On what had originally promised to be a very cold May Monday morning, the sun came out to shine as we ran our Scooter Safety classes at the Glenmore Road Public School in Paddington.

We had some very keen onlookers (both students and parents) as we set up prior to commencing. The great thing about riding scooters is that it is a great way for the family to get outdoors and enjoy a shared activity.

We had two classes of Year 2 students: 25 and then 20. What we usually do in class numbers of this size is split up into two groups and while one group is doing the particular activity or drill the other is observing.

We always give real life scenarios to give reason to the particular drill we are doing. We try to include as much practical road and footpath safety as possible but still have fun doing it. We incorporate this with our 10 Golden Rules. It is great to see the kids take all of this in and answer the little quiz style questions we have at the end of the session.

We had a great time at Glenmore Road Public School - and  the basketball/netball court was a perfect location to run our Scooter Safety Program. Keep up the great work kids!

We hope to be back there next year to teach the 2013 Year 2 students some important skills.

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We ran the last session of our pilot program at Bourke Street Public School in Surry Hills on Tuesday, 20^th March.

What a superb session! We had 20 enthusiastic children, mostly from Year 1, eager to learn some new scooter skills.  As a large percentage of children from  Bourke Street Public School already scoot and ride to school, we focused on important road safety messages such as stopping a safe distance before intersections and driveways, and we practiced a lot of braking!

Thanks to Catherine and all the kids at Bourke Street – we really enjoyed teaching you and were impressed by how many of the ‘golden scooter safety rules’ you were able to recount at the end!

So now we’re ready to implement this program into schools, starting off in the City of Sydney region. The first few programs will be solely funded by micro^® scooters, so if your school is interested, please contact us for more information.

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With our new instructor Richard Thomas on board, we ran one of our final pilot sessions at Crown Street Public School in Surry Hills on Monday, 19^th March.

We had over 20 children from After School Care participate in the Scooter Safety Program. They were taught many practical scooter skills, like turning, braking and safely jumping off their scooters. We also talked about the hazards of riding in the rain, which was timely as it started to rain straight after that and we had to move undercover to complete our training.

Well done Richard and thanks to all the Crown Street kids for scooting safely and listening so well! Everyone came through with flying colours. A great time was had by all & most importantly some important lessons were learned to help you travel safely on your journey to school.

One of our local papers, The Wentworth Courier was there to photograph the last part of the session, and you can see by the photos how much fun the kids had!
http://wentworth-courier.whereilive.com.au/news/story/scooter-safety-for-surry-hills-students/

It’s a big week for scooter riding and active travel, as this Friday March 23^rd is National Ride2School Day!  Expect to see lots of kids on wheels!

A final note: we were impressed by the new scooter and bike racks installed at Crown Street Public School thanks to the City of Sydney.  Great to see local councils supporting kids who scoot and ride to school.

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