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[John B]

M-gineering wrote:

> John B wrote:
> >
>
> > Unfortunately many schools are now making 'policies' that require evidence of
> > training before allowing children to ride to school or bring bikes onto the
> > premises.
> >
>
> I couldn't agree more, provided they extend the policies to include the
> parents who insist on using a car to drive their kids to school

The Big Problem for many of these children, is that suitable training is *not*
available, yet the schools still insist on these requirements.

John B

 

[Al C-F]

Tosspot wrote:
> Alex Potter wrote:
>
>> John B wrote on Monday 02 January 2006 18:20:
>>
>>
>>> Unfortunately many schools are now making 'policies' that require
>>> evidence of training before allowing children to ride to school or
>>> bring bikes onto the premises.
>>>
>>
>>
>> This is nothing new. In Birmingham in the 1950s we weren't allowed to
>> cycle to school unless we had taken the training and passed the Cycling
>> Proficiency Test.
>
>
> Ditto. An hour knocking over road cones in the playground 'Twas
> early 70s for me.

They made our training last several Saturday mornings. It rained.

 

[wafflycat]

"Al C-F" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> They made our training last several Saturday mornings. It rained.

When I were a lass... it was several of evenings after school at another
school on different side of town. So we had to cycle across town, on road,
to get to a place where we learnt how to use our cycles on road... That and
a Saturday too IIRC.

Cheers, helen s

 

[David Hansen]

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:31:52 +0100 someone who may be M-gineering
<[email protected]> wrote this:-

>> Unfortunately many schools are now making 'policies' that require evidence of
>> training before allowing children to ride to school or bring bikes onto the
>> premises.
>
>I couldn't agree more, provided they extend the policies to include the
>parents who insist on using a car to drive their kids to school

Or those parents who insist on allowing children to walk to school.


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