Weaving Wednesday

Hermit Poem

Hermits

Lives in complete isolation

Staring up at constellations

Where he lives he will never tell

Hidden away in a dark gloomy shell

Sitting by himself feeling  alone

Next to an ancient grey  stone

Under  calm turquoise seas

Sitting as quiet as can be

On top of the crab sits a vivid shell

Emerging from the sea around  

a salty smell

Novel Study Number The Stars

Treaty Of Waitangi

Ocean Poem

                               

Summer day at sea

Ocean water  

as calm as can be,   

Summer  sun

setting on a turquoise sea,

crying gulls  

waiting for a feed,

tasty fish is what they need,

warm breeze in the dusky air,

blowing through my long blonde hair,

Sun rays  shining

on the surface of the ocean,

Making it look like a magic potion.

Safe Cycling

Safe Cycling Skills - A statistical investigation

Question: Are Karoro School senior students safe cyclists on the roads?

Recently Room One students participated in a safe cycling skills programme facilitated by the
New Zealand Police.

Students learned about the correct way to wear their bicycle helmet. Constable Jos came in and
showed us the correct way to put on our helmet, he showed the two finger rule. The two finger rule is
when you put on your helmet then you put two fingers on your forehead from your eyebrow to
the helmet. If you can fit more than two fingers there then you need to adjust  your helmet.

Next Constable Jos showed us how to do the N check. The N check is when you put your bike on its
side then you go from the bottom of the front wheel to the bottom of the back wheel. You need
to check if  the tires are pumped and if the brakes work. We also had to check that you have
the right reflectors You need then on the pedals and on the back of your bike

The last thing he showed us was the road rules. He told us how to use the right hand signals.
For example he showed us what to do when you go around a corner. You put your arm out to the side,
 for example if you are turning left then you put left arm out. Constable Jos also showed what to do if
you are going to stop. For the hand signals you put your hand out for three seconds.

The second session involved a skills based session on the court.
We had to check our bikes outside on the court. Next Constable Jos set up a circuit for us.
It included  weaving around some cones, going around corners using the correct hand signals, l
ooking back and saying what was on a card that Ms Kemp was holding. He set up another circuit for
us where we had to go go over seesaws two  on our bikes. Then we had to go over a ladder.

Following the court session students participated in a road circuit skills session.
There were people placed around the circuit and marks were given for using the following skills:
We had to use the correct hand signals. There were people at most of the corner to make sure
that we did the right thing. Ms Kemp was in a police car on Tasman street. She was
testing to make sure that we watching the road, we also had watch to make sure that she did not
open the door on us and stick something out the window.

My marks were:

Approx 1 metre from kerb	Scanning for hazards	Checking parked cars	Look behind before hand signals	Correct hand signal	Look behind after hand signals	% Average Across Skills
3/5	0/2	3/4	4/6	6/6	0/6	55%

One of the collated graphs showed these results.  I think that this shows

My results show how I did on the course. I think that I could have done better because on two of them I got zero.  The skills I got zero in are hazards and hand signals two.

My strengths are doing the hand signals and looking behind.

My recommendation is that we do the safe cycling  every year, because there might be new kids at school and so that it refreshes your memory every year.