This week we have had a visit from Constable Emily who has been teaching us about bicycle safety on the road to and from school. We have learnt about how to wear our helmet properly and how to signal correctly when on our bikes. Click on the picture to go to find out what the Land Transport NZ Road Code says about bicycles.
Today we also practised some very important bike skills and we realised that many of us were not quite as skilled and safe on the road as we need to be! Even our most confident cyclists in Room 11 recieved a bit of a shock when they realised they were a bit wobbly in some circumstances, like on bumpy roads, or in U-turns or when signalling 'STOP'.
One of the skills that many of the children in Room 11 struggled with, a vital skill for safety on the road, is cycling steadily with only one hand on the handle bars. Without this skill we cannot signal safely to vehicles behind us on the road and we run the risk of wobbling into the path of following traffic.
Another vital and difficult skill that needs plenty of practise is being able to continue cycling in a straight line while looking over our right shoulder to check the traffic behind us.
Constable Emily would urge us all to ensure that any children biking to school are familiar with the road rules and capable of balancing while only one hand is on the handlebars or when looking over their shoulder.
Today we also practised some very important bike skills and we realised that many of us were not quite as skilled and safe on the road as we need to be! Even our most confident cyclists in Room 11 recieved a bit of a shock when they realised they were a bit wobbly in some circumstances, like on bumpy roads, or in U-turns or when signalling 'STOP'.
One of the skills that many of the children in Room 11 struggled with, a vital skill for safety on the road, is cycling steadily with only one hand on the handle bars. Without this skill we cannot signal safely to vehicles behind us on the road and we run the risk of wobbling into the path of following traffic.
Another vital and difficult skill that needs plenty of practise is being able to continue cycling in a straight line while looking over our right shoulder to check the traffic behind us.
Constable Emily would urge us all to ensure that any children biking to school are familiar with the road rules and capable of balancing while only one hand is on the handlebars or when looking over their shoulder.
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