Bike Park Project
February 2022: Big asset for small school
Karitāne School students welcomed the start of the school year with the opening of the largest pump track in Dunedin.
“Our paddock was overgrown and not being used” says school principal Nic Phillips. “The Board of Trustees decided a bike track around its perimeter and a pump track would be a much better use of the land and help develop students’ bike skills. And despite being one of Dunedin’s smallest schools, we decided to go big!”
The pump track has already been popular with students and the wider community, with cyclists coming as far from Dunedin. “We’ve had a few scraps, but we are already seeing students gain confidence and skills from the bike track. More kids are riding to school with their parents just so they can ride the bike track during their breaks”.
The Board of Trustees was grateful for funding from the Otago Community Trust, the Ministry of Education, the Waikouaiti Coast Community Board and the Otago Masonic Charitable Trust. Board Chair Caroline Ryder also wanted to thank Waitati local Richard Templeton for mowing the paddock during a particularly wet weekend before construction began.
“Our next project will be landscaping”, Ms Ryder says. “Plants and picnic tables can be sponsored via the website, and donations of plants are also welcomed”.
Make a donation
SPONSOR A PLANT FOR $10
Purchase a native plant and we’ll plant it for you!
We’ll be landscaping the bike track area and we need all the plants we can get.
Just choose the quantity you want to sponsor at the next step. Payment is by credit card and a GST receipt is supplied.
SPONSOR A PICNIC TABLE
We want to provide picnic tables around the bike track so all members of the community to enjoy the facility. If you or your business would like to sponsor the purchase of a picnic table we will acknowledge your generous support with a little plaque on the table.
These tubular steel and hardwood tables are made in Christchurch by Street Furniture NZ and are built to last.
Payment is by credit card and a GST receipt is supplied.
Cost: $2170
If you’d prefer to make a donation by bank deposit, please do!
The bank account for the school is 03-1737-0027333-00. Please note that it is a donation as the reference. Thank you!