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Accreditation Toolkit
The STARS accreditation toolkit provides
STARS advisors and STARS champions
with an overview of proven approaches
and activities to inform, educate, and
raise awareness among school students
Accreditation Toolkit
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1 Introduction
1.1 What is STARS?
STARS delivers a behavioural change programme to increase the number of school pupils cycling to and
from school, who would previously have been escorted in the car. STARS focuses on delivering two
proven initiatives, building on several on-going programmes and started by some of the STARS partners:
The accreditation programme is focusing on empowering primary schools (pupils, teachers and
parents) to engage in cycling. It is different to many previous programmes because it centres on
the principle of recognition. Schools can work their way up an awards scale from a bronze to a
gold star accreditation, based on how much they are doing to promote cycling (and other modes)
and the mode shift they achieve.
Peer-to-peer engagement activities specifically target secondary school students and young
adults (11-19 years). They will be encouraged to devise their own campaigns to promote cycling,
thereby using their own ideas and solutions to persuade their peers to adopt cycling and other
sustainable modes.
The overall aim of STARS is to take the tried and tested behaviour change approaches of accreditation
and peer-to-peer engagement, and deliver it in a trans-national programme to achieve a modal shift
away from the car to cycling for the journey to and from school.
It will do this by undertaking the following:
Targeting schools that have an impact on the road network in terms of congestion, safety and
public transport delay
Guiding, encouraging and providing the tools for schools to increase cycling levels and
reduce the number of collisions involving young people
Encouraging schools to work independently as a community to commit to monitoring and
evaluating their travel activity
The STARS consortiums objective is to create a long lasting toolkit of measures which can be rolled out
to other local authorities.
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1.2 How does this toolkit works?
The STARS accreditation toolkit provides STARS advisors and STARS champions with an overview of
existing proven approaches to inform, educate and raise awareness among teenagers. For each action,
the toolkit provides
an overview of the target groups
information on the main theme
a short description of the action and goals
a basic ‘how to’ overview in a maximum of five steps
contact details of the person in charge
links to websites (if available);
an illustration/ photo (if available)
Symbols indicate expenses, time needed and the complexity of the campaign or activity. Note that these
are not fixed. One idea of a campaign can be done with both low budget or high budget, can be simplified
or made more complex and a few small changes can make a great difference in time management. Be
creative and change campaigns and activities to your own desires and needs.
How expensive is the action or campaign?
How time consuming is the action or campaign?
How difficult is it to implement the action or campaign?
Little recources needed Minor time investment Easy to implement
Medium costs Medium time investment Medium degree of complexity
Expensive to implement Major time investment Complex implementation
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1.3 Overview of actions
Campaigns
2.1 The Traffic Snake Game
2.2 Children Miles Campaign / Kids
on the move
2.3 Sustainable Travel and Schools
Programme
2.4 Traffic Safety Label
2.5 I-Bike
2.6 Free Wheel Time
City Actions
3.1 Car Free
3.2 Caperucita walks alone
exhibition
3.3 Hackney Bike around the
Borough
3.4 Mobility Diagnosis and Safety
plan
3.5 Cyclo-education
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School Actions
4.1 Big Bikers Breakfast
4.2 Pedibus
4.3 Bike to School
4.4 Bike to school is cool
4.5 Bicibus
4.6 Drawing competition on
sustainable traffic modes
4.7 Photo competition
4.8 Road traffic regulations learning
and competition
4.9 Mobile mini cycling park
4.10 Visiting of Transport Museum
4.11 The School Policeman program
4.12 Shared cycling itinerary
4.13 Car free Day
4.14 Cycling T-shirt painting
competition
4.15 Pimp your bike competition
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Materials
5.1 Dar Pie - Film
5.2 Educate now for a more
sustainable Madrid
5.3 Mobitily and children website
5.4 Traffic adventures of Tóbiás and
Balambér
5.5 Bambini box
5.6 Bambini – On the move with
bike and kids
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2 Campaigns
2.1 The Traffic Snake Game (BE - EU)
Target group: 6-12 years
Main theme: Walking and cycling
Short description: The Traffic Snake game is a fun campaign for Primary Schools that stimulates young
children and their parents to go to school in an environmentally friendly, safe and healthy way. The
campaign consists of a game and other actions on traffic and mobility. Through the game, children and
their parents are encouraged to travel to school safely and in an eco-friendly way.
How to:
1. Children travel sustainably to school. They walk, cycle, take public transport, car share or park at
a distance from school.
2. For each sustainable trip, pupils receive a dot. These dots will be put on a sticker.
3. When the amount of dots on the sticker has reached the target, the stickers will be stuck on the
banner of the traffic snake.
4. Two weeks later the banner should be full and the children are rewarded for their sustainable
behaviour (15 minutes extra play time, no homework, a playground party, ice cream, etc.)
Target group: Primary and Secondary Schools (9-19 years old pupils, families and teachers)
Main theme: Cycling
Short description:
Cycling tour joined by several schools with the aim of gathering a large number of cyclists riding in the
city. The purpose of the cycling tour might be starting a STARS campaign or a different event
(celebrating European Mobility Week, joining cultural events…). Possible achievements of this tool:
1) Involving school community and several Madrid city council departments 2) Realising recreational advantages on biking 3) Encouraging parents and pupils to organize bike routes to school (bicibús) 4) Creating critical mass to raising social awareness about urban cycling
How to:
1. Find teachers and parents to guide the pupils. 2. Advertise the event among the school community 3. The group rides around the city among motorized vehicles. In order to make the route safer, traffic
calming measures could be taken by the City Council. In addition, Police on bikes could escort the group.
4. Enable a moving bike repairing workshop, in case it is needed during the route. 5. Enjoy the ride!
Short description: In the framework of SEGMENT, the city of Munich addressed a "life changing moment": when pupils change from primary to secondary school. Munich wanted to get as many pupils as possible to stay on bikes when they change to the secondary school. The campaign addressed parents as well as pupils. The main objective of this initiative is to encourage these pupils to cycle and to do so on roadworthy bikes. Specifically, the project aims to encourage children not only to cycle more often to school but also to cycle in their leisure time and to get used to this sustainable transport mode as part of their lifestyle. For safety reasons it is important to involve parents so they will allow their children to cycle independently. A final objective was to develop a cost effective campaign that could continue after the funding from the IEE-programme expired. Contact: Kerstin Langer: [email protected]
Short description: Since 2004, the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge has created a support structure for the many volunteers that promote safe and sustainable traffic at schools. These volunteers now benefit from a vast pool of shared knowledge and practice. Traffic Parents are adult volunteers who promote road safety and traffic skills amongst pupils. The tasks of traffic parents can be very diverse and include helping with, or even (co-)organising traffic initiatives in school, supporting teachers in practical traffic lessons, guiding schoolchildren in traffic, and acting as authorised supervisors (‘gemachtigde opzichter’). The safety of pupils is not just the responsibility of the school board and the teachers, but also that of the parents. By collaborating, it is possible to achieve more! Contact: [email protected]
Work Package WP2: Development and Knowledge transfer
Author(s) Lies Lambert
Status (D: draft; F: final) D
Date April 2014
Revision History October 2013 (Partners)
January 2014 (Advisory Board)
March 2014 (Partners)
April 2014 (Partners)
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Appendix 1:
Activities: How-to Guide
This guide brings together a range of activities that can be used by schools and early adopter cities looking to implement STARS. All of the activities outlined in this
document can be adopted according to the cities or schools goals, target groups and
budgets available.
STARS Europe – Appendix 1: Activities: How-to Guide.
1. Introduction
Incentives
Competition
Symbols
Closing the activity
2. Activities
Car Free Day
Moral Fines
Mini-cycle Challenge
Kiss and Ride – Red Carpet
Cyclist breakfast
Teacher Workshops
Bike T-shirt painting competition
School Streets
Ditch your Stabilisers
Introduction: This guide brings together a range of activities that can be used by schools and early
adopter cities looking to implement STARS. The aim of these activities is to promote the use of
sustainable modes of transport to school, to foster a positive attitude towards active travel in
children, and at the same time encourages parents and families to reconsider how they travel. In
addition, it supports goals to cut congestion and decrease emissions.
Incentives: The use of incentives/rewards is used in the majority of the activities outlined below. The
positive effect of rewards generating the desired change in behaviour has been psychologically
proven. Incentives and rewards do not need to be high in cost. For example, certificates for
participants at an award ceremony. In addition, if rewards are given it is recommended that they
support the goal of the activity.
Competition: The added element of a competition can lead to an increase in motivation and
achievement. However, it is important to recognise the achievement of all participants that are
making a switch from car use towards other sustainable modes of transport when travelling to
school.
Closing the Activity: Once an activity has been completed it is important to review successes,
challenges and lesson learnt. In addition, activities are a good opportunity to gather data and
information from cyclists.
Transferability: It is important to note that all of the activities listed below can be adopted according
to the cities or schools goals, target groups and budgets available.
Symbols: Symbols indicate expenses, time needed and the complexity of the campaign or activity.
Note that these are not fixed. One idea of a campaign can be done with both a low or high budget,
can be simplified or made more complex and a few small changes can make a great difference in
time management. Be creative and change campaigns and activities to your own desires and needs.
How expensive is the action or campaign?
How time consuming is the action or campaign?
How difficult is it to implement the action or campaign?
Little recources needed Minor time investment Easy to implement
Medium costs Medium time investment Medium degree of complexity
Expensive to implement Major time investment Complex implementation
Activity: Car Free Day
Target Group: Staff and Parents
Purpose: Encourage staff and parents that are consistent car drivers to consider other modes of
transport for their journeys.
Description: The aim of the Car Free Day is to challenge staff and parents to abandon the car for a
day in favour of walking and cycling. It may be especially useful in schools where car levels are high,
there is a driving culture in the staffroom or where people are resistant to change.
A Car Free Day can be done in multiple ways, but works best when some form of incentive is offered
to encourage those who normally drive to try an alternative way of travelling. It is important to work
with motivating elements within a school, such as Cycling Champions, who will encourage their
colleagues and parents to get involved. It is important to work with enthusiastic stakeholders within
a school, such as Cycling Champions, who will encourage their colleagues and parents to get
involved
Since the Car-Free Day can exist in many forms it is important to have grants ready in order to
support initiatives in schools. These grants are usually small financial contributions from the
municipality so that a school can create posters to promote a ‘car-free zone around a school or
award prizes for staff members or families that cycle to school.
Step By Step Method:
1. Disseminate the message and idea of the Car-Free Day and offer grants to motivated school
contacts, who can act as a ‘champion’ for their school.
2. Start the application period and assess viable Car Free Day initiatives.
3. Support schools to realise the full potential of the Car Free Day by providing general help.
4. The school should be in charge of the successful execution of the activity.
5. Evaluate the project and maintain contact details – ensure that the school adds evidence to
the STARS website
Case Study: Wentworth Nursery School
Kym Foley, Wentworth: “We did the staff biking
social after car free day and everyone loved it.
People want to do it every month now....”
This school has organized a Car Free Day in 2014
targeted at staff. While the school regarded itself as
sustainable and for example offered bike classes to
three/four year-olds, almost all staff members
commuted by car. By creating a team building event
around the bicycle, this school was able to generate
more interest in cycling.
Activity: Moral Fines
Target Group: Primary School students
Purpose: To raise awareness among parents parking illegally and the impact this can on have on
road safety.
Description: The moral fines activity draws the attention of car drivers parking illegally and the risk
it poses to pedestrians. This activity is suitable for schools or cities that particularly experience a
problem with parking. Children were asked to invent fines for drivers parking illegally; the fines were
then placed onto the vehicles by students in order to raise awareness of the issue. The activity can
be carried out by a large number of students at the same time. In addition, the activity can also
include a competitive element with rewards for the best of funniest fine.
Step by Step Method:
1. Provide students with the equipment needed to create fines; pens and papers.
2. Once the fines are completed make copies of the original for distribution.
3. Students should be split into small groups accompanied by a teacher.
4. They should place the fines on car windows parking illegally around the immediate vicinity of
the school.
Case Study: The moral fines activity was
carried out in several primary schools in
Milan; particularly in the Milan’s
metropolitan area. The activity proved to be
a success, with students enjoying
participating and pretending to be traffic
policeman. In addition, the activity raised
awareness of the issue of cars being parked
illegally.
Translation: “Next time you’ll park here, I’ll have to
give you a fine, that’s you have to bring to our
school 25 feathers of a hen”.
Activity: Mini-Cycle Challenge
Target Group: Primary School Students
Purpose: Encourage pupils and parents to try alternative modes of transport (cycling, walking and
scooting) for school trips over a prolonged period of time.
Description: The mini-cycle challenge is a competition which encourages students and parents to
cycle to school. The number of trips to school by bike is recorded for each student and the student
with the highest number of journeys recorded at the end of the activity is awarded for the
accomplishment. To record participation students are provided with an album and for every school
journey taken by bike they receive a sticker to add to the album. At the end of the challenge the
results for each student are published and awards/prizes are given to the students who have taken
the highest number of trips by bike.
Step by Step Method:
1. Plan the ideal period for mini-cycle challenge at the beginning of school year. It is
recommended that the activity is held just after the summer break or in the spring months
when the weather conditions are likely to be good for cycling.
2. Prepare stickers and albums.
3. Promote the competition in school. Use the school radio, posters, the school website and
direct communication via teachers.
4. It is important to inform parents of the event and communicate why the action is so
important. This challenge is not only for children, it is also for parents to try to change their
travel habits.
5. Choose the person that will be responsible for action and rewarding stickers to participants.
6. Publish the results and scores.
7. Award best riders during a school academy or special event.
Case Study: Four schools in Krakow participated in
the mini-cycle challenge during the 2014/2015
school year.
Primary School No 1: The completion was organised
for students in the three youngest grades in October
2015. Fifteen students travelled to school by bike for
the whole period of the challenge and were
presented with prizes. Organisers of the event noted
that parents were fully engaged with the initiative
and travelled with their children by bike to school.
Activity: Kiss and Ride – Red Carpet Project
Target Group: Primary School Students
Purpose: To reduce congestion by dropping schoolchildren at a specific spot away from the school
and let them walk the rest of the way.
Description: The red carpet activity was undertaken in the city of Bielefeld by schools facing
problems with heavy congestion around the immediate vicinity of the school. The activity supports
the goal of promoting sustainable modes of transport by children and parents travelling to school as
well as the issue of congestion. In order to reduce congestion around the school a designated site
away from the school is identified for parents to drop-off their children who are then walked the rest
of the way to school by teachers or volunteers. In order to promote the activity, in the City of
Bielefeld, children were welcomed by a costumed person on a red carpet. The person greeting the
student wore a different costume every day so that students were excited to see what the next
costume would be. In addition, incentives were used to increase participation and award
participation. To record participation students were given a card at the start of the week which was
stamped each time they used the drop-off site, at the end of the week students who had collected
three or more stamps were rewarded with a reflector mouse.
Step By Step Method:
Organising the activity
1. Assessment of the traffic situation around the school with representatives from the school and
local authority.
2. Determine an ideal site for a drop-off stop and the route from the site to school. When
choosing the site the following measures should be considered:
Distance: The ideal site should be 50-500 metres from the school
Safety: An assessment of the route and any risks should be considered.
Parking: The drop-off site will need to have parking areas for parents to drop children off.
3. Plan promotional materials and signs for the drop-off site. It is important that drop-off sites
are easily recognisable to parents and students.
4. Prepare the pathway from drop-off site to school; this could include lining the route with
posters made by students.
5. Prepare cards and stamps to record participation.
6. Communication of the event with parents and other key stakeholders.
7. Official opening of the drop-off site.
Case Study: Primary Schools Altenhagen, Am Homersen, Heeperholz and Wellbach took part in the
campaign. In order to promote the activity children were welcomed by a costumed person on a red
carpet. The person greeting the student wore a different costume every day so that students were
excited to see what the next costume would be. In addition, the borough mayor and three
headmasters personally welcomed the first parents who arrived at the parent stations close to Am
Homersen Primary School.
Activity: Cyclists Breakfast
Purpose: Reward pupils, parents and staff who cycle to school every day and allow them to provide
feedback on facilities for cyclists and any other issues they may experience.
Description: The Cyclist Breakfast rewards all pupils and staff who cycle to school with a free
breakfast. The programme presents a fun opportunity to stimulate cycling and reward cyclists. The
event takes place outdoors in the school grounds, providing a visual spectacle for non-cyclists as well
as regular cyclists. In addition, Cyclists’ breakfast is a good opportunity to survey cyclists’ needs
regarding the school environment.
Step by Step Method:
1. Recruit volunteers to organise the event: The group of volunteers should include both pupils
and teachers.
2. Determine the budget for providing breakfast. The budget will also determine the size of the
target group.
3. Determine the target group: The target group is usually students and staff at the school but
could also include parents of students.
4. Determine the most suitable time and place to hold the activity. It is recommended that the
activity is held in the spring months when the weather conditions are likely to be good for
cycling.
5. Promotion of Activity: The school should promote the event to their community through
posters, assemblies, newsletters or other relevant channels. Depending on the objectives a
decision can be made whether to announce the event beforehand or keep it as a surprise.
6. Preparation of school infrastructure: Ensure the infrastructure to store bikes is available.
7. Ordering breakfast: A decision needs to be made on the type of breakfast provided and
potential dietary requirements of participants.
8. Collect data and opinions from cyclists on their needs and facilities available.
Case Study: A cyclists’ breakfast was organised on 20
May 2015 in front of the school gym building where
two teachers and a student welcomed the cyclists.
Pastries and hot tea were waiting for the cyclists,
while the good mood was also supported by music in
the morning. This was the first cyclists’ breakfast
event at the school and 30 cyclists participated. The
event drew the attention of many pupils to cycling
and future events will be held to encourage more
students to participate.
Activity: Teacher Workshops
Target Group: Secondary and Primary School Teachers
Purpose: Create a network of teachers and key stakeholders promoting cycling and other
sustainable modes of transport to school as well as sharing experiences, lessons learnt and
challenges across the network.
Description: Workshops for teachers and key stakeholders were set up in order to create a network
where experiences, strategies, resources and dissemination tools could be shared across schools
participating in the STARS programme. The key objective of the activity is to create a network
around educational mobility, to maintain involvement and contact between all actors in the
programme and to ensure that feedback and lessons learnt are incorporated through the projects
life. Key stakeholders can include cyclists associations, local police and health technicians. The
activity is aimed at both primary and secondary schools and is a key tool for introducing new schools
to local sustainable transport initiatives and provides the necessary support for schools promoting
cycling and other forms of sustainable transport for the first time.
Step by Step Method:
1. Determine the frequency of meetings and location. It is important to provide the dates of the
workshops far enough in advance to ensure teachers are able to authorise leave to attend.
2. Provide an agenda for the first meeting. Future agendas should be considered by all
participants.
3. Consider the environment needed to allow all participants to get involved and facilitate the
transfer of information. For example, it may be worth considering having subgroups for
primary and secondary school teachers for part of the workshop. In addition, partners in
Madrid noted that practical workshops are best for encouraging participant.
4. Invite speakers from other key stakeholders involved in the programme
5. Minutes of meetings are important to allow for reflection and to ensure lessons learnt are
recorded for future use.
6. Consider an online tool such as a shared Google Drive for sharing resources and key contacts.
7. The final meeting should review the implementation of the programme over the year and
reflect on lessons learnt, challenges and areas of improvement.
Case Study: The Teachers Workshop was introduced by partners in
Madrid. All schools enrolled in the STARS programme participated in
the workshops.
Teacher participating noted: ‘knowing what others are doing and
what works for them helped us design more activities that are
increasingly successful’.
Activity: Bike T-shirt Painting Competition
Target Group: Primary School Students
Purpose: To encourage pupils to think about cycling as a mode of transport to school. The activity is
used to support other events promoting sustainable modes of transport to and from school.
Description: The bike T-shirt competition allows pupils to design and paint their own t-shirts related
to cycling with a prize given for the best T-shirts. The activity indirectly promotes sustainable modes
of transport to school, fostering a positive attitude to active travel in children. The activity can be
used as an introduction to other events with pupils wearing their T-shirts to other cycling events. It is
suitable for winter months in countries where it is difficult to cycle during the whole year.
Step by Step Method:
1. Buy different coloured paints for fabrics and paintbrushes (colourful markers are also helpful), and
small prizes (one can be more expensive).
2. Set the date for competition.
3. Invite class while it is during the lessons. If competition time is set after lessons you may ask all
interested pupils from one school.
4. Ask pupils to bring their own t-shirts (in light colours).
5. Remember to bring an iron or hair dryer to make the painting permanent (washing is possible below
60 degrees).
6. Organize the exhibition (with voting for the best T-shirt) or set the jury to choose the best one.
7. During next bike activities ask children to wear their T-shirts.
8. Reward the best pupils (or all).
Case Study: All primary schools participating in schools during the 2014/15 school year organised a bike
T-shirt painting competition.
Primary school no 64:
Pupils were asked to paint road signs on their T-shirts. The best T-shirts were awarded during a meeting
with policemen.
Primary school no 144:
In school no 144 pupils painted their favorite pictures related to cycling. Almost 80 children took part in
competition.
Activity: School Streets Project
Target Group:
Purpose: To reduce congestion around the school and improve road safety by encouraging walking
and cycling.
Description: The aim is to reduce traffic on the street immediately outside the school gates by
restricting the times when cars can be driven. An exclusion zone around the immediate vicinity of
the school is set and cars are banned from driving on these streets for an hour at the beginning and
end of the school day. This is controlled by special lighted signs that flash when the closure is in
operation.
Step by Step Method:
1. ‘School Streets project’ is agreed and publicised in the school to
Parents and children
Head Teacher and other interested parties in school
Residents and businesses in the street
Residents and businesses in the wider area that might be affected by dispersal of
Case Study: Colinton Primary School in Edinburgh had an on-going congestion problem at the gates and
although the school had been very proactive in asking parents not to drop their children so close to the
school this generally had no effect.
The Road Safety Team took care of the legal and construction parts of the project, and the school assisted
in communicating with parents to let them know of the change.
On the day of the launch the school had a superhero walk to school day and traffic was reported to be
much lighter.
Since the launch the roads around the school have been much quitter and an increase in walking has been
seen.
The campaign has been generally well received across the five school participating and there has only
been a few cases of drives having to be turned away. The main comments have been how lovely and
quiet the roads outside the school are.
Activity: Ditch your stabilisers
Target Group: Primary School Students
Purpose: To get younger children between the ages of 3 and 5 riding their bikes confidently without
stabilisers.
Description: The aim of the activity is to promote sustainable modes of transport to school by
increasing confidence in student’s ability to ride on the road to school. The activity provides training
to pupils on how to cycle without stabilisers. Training is carried out in a safe off-road environment
with no access allowed for motor vehicles. Parents/Guardians or staff are present to learn the
Step by Step Method:
1. Event date for ‘ditch your stabilisers’ is agreed and publicised in the school to
Parents and children
fundamental skills along with their children and helps to encourage parents and families to
reconsider how they travel.
Case Study: Forthview Primary School in Edinburgh held a ‘Ditch your stabilisers’ workshop in the
playground at school. Pedals were removed from each of the bikes and these were carefully stored in
carrier bags labelled with the child’s name and class.
The first ten minutes were spent learning how to free wheel and balance on the bike. A length of
playground was marked out with chalk with a start line and end line.
Children were told that if they fell off they were to immediately get up again and high five the instructor.
Pedals were then reattached to the bikes and students were to do a big ‘TIGER PUSH’ at the start to get
them away, then to begin pedalling. Slowly they became used to balancing and pedalling at the same
time. At the end of the session, around an hour later they could all pedal around the playground without
any help.
Tips for Learner Cyclists
Learning without stabilisers improves how fast children learn. Instead of stabilisers, start without pedals
and get them to use their bicycle like a balance bike.
1. Start without pedals:
- Scoot along with feet together
- Feet should be flat on the ground
- Ensure the saddle is at the correct position
- Practice putting the feet up to balance while ridding
- Keep head up and look straight ahead.
2. Put the pedals on:
- Your child is ready to move to pedals when they scoot their bicycle and hold their feet in the
air for at least 2 seconds.
- Teach them start with a big push, with the pedals at 3 o’clock
- Look straight ahead, not at feet
- Don’t hold the saddle, support with a hand on their back and a light hold in handlebars.
- Remove your hands from handlebars first, and then their back.
- Falling off their bike is normal, ensure the children are aware of this and encourage them to
get straight back on
- Don’t move to pedals until they can balance.
Deliverable No.
Title Activities: How-to Guide
Work Package WP2: Development and Knowledge transfer