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
| 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. |