Pedalshaale2 at BBMP Lakkasandra and Vijaynagar Schools- 20th December Report

[Parag Patankar]

Pedalshaale2- Lakkasandra Session - 20 Dec 2025

BBS Trainers-2- Parag,Venkatesh

Teachers-4-  Savitha,Shilpa,Munikrishna,Raghavendra

DULT- Tejatha

Students 12 - Pintu, Abignya, Nandini, Shallu,Aleeya,Revathi,Divya,Deekshita,Mokshitha,Thipakka,Umera

Second hands on session with the cycles at Lakkasandra. The session started with a recap and student led demonstration of the safety, mounting and dismounting steps taught in the last session. Then we split up the students into 3 categories. Advanced students worked on pedaling. Intermediate students practiced dynamic balancing, though there was not enough space to scoot freely, and also half pedaling. The newbies practiced mounting, dismounting, static balancing, and  half pedaling. The students remained enthusiastic and energetic in their efforts. Star of the day were Nandini and Aleeya who mastered pedaling, along with Pintu Kumar, the sole boy learner who had started pedaling last session itself. Good progress also by Shallu,Revathi,Abignya,Mokshita who managed to get balance right partially, but they need a bit more practice to ride unaided. The remaining students need a bit more practice of basic balance before they cna try pedaling. We ended with a quiz and  handing out candy to the students who gave the correct answers. They were all quite enthusiastic about the session, and we even had some good-natured jostling to get cycles, with 12 students and 10 bikes, and some of them already asking for their favourite bike !

The teachers also participated more enthusiastically today, and were actively engaging with the students.

The students and teachers have promised to continue practicing during the week also, and were actually dismayed we told them we do not have a session on next saturday. 

Pedalshale2 - Vijayanagar Session - 20Dec2025
BBS Trainers: 6 - Naga, Vinay, Sachin, Aravind, Shivam, Surabhi
DULT: Tejatha
Students: 12 - Kruthika, Bhavana, Yashas, Amrutha, Zainab, Umay kusum (2), Zoya simram, Amra thaj, Khushi, Dharmi, Raju

We were able to assemble the students and kick start by 10:10 AM, however we had to stop by 10:20 AM. Some of the walkers in the park complained about inconvenience. We took a break ( I should say refreshed ourselves with a cup of tea/coffee, thanks to Tejatha for sponsoring 🙂). Restarted the session at 11:30 AM with 7th standard students. Well, kids were excited to start. Only 3 students were starting for the first time today. Overall a good progress today.
Seven students who could pedal themselves, but still more practice- Zainab,Umay kusum (2),Zoya simram,Amra thaj,Khushi,Dharmi,Raju,Yashas