Book review 👏👏

Alex Rider: “Scorpia Rising” written by Anthony Horowitz.

Do you like action packed books with twists and turns? That’s what
“Scorpia Rising” is. “Scorpia Rising” is an action book set in freezing London
and blazing Cairo.

The main characters are very memorable. Alex Rider has never known his
parents and lost his uncle at age 14. He’s taken care of by his housekeeper
Jack Starbright and is an MI6 agent. He is determined and has definitely seen
some troubling things. Jack is optimistic and determined like Alex.

The main villain is Razim. He feels no emotion. He‘s also obsessed with how
much pain a human can endure. He wants to create a measurement of pain.
As a child, to test if he really couldn’t feel emotions he killed his family.  
The secondary villain is Julius Grief. He’s a clone of the main villain in
“Point Blanc”. He had plastic surgery to look like Alex and will do anything to
kill Alex.

Scorpia Rising is the second to last of Alex’s missions.
The plot goes like this: Alex is attacked at school by a sniper and he takes
revenge by crashing their helicopter. MI6 send Alex to Cairo for a holiday but
while he is there MI6 make him go undercover. When he’s there he discovers
a plot that will send the world into chaos. A whole lot of action follows as he
tries to thwart the plot and take down Razim.

I would recommend this book to children 11 years and over because this
book contains murder and torture. If you like action this is your book.
In my opinion this book is better read after you read the rest of the series
but even if you haven’t read the rest you’ll still get a kick out of reading this.

Space inquiry on dark matter.

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.

Water Safety Accidental Immersions.

My literacy lullaby.

Our Poem/Lullaby:

Go to sleep my little friend,

Sunshine streams shining

with nothing to mend.

Celebration with the sun,

You are my only, little one.

Let your life be filled with happiness running about.

Living your dream without a doubt,

Keep your dream alive like friendly lions running mid-roar.

Hit that snooze button on the door,

You wake up happy but with a fright

Your day will be amazing, happy and bright,

Come back later and you will see.

You're very happy dream is now your reality,

Go to bed, your light is bright,

Have nice dreams, Good night…

By Tara Arly and Nyah.

Maori Translation

Haere ki te moe toku hoa iti,
awa mahana ki tetahi mea ki te whakaora.
Whakanui ki te ra,
Ko koe toku anake, kotahi nohinohi.
Kia ki to koutou ora te oaoa rere e pā ana ki.
Ora koutou moe i waho te feaa,
Kia mau ki to koutou moemoea ora ano he hoa raiona rere waenganui-haruru.
Patua e pātene aukatia te i runga i te kuwaha,
hari engari ki te wehi koe ki runga ara.
ka kia mīharo, hari, me te kanapa koutou ra,
Haere mai hoki i muri mai, a ka kite koe.
kei koe moe rawa hari ko koutou mau,
Haere ki te moenga, he kanapa to koutou marama,
Whai moe pai, po pai ...

My Carrot Experiment.