Coolum State School will again offer a Bike Education program to Year 4 students next week.
The program consists of a practical cycle skills session with the aim of raising awareness of basic road safety whilst improving each student's cycle skills. Delivering formal cycling training provides students at a young age with the road sense and skills to travel confidently on the road. The end result will be students more motivated to ride their bikes more frequently with improved traffic awareness to keep them safer. A cycle skills course will be set up on the school grounds for the day and it will include a number of traffic signs (Stop, Give Way etc). Each session will have a games led approach (appropriate for the age of the students) to engage the students while teaching them how to become aware of the traffic around them. Where possible students are encouraged to bring along their own bikes and helmets. To ensure no one misses Bike On provide bikes & helmets for anyone unable to bring their own.
The timetable is:
Tuesday 24 March 2020
| DATE | CLASS | TIME |
| Session 1 | 4B | 09:00-10:30am |
| Session 2 | 4M | 11:10am-12:40pm |
| Session 3 | 4W | 1:20-2:40pm |
Thursday 26 March 2020
| DATE | CLASS | TIME |
| Session 4 | 4P | 09:00-10:30am |
| Session 5 | 4R | 11:10am-12:40pm |
A message from Bike On for Parents: The best way parents can assist is to bring their children's bikes & helmets on the scheduled day (wherever possible) so there is less sharing of equipment. If however they are using our bikes & helmets please be reassured we are disinfecting the key contact points between sessions.