Bike School is a Protective Education program that will be taught along-side a bicycle mechanic program. Throughout the program students will:
- Design a logo for the program
- Design the bike they are going to recycle
- Source the bikes to recycle through their community access program e.g. local tip, write an advertisement for bike donations etc.
- Source the consumable items to recycle the bikes through their community access program e.g. trips to Bunnings and local bike shops
- Access a 2 part Protective Education curriculum through recycling bikes.
Part 1: Resilience Education
Part 2: Road Safety Education
- Dismantle, sand, clean, paint and reassemble a bicycle
- Decide what happens to bicycles once restored i.e. donate, keep, sell or other.
By participating in this program students will develop skills in the areas of:
- problem solving
- critical and analytical thinking
- attention to detail
- the ability to work independently
- interpersonal effectiveness
- distress tolerance
- emotional regulation
Students will be assessed on the 3 parts of the program: development of technical bike mechanic skills; road safety knowledge; and emotional regulation skills.