Aided by Sport Central, Racers Edge, Element, the New Zealand Police and Wakatipu schools, the programme aims to teach children how to ride safely when cycling in traffic, along with building confidence and giving the pupils skills to make good decisions, whether they are on cycling or on foot.
On Wednesday, Arrowtown School's year 7 and 8 pupils went on an independent ride, involving hazard spotting and learning road rules around the village.
Council school travel plan co-ordinator Kirsty Barr, of Wanaka, said the outing was designed to teach road safety.
"The New Zealand Transport Agency says children above the age of 11 can ride on their own ... but they don't always have the skills.
"The focus on the older kids is to drill in the road safety awareness and some of the road code.
"It was a really successful day. The kids learned a lot and we got some really good feedback from their parents.
"It was just the year 7 and 8 pupils, but we'd like to make it compulsory for the whole school."
Because of bad weather, cycle skills sessions which were to be held in Arrowtown yesterday and today had been cancelled, but a date had been set for mid-November for the remainder of the programme to be run, Ms Barr said.
Next week Remarkables School will hold walking and biking safety sessions, along with "Fancy Feet" and "Dress Your Bike" activities, while St Joseph's School pupils will be learning cycle skills next month.
Schools with at least half the pupils walking or wheeling over the course of the Walk 'n' Wheels campaign will go in a draw to win a bike, courtesy of Element in Queenstown.
The programme is also being run in Wanaka, where a bike will be provided by Racers Edge for the draw.
