Taghmon National School, Co. Westmeath will encourage safe cycling to school through their Pedal Power Week.
To encourage an interest in cycling and physical activity. To develop children’s physical fitness, wellbeing and the outdoors. To develop children’s skills in cycling proficiency.
Asking children to cycle every day to school including a “bling your bike” day. Local sports coach coming to school to organise cycling routes and courses around school yard and grounds. All classes to create a pedal power project as homework for the week – this could be a presentation, a piece of art, a piece of creative writing, a poster, a video – or anything that they would like to present. Prizes will be given for these presentations and for the best decorated bike – the prizes will relate to cycling eg helmets and bike accessories.
Bike Week is funded by the Department of Transport, coordinated by TFI and brought to you by the Local Authorities and Sport Partnerships.