Firewise!!

During Week 9 of Term 2, we had a visit from our local firemen. The children had been learning about being Firewise, and to finish it off, we had a visit by the firemen to our school. The firemen were most impressed by the children's knowledge of fire safety!!

• The children know that matches and lighters are tools and NOT TOYS. If they find any of these, they will give them to an adult.
  
• The children know in a fire to: GET DOWN, KEEP LOW, GET OUT, CALL 111!!
  
• The children know safe ways in which fire can be used: a screen in front of an open fire, a wide based candle holder, keeping away from barbeques.
  

We loved having the firemen at our school. We practiced crawling under "smoke" to get out of the classroom.

Enjoy our pictures.

Visit by Selwyn Ridge Children

On Wednesday 8^th April, 2 Year 1 classes came to visit us from our other local school Selwyn Ridge. We sang songs, did lots of fun activities, and some Selwyn Ridge children even did a play for us. It was a fun morning that was finished by a shared morning tea.

Junior Trip to the Art Gallery, Library and the Redoubt/Rose Gardens.

On Thursday 2^nd April, Rooms 2, 3 and 7 went into Tauranga to explore their environment.

The classes rotated around the art gallery, the library and a walk up to the rose gardens/redoubt area.

Some children in Room 3 wrote:

We went to the art gallery and we made our own art and my border had hearts around it. By Madison.

The redoubt was pretty. I liked all the roses because they smell sweet. By Abby.

My Mum went to the art gallery and I did some pictures with old tissue paper. By Cheynes.

The library was fun. The pop up books could not be taken out and there was a tv book when you close and open the book it looks like it was moving. By Michael.