Come and Try Biking – CATB

In the New Year the Outdoor Learning Team are piloting some new Come and Try Biking days. It will be an exciting opportunity for P6s and P7s to come and test their biking ability on our challenging skills course.

 If you are interested in your class participating in these events please read the table below and contact me at eoin.keane@midlothian.gov.uk  before the 31st January 2014, thanks

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Dates 4,11,18,25 March 2014 23,24,29,30 April 2014
Day plan We will work with half your class in the morning and half your class in the afternoon. We will run an off road skills sessions that will included; bike checks, gears and brakes familiarisation, skills course, time trails. Sessions will last approximately two hours each.
Equipment We will provide; bike, helmet, gloves, waterproofs.Students require; warm clothing, medicine (asthma inhaler, etc), snack, drink, and a full change of clothes and footwear (to be at school on students return).
Transport We will collect half the class in the morning in our bus and when they return to the school we will collect the other half. If the activity location is within walking distance from the school, it would be good if the students could walk.
Transport We will provide this.
Staffing It would be beneficial if an adult could attend with each group.
Activity location Depending on where your school is we deliver the activity at a suitable location close by, some venues might include; Penicuik Park, Dalkeith Campus, Newtongrange Park, Lasswade HS.
Cost There is a small charge of £1 per student.
EV1 Please ensure that an EV1 form is submitted showing provider as Midlothian Council Outdoor Learning Service. (AALS licence number is  L10250/R1370).
Further development Some of the skills covered will be from Cycling Scotland’s ‘Go MTB’ scheme details can be found here