“Not so fast,” warns Lothar Philipps, road safety consultant of district police in safety vest, the children on their bikes. In the audit of bicycle training at the primary school Altena, location Dahle, the primary school students were able to demonstrate their skills.
The training is part of Mobiliäts- and traffic education during primary school. Even before the summer holidays the children had begun with the theory classes. “Which road signs are there and what do they mean?”, “Why a dead is angle so dangerous?” And “What are the main traffic rules?” – All these issues were at the Science Education Program.
Before we went into the practical training, the children various questions about what has been learned had to answer in a test. “Students in reflective vest have very well made and always hung in all,” said tangible lesson teacher. Together with the local police in person by Hoffmann, and with Lothar Philipps of the district police, then the practical part was designed.
In five double lessons, the children got acquainted with different traffic situations. “Above all, it comes to strengthen motor skills and implement the previously learned traffic rules into practice,” explains Lothar Philipps. “The children should also learn that even if they behave properly, it can come through other traffic accidents,” said the Police.
With the final test, the children gained a bicycle through. “A kind of certificate is participation with no driver’s license.” In the entire practical training were supporting the teachers and the police of the students’ parents in safety clothing.