Bike explanation

Do you know how to check your bike? Do you know if your bike is safe when you ride it? If you don’t know, I can help you.

At your house you should always have something that has your description of your bike.  What you need for your description is your bike type, your colour of your bike and your ID number.  The reason why you need to know all of these is because if your bike get stolen you will be able to know exactly what bike is yours.

To find your ID number you need to hold your back brake and slowly lift your bike up on one wheel.  Next you need to lower your bike down slowly so that it’s sitting on its handlebars and seat.  Now you need to look near your chain on the bike frame and your ID number will either be carved in or there will be just be a sticker there.

When you are on your bike you need certain clothing.  You need to always wear a helmet otherwise if you fall off you will get very bad damage to your brain.  It is good to wear bright clothes so that at night or in the day cars can see you clearly. you need to wear proper shoes and that means no sandals or flip flops because if your pedal is lose and if falls off while you’re riding your feet could get very sore.

The way to check your bike is to make sure that there is no rust on it or any cobwebs on it either. The main things you have to check is the pedals (make sure that they spin freely but if they don’t you need to put some oil on it ), The wheels ( they need to spin freely and they can’t be loose if they don’t spin freely you need to loosen the brakes)  and you also need to check the handlebars ( make sure that the handlebars don’t move and make sure that the grips won’t slide off but if the handlebars turn you need to tighten them).

There are many safety rules when you’re cycling on the road.  One of the main ones are when you want to turn right you put out your right arm and when you want to turn left you put out your left arm.  There's another important rule on the road and that rule is a cyclist has to obey the same signs as the people in cars do.  

So now you will be able to know if your bike is safe when you ride it and now you will know how to check your bike.  If you want more information you should check out bike wise.

John Roil

John Roil

Yesterday John Roil came to talk to us about bush safety.He told us about what we needed to survive in the bush and what the rules were in the bush and here are some of them.

Before you go tramping you need to tell someone where you are going so they know where you will be and where to look for you if you are lost.You will also need to tell someone when you will be leaving and when you will be back incase you aren’t back when you said that you would be so that people would look for you after a while.You should never go alone when you go tramping because it can be very dangerous.

Before you go you have to get your shoes broken in so that they are good to walk in.You will also have to a lot of training before you go because if don’t you will probably have to take lots of rests and it will take you longer to get to your destination.

If you don’t have a compass you will have to know which way is North,East,South and West.Here is a clue the sun rises on the west side and the sun sets on the east side and moss only grows on the south side.

Just remember all this information before you go into the bush so that you will be safe.That should tell you how to survive in the bush.

Glow Worms

Glow Worms

Glow worms are amazing creatures that look like worms and have the ability to glow that is where they get there name glow worms from.Non of the worlds glow worms are actually true worms

To find a glow worm you would have to usually have to look in dark damp caves,tunnels,river banks and in old coal mines sometimes they will be under houses.

Glow worms usually snack on small midges and all sorts of flying insects that get stuck in there sticky webs,including mayflies,caddisflies and even moths.

Glow worms look a little like worms but they are not actually true worms.The glow worms body shines a shiny bright light that lights up their entire habitat.

After reading this I think that now you know all you need to know about glow worms.

I got the pictures off

http://www.waitomo.com/glow-worm-lifecycle.aspx