BMX Racing

1. Recall-

Give a brief summary of the story.

The story was about Sally Davies competing against other people. She’s only twelve years of age and she is racing against the other twelve year old boys.

2. Infer

What kind of a person is Sally Davies? Tell why you think this.

I think that Sally Davies is a very outgoing person, even though she has just started pumping pedal.

3. Evaluate

Explain why you think the author entitled the story as “Pumping Pedals”

The reason why its called “pumping pedal” because it all about the BMX people getting ready to.

4. Think about it

Why do you think Sally would like to attract more girls to the sport of BMX racing?

She wants more girl to be in the BMX, because she was the only girl racing at the BMX racing.

5. Recall

How are the bikes designed and what are they made of?

The bikes are design like a motorcycle and it is also made out of metal but the tyre and the pedal are made out of rubber.

6. Think about it.

Why did Sally groan as she remembered her first racing bike?

Because she never like bike racing in the first place.

7. Please explain the racing technique called “pumping” and why it might be important?

Pumping is important because it help the BMX people learn more stuff trick and

"Pumping Pedals"

8. Do you think BMX racing is a dangerous sport. Tell why or why not you think this.

No because you where all the safety gear to protect you from getting hurt and also wear protective helmet long-trousers and long-sleeve from falling off the bike during your first lesson.

9. Synthesize

Please tell what you liked most about the story and why or why not you would like to be a BMX racer. The most thing I like about BMX is that you get to do tricks jump off some big off the big hill. If I wanted to join the BMX race my would first have to be trained.

Forever Dance...

This morning room 10 went down to the hall for a dance lesson with our instructors Captain and Christina. First they explain the 3 main rules, then we learned 5-6 moves. Once we have all the moves together because when they said that we were going to do it with the music I thought it was going to be hard but actually it was easy, then we had to repeat it over and over again till I time was over, after when we finish repeating it we had a dancing competition girls vs boy and the judge was Captain when they had announced the winner it was the boy and they were cheering as loud as the audience.

Adventure Camp!!

Yahoo!! On the 15th of September 2013, was the year 7/8 camp. The students of Glenbrae went on an adventure to Great Barrier Island. Every student that had permission to go, they woke up at 5 o'clock and we meet at school with our teachers; Mrs Silva, Mrs Raj, Miss Elia and Miss Maruariki came as well on the trip. Then we travelled by bus to the wharf, then we travelled by a ferry boat to Great Barrier Island, and then we went by bus, again, to the campsite. I was so horrified when we went on the ferry boat and we also saw some dolphin. Once we got to the campsite we got meet our instructors; Jamie, Latesha, Fryer and Kristy. Next Jamie explain where the toilets, cabin and the where all the other thing are. Later then he asked us question about Great Barrier Island. What the different's between Auckland and Great Barrier Island? search and found out and see what it is.

The Amazing Monster Truck Competition

Basket Boat

1. Where is the story set?  Qui Nhon

2. Who is the main character in the story? Thanh

3. What is the story about? Thanh want to be a fisherman like his father.

4. What is a basket boat? Its a boat who goes fishing. What is its' proper name? Wooden fishing boat.

5. What is a basket boat useful? It is useful catching fish.

6. How is a thung chai made? Its made out of Chinese bamboo but they also weave them.

7. Why is a thung chai handy? Its handy because you can drag it back to shore. What are some of its' uses?

8. How many seats are in a thing chai? There are five seats.

9. Explain how safe a thung chai is? Its round but it has no hole in it.

" Here Goes"

" Here Goes" by Jan Trafford

1. What is an Argo? An argo is a vehicle that can go on land and on water.

2. What does amphibian mean? Its called an amphibian. Because frogs and toads are amphibian too.

3. Name two reptiles that are amphibians. Frogs and Toads.

4. Why is an Argo useful? So that we don’t need to use a boat to go across the water and don’t need a car to go to work.

5. Think of two different ways an Argo could be used? It can travel on both land and water

6. If you had an Argo, what would you use it for? I would use an argo to get to places that I can’t get to.

My Holiday Recount!!

Woohoo!! I wonder if we are going to do something over the holiday? I asked myself as I was walking along to my bedroom to watch the television. Then my sister would called me to help her to straighten her hair and she would asked me if she should go wash her hair and I yelled at her “GO WASH YOUR HAIR” and she just kept on ask

ing me if she would go wash her hair and I said then when she came back from washing her hair and then I asked her Do you want me to straighten your hair now? she said no you have to wait until my hair is dry.

After that my dad would come back and he would tell us to get into the van and he would drive us to the shopping and when we get to the centre and he would ask us what we would like to eat and then we would go to pak'n'save to do the shopping list next we would go put some fuel into the van and we came back home and take all of the shopping and we put them in the cupboard.

Later when we finish the packing the shopping away then we fry pan some sausages and had that to eat with the hot chips and before we eat we had to wash our hands and pray for the food. Next my dad would be in the kitchen making his own food because he doesn’t like hot chips with sausages and we would all be eating in the kitchen while watching t.v.