En Bici travels to CEIP García Morente of Vallecas

CEIP García Morente of Madrid received this Wednesday the project En Bici of the Contador Foundation in the framework of an informative day with the bicycle as thematic axis and point of union among students of 4th, 5th and 6th of ESO of this centre of Puente de Vallecas.

“These are very nice experiences. It has been a great day, what is different awakens their interest instead of rejection and that is certainly a point on which we have improved as a society”, says Raúl Vallinot, ambassador of the Idemticos project and one of the monitors of the activity who travelled to Vallecas.

Gonzalo Martín Pérez, Physical Education teacher at CEIP García Morente: “Raúl Vallinot’s visit to our school means supporting a project that we have been implementing for two years, inclusion and teamwork around bicycles. The 6th grade students, together with another Special Education school, develop a bicycle repair and restoration workshop every week. In addition, together with their classmates in 5th and 4th of Primary Education, they have an adapted sports unit, where we work on functional diversity from multiple perspectives and sports. As a result, his behaviour has been modified by a much more inclusive and respectful treatment, also supported thanks to the work with classmates from the special education school “Los Álamos” that we have next to us. Raúl’s visit has allowed us to bring another experience to understand how sport can help in the mental process of a person. The students have left the talk understanding, understanding and most importantly, considering that it is possible to live with a disability. A work of awareness and knowledge based on these professional experiences that allow them to value the effort that these people make on a daily basis”.

CEIP García Morente is a school that is very committed to cycling from the point of view of sustainability and responsible transport. The centre has a small workshop and teaches classes on mechanics and repair.

“Giving visibility to adapted sport in general and Paralympic cycling in particular to children, who represent the future, I think it is essential to make this a better and more inclusive society. I love to see the reaction of the pupils when they see that, despite the physical difficulties, we are still cycling. And they love to know what adaptations we make to the bikes and whether we go as fast as other cyclists. It’s a challenge trying to instil the values of sport and inclusion in such a demanding audience, but the rewards are great. Today we signed autographs and everything,” Vallinot explains and jokes.