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Free use of Sports Village cycle track
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Women on wheels social ride
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Breeze champion training
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Shrewsbury BikeFest - cancelled
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Shropshire Cycle Forum
Bike It - year 2 scrapbook
Cycle Shrewsbury's Bike It officer, Kim Williams, continued to keep a scrapbook during her second year of varied and excited cycling activities in Shrewsbury's schools. Here are some of her highlights.
Are you a pupil at one of the Bike It schools? What was your highlight of the past year? Email cycle.shrewsbury@shropshire.gov.uk and we might add your comments to this page.
In school without my car day - September 2010
On Wednesday 22 September 2010 roads outside Oakmeadow Primary School and St George's Junior School were closed to traffic to demonstrate the impact of cars around schools. Lots of pupils cycled and walked to these and other schools in Shrewsbury. Spot the difference for yourself on Kim's scrapbook page.
Family learning at Harlescott Junior - October 2010
Kim ran 3 family learning sessions with a family learning tutor during October at Harlescott Junior at the end of the school day. Half an hour for just the parents and the 45 minutes with parents and children. The sessions covered basic bicycle maintenance including using tools and puncture repair.
'Love your bike' month - October 2010
Kim ran activities in schools throughout October for 'love your bike' month. She also came to our Halloween party at the sports village and helped with our pin the wart on the witch game!
'Love your bike month' is happening again in October 2011 - find out more here.
Be Bright assemblies - October 2010
Kim ran assemblies in schools across Shrewsbury preparing pupils to be bright and stay visible during the winter months.
Pupils made some great be bright posters which you can see here.
New Year's resolutions - January 2011
Kim asked her Bike It schools to enter Ssutrans' competition for pupils to design a poster showing their cycling New Year's resolution.
We've been showcasing the best entries from Shrewsbury's schools in our picture of the month feature throughout 2011.
Greenfields Primary walking and cycling week - January 2011
Kim ran a week of events at Greenfields Primary School including bike to school and walk to school days. The cycle shelter was cleaned by pupils in preparation, the photos below show the shelter before and after clearing.
See Kim's scrapbook page.
Bike It action day - January 2011
Kim ran her annual action day for Bike It champions at the Gateway in January. See her scrapbook page.
New cycle storage opening - Harlescott Junior in November 2010 and St George's Junior in February 2011
Cycle Shrewsbury has installed new cycle parking across schools in Shrewsbury. Kim organised official openings for two of our newest shelters to celebrate.
Tri-cycling course - February 2011
Kim helped at our three day cycling course during February half term. Read more about it here.
Belvidere maintenance club - March 2011
Kim ran lunchtime clubs to give pupils bicycle maintenance training at Belvidere Primary School in March.
Big Pedal - March 2011
During March Shropshire schools took part in Sustrans's Big Pedal virtual bike race. Greenfields Primary was Shrewsbury's most successful school.
Read more about it here and see Kim's scrapbook page here.
Scooter skills - May 2011
Kim doesn't just help school pupils to cycle more she also does scootability training! In May she ran scooter skills training at Woodfield Infants and Greenfields Primary schools.
BikeFest - June 2011
Cycle Shrewsbury's fifth annual BikeFest took place at the sports village in July. As always Kim was very busy!
She led a ride from the Quarry to BikeFest, ran the Bike It activity tent, interviewed local cycling hero Luke Mellor and led stabilisers off training sessions. Plus she cut the BikeFest cake.
It was a great day! Read more about it here or see Kim's scrapbook page.
Belvidere cycle to school day - June 2011
On 29 June approximately 70% of pupils cycled to Belvidere Primary school for cycle to school day!
Transition rides - July 2011
During July Kim led 4 transition rides helping pupils to plan their cycle route to their new secondary school.
If you're starting a new school and would like some route advice, contact us, email cycle.shrewsbury@shropshire.gov.uk.
Puncture repair training - July 2011
During the summer term, Kim trained over 150 pupils across Bike It schools in Shrewsbury how to mend a puncture. Amazing! See her scrapbook page.
Read Kim's first year scrapbook here.
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