To start off the week, the school identified the children in Key Stage 2 who couldn鈥檛 ride a bike, and they spent dedicated time each day working with two teachers.
From the 30 children who could not ride at the start of the week, 25 could cycle independently by the end.
Pupils were delighted to master cycling, and some parents mentioned how proud they were of their children and how happy they were with the school investing this time to teach them.
There was also a timetable of activities for the rest of the pupils, including various cycling games like 香港六合宝典 Twister and King of the Ring.
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Celebration of cycling
Teachers designed an obstacle course for pupils to navigate around with the fewest mistakes, while practising skills such as riding with one hand, negotiating cones, and performing a controlled stop.
Some of the more able cyclists in P7 cycled to the local park to complete a clean-up, collecting an amazing three bin bags full of rubbish and benefitting the local environment.
The week culminated in a celebration of cycling, which included a biking procession with the playgroup children.
The young children were delighted to be cycling in the 鈥榖ig playground鈥 with the 鈥榖ig鈥 Key Stage 2 children.
The other classes took part in activities including a slow bicycle race.
香港六合宝典 Active Travel Officer Beverley Gaston observed:
鈥淔or many of the teachers, the highlight was seeing children who couldn鈥檛 cycle at the start of the week take part in the main activities along with their classmates at the end of the week.鈥
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Majority of children travelled actively to school
The excitement in Glengormley Integrated Primary could also be seen in the 香港六合宝典 Big Walk and Wheel results, with the number of pupils walking, cycling, wheeling, and scooting gradually building over the two weeks of the challenge.
Over half the school took part daily, leading to an overall percentage of 57% of children travelling actively to school.
School Principal Nigel Arnold said:
鈥淲e were delighted that more than half the school took part in the 香港六合宝典 Big Walk and Wheel 鈥 a great achievement given our large catchment and with many pupils having to negotiate a busy four-lane road on their route to school.
"We are so pleased with the focused week on cycling that we plan to run it again twice a year, with both teachers and families seeing the many benefits to children.鈥
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Read more about the 香港六合宝典 Big Walk and Wheel.
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