Sciennes Features in New Video

Once again Sciennes School had around 90 children taking part in the Scottish Cycle Training Scheme. Sciennes is one of only a small number of Edinburgh schools to provides CT in school time.

This year pupils had the chance to try a new ’skills course’ developed by ChangingPace. This has three main benefits. It improves bike handling skills. It lets trainers observe how proficient children are on bikes. It’s FUN so it makes CT even more enjoyable.

The idea was to have the course in the open playground, but on the day it was raining so much the course had to be laid out in the shelter shed!

Message from JRSOs

Hello again,

On the first of October we took some photos of people trying to cross the difficult crossing at the Mayfield Road end of West Savile Terrace. In total 120 people crossed between 8:15 and 8:50. This information will be sent to the CEC travel Co-ordinator.

We will be doing a presentation on Road Safety at both assemblies on Friday.

JRSOs

Sciennes Mentioned on the Radio

Sciennes’ Cycle Training activities got a plug on Radio Scotland this afternoon. Presenter Tom Morton (pictured) was talking about his memories of being told off by the policeman who was running the Cycling Proficiency course (when he was younger…).

He said it was a shame that all schools didn’t do it still. He also mentioned the fact that Sciennes had bikes for children who don’t have their own – which he thought was great!

Tom is a regular cyclist and even takes his radio show on the road.

Draft STP on-line

The first draft of Sciennes’ School Travel Plan is available on this site.

Its 14 pages detail how children come to school now and highlights concerns that affect those who currently walk or cycle and also deters some parents from letting their children do the same (even accompanied).

Sciennes Launches EducatedTravel

Councillor Marilyne Maclaren, the Council’s Education Convenor, launched the EducatedTravel.info web site at Sciennes today.

She met some of the P6 pupils who are doing Cycle Training and also the School’s two Junior Road Safety Officers.

Sciennes Primary School has been involved in Safe Routes to School work for over ten years.

The new web site will be used by schools throughout Edinburgh to encourage walking and cycling.

P6 Cycle Training

P6b tackled on-road training today. They practised left hand turns and overtaking parked cars.

Check – 90 Bikes – Check

It’s Cycle Training time again at Sciennes. One of the few schools in Edinburgh which makes sure that all children can get properly trained in school time. Sciennes has three classes per year, so that’s 90 bikes to be safety checked next week!

New Active Travel Web Site For Sciennes

This site is being created to encourage walking, cycling and scootering to Sciennes Primary school in Edinburgh, Scotland as part of City of Edinburgh Council’s Safer Routes to School programme.

This is co-ordinated by the Accessible Transport section of the City Development Department. The officer for Edinburgh South (including Sciennes) is Mark Symonds.