 1 teaching assistant in attendance) This reduces the cost of the 1st level and gives the instructors an opportunity to assess individual pupils, before they go out on the road. 
This primary school group have just received their certificates. Level 2 training courses start off road, but the whole philosophy behind 'National Standards' training, is for the pupils to ride with the instructors on an open public road. The roads chosen will be similar to the roads to be used by the youngsters on completion of their training. We can also incorporate any 'safe routes to school', if your school takes part in one of these schemes. Health and Safety requires a much lower ratio of pupils to instructors for 'on road' training and we work on a maximum of 2 to 12. Cycle Training East, will take care of the organisation of the whole scheme for you. We supply a pro-forma for all the paperwork, you only have to send out the letter to parents and consent forms (both provided). Funding is currently available through your school's Sports Partnership Development Manager! Contact us for more information. Kids love bikes. Spark their interest by including cycling in the curriculum.Promoting cycling can benefit the school curriculum, giving pupils personal experience of the issues they learn about in the classroom.
Points of contact with the curriculum include:
The pros and cons of car use (PSHE, citizenship)
Mapping cycle routes (geography, IT)
Importance of physical exercise for health (PE, PSHE)
Environmental issues (science, geography)
The Times Educational Supplement (February 2003) outlined the subjects that could benefit from pedal-powered insights. These subjects include history ("list all the ways in which the bicycle created and fostered freedom and directly or indirectly led to radical thoughts and actions..."); modern foreign languages ("the Tour de France provides scope for teaching geography, dates and numbers..."); art ("explore the drama of the cycle race emphasising crowds, speed, colourful banners..."); primary technology ("investigate gears and the way toothed wheels make one shaft turn another..."); maths ("make a collection of bicycle tyres...investigate radius, diameter and circumference..."); and science ("why do Olympic cyclists wear the (streamlined) helmets they do?"). |
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