Last Tuesday the Year 7/8’s had the opportunity to learn to be safe on their bikes. This is very important because lots of cyclists get killed on our roads every year, and most of us ride on our bikes to and from school. We had an hour and a half with the two instructors Tony and Theo from Big Foot Adventures.
Firstly we talked about bike helmets. The three rules to make sure they fit properly is:
Make a ‘Y’ underneath the ear with the straps. Have two fingers between the helmet and your eyebrows. Fit no more than two fingers flat between your chin and the strap.
Next we discussed what to check on your bike before you ride and important parts that should be on your bike. Very important components to have on your bike is:
A rear reflector and a front reflector when it’s dark (it’s illegal to not have one), two working brakes, a straight seat, pumped up tyres, functioning chain.
Finally we went outside with our bikes. This was the adventure we all waited for. We had to split up into two groups, one did the ramps and the other did control and hand signals on the court. On the court we played a game that taught us how to be more balanced and have more control on our bikes. The game was played to go as slow as possible and reach the finish line last. Then we played a similar game to follow the leader but on our bikes. To play this game we had to follow Theo or Tony around and use hand signals three seconds before we turned around the corner. Our next activity was to practice turning our heads to the right to check behind us. After completing this part of the session me moved onto the more exciting part - the ramp challenge. Our instructors set up a course with ramps and a seesaw for us to complete. At first for some it was challenging but after a couple times through everyone enjoyed it.
During our time with the instructors we learnt a lot about bike safety and how to be safe on the road. We are sure students from the Kereru team have better cycling skills to be safer on the road from now on.
By Louise and Samantha!
That was soo fun!(: learn't alot!
ReplyDeleteBike day was so fun! The ramps were kinda hard especially the last one for me :)
ReplyDeleteBike day was so fun! especially the ramps. Yay theres a photo of me :D
ReplyDeletebike day was awesome and i just want to say a big thanks 2 bigfoot adventures 4 setting up this awesome day! my favorite part was the slow race and the ramps but the see-saw was a bit challenging:)
ReplyDeletebike day wasn't that hard but it was still really fun. i really liked the course and the slow race
ReplyDeleteBike day sounds FUN!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBike day was fun but the last ramp was a bit hard to do!!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed it alot i think everyone found the ramps challenging at the start!
ReplyDeleteIf i forget these steps and skills this can help us all
ReplyDeleteBike day was awesome!!!!!!!!!!It was more challening.I want to say a big thanks to big foot adventures for making this day possible for us.It couldn't have been better.The best part was the ramps especially the last one it was scary!!!!!!!!!
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