Bletchington Public School opens bike track for students to ride on

Teacher David Bailey said the bike track was initiated by teachers from the Step Up Leadership Team which included himself, Louella Longhurst and Rebecca White.

Bletchington Public School community liaison officer Nicole Selwood said students and their families also helped.

"It was a real community effort," she said.

"We started at the end of last term."

The construction of the track at the back of the school took about a month to complete.

Mr Bailey said the teachers did a lot of the work during a long weekend during the school holidays.

"There were odd families who came in for an hour or so to help," Mr Bailey said.

"There were two main families that came in and helped a fair bit."

He said those families included the Heath family who supplied the earth moving equipment and the Kierans, who helped with the signs.

Mr Bailey said the idea behind the creation of the bike track was to keep the children occupied and active.

He said by riding on the course, the students would use their hands and feet at the same time, which would help them to learn more and concentrate better in class.

The bike track was opened on Tuesday and before the students got to have a ride Central West Police District youth liaison officer Senior Constable Jeff Mullins gave a talk on bike safety and road rules.