Hi there Holly. I really look forward to helping you not only prepare for your restricted driving test but to help you to become a safe and confident driver.
Lesson #2 – Tuesday 7th March 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm
Motorway driving and parallel parking today went very well. You will need to practice parallel parking to be confident in carrying out this manouevre. Remember to focus on your road position using your side view mirrors as this really helps you to stay left and in the safer zone, especially when on rural or motorway roads.
Lesson #1 – Wednesday 22nd Feb 2:30-4pm
Holly, great to meet you today for the very first time. You have a very sound, confident, and cautious approach to driving. You’ve done very well to get where you are so far. As mentioned, it’s now about fine-tuning. So remember why you need to do head checks, either left every time you turn, or diverge your course, or right if you’re merging into a flush median – but anytime you turn right you’re thinking about the cyclist who’s swooping in on your blind spot to the left as you complete the turn.
Your steering with the push and pull becomes a lot more freer, you’re not locking your hands up as much so you’ll find it easier to indicate, use your windscreen wipers etc. I just want you to now think about increasing your mirror use, and just think about that crawling into junctions so that you’ve got time to look at everything.
I would suggest on our next lesson we up the pace a little bit, try some test conditions with some motorway, just to get a broad picture and get you ready for when you’re wanting to move towards your restricted.
Great to meet you, see you next time
This is a record of your progress and must be kept by us on your behalf for 12 months and when added to your lesson plans forms the overall training plan.
Student Name
Lesson Date
Lesson Plan #
Subjects Covered
Seat adjustment
Instruments & controls
Pre-drive checks
Signals
Moving off (straight) ✅
Stopping ✅
Directional control ✅
Moving of (at angle) ✅
Basic gear changing
Speed control ✅
Moving off (uphill) ✅
Moving off (downhill) ✅
Parking on a hill ✅
Gears on hills
Head checks ✅
Stopping times
2 & 4 second rule
Lane driving
12-6-3 Second scans
Hazard awareness
Decision techniques
Amber lights ✅
Priority rules
Blocking rule
Gap selection
Roundabouts
Decision rechecks
Vehicle dynamics
Cornering techniques
Open road driving
Motorway driving
Low-speed control ✅
Three-point turn
“U” turns
Reversing (straight)
Reversing (left corner)
Reversing (driveway)
Parallel parking
Angle parking
Night driving (optional)
Pre-test practice
Student Name
Lesson Date
Lesson Plan #
Subjects Covered
Seat adjustment ✅
Instruments & controls ✅
Pre-drive checks ✅
Signals ✅
Moving off (straight) ✅
Stopping
Directional control ✅
Moving of (at angle) ✅
Basic gear changing
Speed control ✅
Moving off (uphill)
Moving off (downhill)
Parking on a hill
Gears on hills
Head checks ✅
Stopping times
2 & 4 second rule
Lane driving
12-6-3 Second scans
Hazard awareness
Decision techniques
Amber lights
Priority rules
Blocking rule
Gap selection
Roundabouts
Decision rechecks
Vehicle dynamics
Cornering techniques
Open road driving
Motorway driving
Low-speed control ✅
Three-point turn ✅
“U” turns
Reversing (straight)
Reversing (left corner)
Reversing (driveway)
Parallel parking
Angle parking
Night driving (optional)
Pre-test practice
Developing a training plan with you is where we begin once you have your theory learner test behind you.
Your training plan will be a structured and logical sequence of progressive lesson plans with the provision for the review of your progress as we go.
Each lesson plan will have its own TRAINING OBJECTIVE which will outline what you will achieve as a result of the session along with the STANDARD to which you need to perform the task and the conditions under which the performance will be assessed along with the RESOURCES that will need to be supplied.
How we deliver our knowledge to you is through three main methods
Controlled Practice – This is where your tutor will carry out the manoeuvre with a full verbal description as we go a couple of times so you have a chance to observe and feel comfortable trying it yourself.
Prompted Practice – Once you are comfortable, you can then try the manoeuvre whilst your tutor prompts you with a word here and there as a reminder as you concentrate on carrying out your manoeuvre
Transferred Responsibility – Yay – this is the bit you get to do it yourself and practice.
The following behaviors will not be tolerated by either the tutor or the student or any staff member of ALL TERRAIN DRIVING ACADEMY
Sharon is very experienced when it comes to driver education. An NZTA approved driving instructor, a defensive driving instructor in STREETALK and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Driving Educators and a fully qualified assessor carrying out driver assessments for various NZ government organisations. Sharon is an off road driver trainer too, so you are in experience and patient hands.
You can contact Sharon on 021 029 28023 ( a text is always better) if you have any questions.
Learning To Be A Model Driver
On & Off Road
Off Road Helps Your On Road Knowledge
Modern Day Learning Techniques / Up To Date Tech
