Wheels Day / Bring Your Wheels Day
Bring Your Wheels Day
Children bring bikes, scooters or skates from home for a supervised riding circuit, with helmets on at all times.
How to run it
- Send a note home with the date and the helmet rule.
- Mark out a one-way riding circuit with cones on flat ground.
- Check helmets and gear as children arrive.
- Run riding sessions in small groups with educators spaced around the circuit.
You will need
- children's bikes, scooters or skates
- helmets
- cones
- chalk
Make it easier or harderYounger children can ride a separate slow lane; older children can try skill challenges.
SafetyHelmets are mandatory, ride one way only, and limit numbers on the circuit at once.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 3Riding with friends supports physical activity, confidence and safety awareness.
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