This week our year 6 children took part in a “Fix a Bike” workshop run by Community Cycle works. Community Cycle works offer practical hands-on workshops that are structured, dynamic and fun for children to quickly gain knowledge in doing simple repairs on their bikes.
There are a number of missing links that are preventing young people from cycling as often as they would like. One reason is a lack of basic, practical repair skills. Over 60% of children report that they have never attempted to repair a bike. This reduces their confidence and feeds into mechanical anxieties, stopping people cycling because of worries about ‘what will I do if my chain falls off or I get puncture?’
Course benefits:
The benefits of this workshop include:
- Practical hands-on bike repair class
- Links to Geography, PE and Science
- Interactive cycle route-planning
- Structured, dynamic and fun
- Promote active travel
- 60 student capacity
- Builds confidence
- Highly recommended by pupils and staff
We took a few pictures of our year 6 children getting stuck in with repairs and clearly enjoying the process. Thank you Community Cycle works for sharing your knowledge with us. We are sure that our children will put what they have learnt to good use.