Wednesday 3 October 2012

Dr Bike's Playground Surgery!

As you may be aware, Oakwood Junior School has been selected to become a part of an exciting new initiative in Southampton: Bike It.

As a Bike It School, we will be working very closely with Bike It Officer Matt Porter, from sustainable transport charity Sustrans. This work is funded as a part of Southampton City Council’s My Journey programme.

Matt will be supporting us to develop our cycling culture, encouraging our pupils to travel to school in a safe, healthy and sustainable way. However, it’s not just about cycling; we want you to be scooting and walking your way to school as well!

Through the Bike It programme we will get to take part in lots of exciting events and competitions; already we have had the Bike Doctors come to school and give children’s bikes and scooters a full service and replace broken parts for free, and children can currently take part in a competition to win safety gear, brand new bikes, and family holidays!



The Bike Doctor will be coming again throughout the year, and we will also be undertaking events such as: cycle skills training; road safety awareness; bike-powered smoothie maker days; bling-your-bike sessions; bike maintenance lessons; national competitions with cool prizes; bikers breakfasts; topic related cycling work and activities; and much, much more!

There are many benefits of cycling, scooting and walking more, especially before school where morning exercise can dramatically improve children’s academic performance and learning experience, as well as their health.

If you want to find out more about cycling for yourself and your family, you can follow the links below!


Finally, Matt will be available to talk to parents about the programme, any cycling questions that you may have, to discuss alternative routes to school, and tell you how your whole family can be involved in Bike It, at our parents' evening on Tuesday 16 October, between 3:30pm and 7:00pm.

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