St John Safe Kids

Today a St Johns Paramedic came to talk to us about what they do in their job.  We learnt about the ambulance and all the equipment.  We learnt what to do if there is an emergency. The ambulance has flashing lights and 3 different sirens and a loud horn.  If we see the lights or hear the sirens we need to remember to pull over on the side of the road and get out of the way.

We looked at some pictures of emergencies and had to decide which service we needed - Fire, Police or Ambulance. 

We need to remember all the rules such as - no talking on the cellphone, no drinking and driving, no stealing other peoples things, no drinking or eating things if we don't know what they are because it might be poison.

We practised phoning the emergency number and saying what service we needed.  We need to know our name, address and phone number.  If your child does not know their address and phone number, I suggest they learn it at home as we will be practising this again in class.

We learnt a lot about St John.

Ms Hansen's big assembly and certificate.

 Today I was away from Room 5 because I was at a big graduation ceremony to get a special certificate.  I became a teacher 14 years ago but for the past three years I have been studying to gain a Post Graduate Diploma in Education in Teaching and Learning.  It was a special day for me as I have worked very hard and also both my parents were on stage as part of the ceremony too as they work for the university.  I am continuing on to complete a thesis and hopefully get my Masters in Education over the next few years.  I had to wear a special hat and robe and had to march down the street with all the other people getting certificates.  It was a great day!  I am sure you had fun with Mrs Glasson while I was away.

Drip Drip Drip

Wow! What a fun day we had!  There were so many exciting activities using water or learning about water set out all over the school today.  I was stationed on the water pistols and targets so I didn't get to see all the other activities but we did a short reflection and some highlights were;

• learning what things float and what things sink
• Building sand walls and rivers which don't erode with water
• Folding paper boats
• Transferring water in a sponge to a bucket over an obstacle course
• passing a full cup over and under a line of kids in a race

Most children managed to get as wet as they could.  If your child came home dry - you were lucky!  I tried my hardest to wet as many as I could!  I loved the way the big buddies helped the younger children with the activities.

This ignition kicks off our Drip Drip Drip unit - learning all about the Water Cycle and how important water is to us.

 The filling station

Kites

It was so windy when we got to school on Tuesday morning that the Junior Team decided it would be great idea to make kites to inspire some writing.  Room 8 were doing w-w-w-windy anyway!  It was quite tricky for some of us to tie knots but we all managed to make a plastic bag kite.  We all had fun running around with them and seeing if we could make them stay in the air without moving.