Sea week poem/artwork.

For sea week my class had to create a poem and a picture for a line of a poem called sea fever by John Masefield. The line I chose was "To the call of the running tide" And so I drew this.

My poem went like this.

Flying fish leaping high over waves

“I can’t catch this.” fisherman John raves.

A big giant oarfish writhes around.

Fisherman Johns small boat runs aground.

Salmon flopping up a swift stream

Majestic Dolphins swim, hunt and dream

Beautiful ocean, vast and deep

lots of curious people want a peek

Hermit crab poem/artwork

Our class was researching hermits and hermit crabs. We had to create a poem and a picture of a hermit crab.

Hermit crabs live. small and smart

In the ocean in the dark

Rivers too, long and winding

Pollution means it's dying

Humans helping, cleaning out

Beautiful again for trout

Waitangi day work.

For Waitangi day my class did a scavenger hunt. Each card held the answer to the question.

Safe cycling statistics.

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.

I was sick but I will still be recording someone else's data.

Students learned about the correct way to wear their bicycle helmet. Helmets need to be tightened and they had to do an N check on their bike.

The rear wheel should be tightly fitted and the quick release lever should
be secure. If the wheel is not quick release, check that the nuts on both

sides of the wheel are secure. The spokes should not be loose. Pluck each spoke
with your finger. The sound from each spoke should be the same. If the tyre is soft
then pump it up. Check the seat isn’t loose and that it’s the right height. Make sure
that the front and back brakes are working. Check the front brake by using the
brake and pushing the bike forwards, and check the back brake by doing that but
pulling the bike backwards. The front wheel should be tightly fitted and the quick release
lever should be secure. If the wheel is not quick release, check that the nuts on both sides
of the wheel are secure.

The second session involved a skills based session on the court.

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: sticking approximately
1 metre from the kerb, scanning for hazards, checking parked cars, looking behind you before using
hand signals, using the correct hand signals and looking behind you after using hand signals.

I will be using Bryce's results to graph.

He got:

Approx 1 met	Scanning for	Checking parked r	Look behind before	Correct hand signal	Look behind after	% Average Across
2/5	0/2	2/4	5/6	6/6	0/6	51.7%

	Bryce’s score	Out of
Approx 1 M from kerb	2	5
Scanning for hazards	0	2
Checking parked cars	2	4
Look behind before hand signals	5	6
Correct hand signals	6	6
Look behind after hand signals	0	6

This shows that Bryce’s best road rule is using correct hand signals. His worst is looking behind after
hand signals. Bryce is better at checking parked cars than scanning for hazards. Both looking behind
after hand signals and scanning for hazards were 0.

This graph shows which person got better scores, Max or Bryce? The percentages are meaningless
and I did not know how to fix it. The percentages should read Bryce 51.7% and Max 68.9% The graph
shows that Max is a safer biker than Bryce.

This shows that Bryce is in need of being a safer cycler and needs to bring up his scanning for hazards
and looking behind after hand signals. His and Max’s score were quite low and this shows that senior
students need to bike safer. This is a hazard to anyone on the road. My recommendation is to have
2 bike safety lessons at school per year.