Child Banned from Bike Sheds

Today, a Mum told me that her child's school has refused to let her
daughter leave her bike in the school's new bike sheds as the youngster
does not have a Cycle Proficiency Certificate.

The child is just 5 1/2 and rides to school on the pavement, accompanied
by Mum on the road.

The LA has backed this decision, but has provided the very helpful
advice that her daughter can take a training course when she is 10.

Words fail me. I'm getting rather fed up of shaking my head in
disbelief.

John B

John B wrote:
Today, a Mum told me that her child's school has refused to let her
daughter leave her bike in the school's new bike sheds as the youngster
does not have a Cycle Proficiency Certificate.

The child is just 5 1/2 and rides to school on the pavement, accompanied
by Mum on the road.

The LA has backed this decision, but has provided the very helpful
advice that her daughter can take a training course when she is 10.

Words fail me. I'm getting rather fed up of shaking my head in
disbelief.

John B



I think our local school's policy (must ask for this at the next gov
meeting) is that children without the certificate have to be accompanied
and those with it can cycle alone.

On what authority they make these rules, I cannot guess.

On 15/07/2006 18:10, John B said,

Words fail me. I'm getting rather fed up of shaking my head in
disbelief.

John B




--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

On 15/07/2006 18:10, John B said,
Today, a Mum told me that her child's school has refused to let her
daughter leave her bike in the school's new bike sheds as the youngster
does not have a Cycle Proficiency Certificate.

That's pathetic. Words have failed me as well.

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

John B wrote:


Words fail me. I'm getting rather fed up of shaking my head in
disbelief.

Here in the US we have a saying, "You get the government you deserve".
I'm skeptical we have all, on both sides, done such terrible things that
we're getting our just desserts.

-paul

Paul Cassel wrote:
John B wrote:


Words fail me. I'm getting rather fed up of shaking my head in
disbelief.

Here in the US we have a saying, "You get the government you deserve".
I'm skeptical we have all, on both sides, done such terrible things that
we're getting our just desserts.

-paul

hear hear

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:10:06 +0100, John B
wrote:

Today, a Mum told me that her child's school has refused to let her
daughter leave her bike in the school's new bike sheds as the youngster
does not have a Cycle Proficiency Certificate.

The child is just 5 1/2 and rides to school on the pavement, accompanied
by Mum on the road.

The LA has backed this decision, but has provided the very helpful
advice that her daughter can take a training course when she is 10.

Words fail me. I'm getting rather fed up of shaking my head in
disbelief.

A disgrace! Why should cycling treated as such an abnormal activity?

The parent should make a written submission to be considered by the
full governing body.

John B wrote:
Today, a Mum told me that her child's school has refused to let her
daughter leave her bike in the school's new bike sheds as the youngster
does not have a Cycle Proficiency Certificate.

The child is just 5 1/2 and rides to school on the pavement, accompanied
by Mum on the road.

The LA has backed this decision, but has provided the very helpful
advice that her daughter can take a training course when she is 10.

Words fail me. I'm getting rather fed up of shaking my head in
disbelief.

John B




I would threaten to go public IE: local newspaper unless this is
reversed. I can see no reason for denying the child use of the cycle
shed. Use of the shed has nothing to do with her cycling and she is
under supervision on route to school.
If it's about liability then they need to ask parents who do not wish to
accompany their children to sign an indemnity letter for their children
to use the shed not ban a child who is behaving reasonably. Given the
publicity about school runs, Chelsea tractors, pollution and child
health this is one battle the school/LEA would look very foolish and
small minded trying to uphold in the public press. It's my guess they
would back down rather than be dragged through the press - hell it might
even make the nationals it's the sort of stupid, pen pushing daftness
they love to chuck bricks at.


Sniper8052

Sniper8052(L96A1) wrote:
John B wrote:

Today, a Mum told me that her child's school has refused to let her
daughter leave her bike in the school's new bike sheds as the youngster
does not have a Cycle Proficiency Certificate.

The child is just 5 1/2 and rides to school on the pavement, accompanied
by Mum on the road.

The LA has backed this decision, but has provided the very helpful
advice that her daughter can take a training course when she is 10.

Words fail me. I'm getting rather fed up of shaking my head in
disbelief.

John B




I would threaten to go public IE: local newspaper unless this is
reversed. I can see no reason for denying the child use of the cycle
shed. Use of the shed has nothing to do with her cycling and she is
under supervision on route to school.
If it's about liability then they need to ask parents who do not wish to
accompany their children to sign an indemnity letter for their children
to use the shed not ban a child who is behaving reasonably. Given the
publicity about school runs, Chelsea tractors, pollution and child
health this is one battle the school/LEA would look very foolish and
small minded trying to uphold in the public press. It's my guess they
would back down rather than be dragged through the press - hell it might
even make the nationals it's the sort of stupid, pen pushing daftness
they love to chuck bricks at.


Sniper8052

My wife and I have been discussing this, she suggests if the lady can
purchase a tandem bar then the child could ride to school normally and
the parent could then use the tandem bar to take the cycle home again.

Sniper8052

"Tom Crispin" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:10:06 +0100, John B
wrote:

Today, a Mum told me that her child's school has refused to let her
daughter leave her bike in the school's new bike sheds as the youngster
does not have a Cycle Proficiency Certificate.

The child is just 5 1/2 and rides to school on the pavement, accompanied
by Mum on the road.

The LA has backed this decision, but has provided the very helpful
advice that her daughter can take a training course when she is 10.

Words fail me. I'm getting rather fed up of shaking my head in
disbelief.

A disgrace! Why should cycling treated as such an abnormal activity?

The parent should make a written submission to be considered by the
full governing body.

And in the meantime, what is to stop the mother from locking up her
daughter's bike outside the bike shed, thus causing an obstruction? If the
school discourage the girl from cycling to school whilst accompanied by her
mother, they are deteriorating the skills that she will possess when she is
old enough to take her cycling proficiency test. If the girl and her mum
can't cycle, would the school be happy for her to be driven?

The girl doesn't need cycling proficiency to ride on the pavement when she
is accompanied by her mum, or are they saying that the mother is not a fit
person to guide her own daughter? I would advise the school to rethink this
one.

Dave Lloyd
So open minded, my brains dribbled out.