Riverslea School students and staff put on a beautiful welcome this morning to visitors attending the official opening of their bike tracks. Principal Maurice Rehu, the driving force behind the success of this initiative at Riverslea School gave an inspirational speech in which he thanked the funders, Riverslea Community Trust, Eastern and Central Community Trust and Havelock North Rotary.
9 bikes were donated from the Hastings District Council reconditioned bikes programme.
Principal Maurice Rehu and student riding one of the new ByK bikes provided by Havelock North Rotary.
A new Bikes in Schools programme is underway at Riverslea School in HastingsĀ http://www.riverslea.school.nz/.
Principal Maurice Rehu has raised funds from:
The Riverslea Community Trust- towards the cost of the track
Eastern and Central Community Trust – for the Jonathan Kennett designed skills track
Havelock North Rotary – 5 new bikes and helmets
iWay Hastings- donation of 9 reconditioned bikes
Construction of tracks by Baywide Dingo’s, Brent Millar, Jonathan Kennett and Paul McArdle.
Helena tries to even the playing field by giving her classmates a head start.