Civil Defence Day

On the last Thursday of term one we had Marcus come and speak to us about how to be safe in the event of a disaster. We sat and listened for a long time and asked great questions at the end. 
The most exciting part was when we went outside to see how the Civil defence can maintain internet contact using a very special satellite dish. 

We even made it on to their Facebook page!


After that we were involved in lots of different activities to do with keeping safe. We put up tents, there was a soup and milo station along with old fashioned games and dancing!

What a great morning we had. Thanks to the parents who came along and helped us out - it was great!

The Minstrel was in town!

The kids were very respectful listeners

The Minstrel is a very talented performer

Mathew and Ollie were very sincere in their thanks

It was great to see Hiwi the Kiwi back again

Ollie and Mathew gave a great thank you speech

Once again The Minstrel was at Bledisloe School care of our wonderful PTA! There was music and stories as well as lots of STYLE!
The Minstrel travels around New Zealand spreading lots of important messages about keeping our seas healthy and fishing sensibly - thinking of future generations. Some of the kids are going to take up the challenge and write a piece of writing that includes his important messages. There will be an overall winner to be decided by Ms Bevis!

Non-Fiction = Non-stop facts

Mrs Lowe bringing in her 'bag of animals' to 

illustrate how libraries are organised

Fletcher and Alex are listening intently to Mrs Lowe

Darian-wondering about what information she could find about this animal

Mrs Lowe - our librarian sharing some new information with us

Room 8 had Mrs Lowe visit us twice last week and she was sharing with us about what non-fiction was about and she taught us that it's like non-stop facts! 

She brought in a range of books all from the non-fiction section and talked about how libraries across the world are organised by the 'Dewey decimal' system. She has also designed a treasure hunt for us to use and locate the various books we have in our fantastic library.

She also brought in a bag of different plastic animals and talked about how the library was organised in a similar way -inside  the category of animals there were all sorts of  different animals you can read about.

During our inquiry into disasters we have been listening to and reading a range of non-fiction. We have learned about contents, glossaries and indexes. We have thought about key words and ideas too. We hope you have enjoyed learning new facts and ideas too!

MTG VISIT

D I S A S T E R     E N Q U I R Y

The Middle School have been involved in an enquiry into disasters and how people cope and look after each other during and after such tragic events. As part of that study we visited the MTG and the school where 'Isabel's Upside Down day' is set. This is a book we use to help the kids have some empathy and understanding with kids their own age during such a traumatic event.

We visited the MTG in Napier where Gaynor Comley greeted us and took us on a tour of the exhibit, played some games and told us lots of great stories as well as sad and moving ones. 

At Nelson Park School
 The setting for Isabel's Upside Down Day

Grace and Tayla
say thanks for a great morning!

Nelson Park was the scene of tent
 city after the earthquake

There was a lot of information in the text, photos, pictures and objects we looked at

Autumn helped us to learn about 

Stop! Drop! and Hold!

Jordyn was a great help!

Even the bricks were interesting!

There were some great costumes-
what a great effort!

The Room 8 researchers

Doing some research

The lads checking out the exhibits

STOP, DROP and HOLD!

Very respectful listeners and learners

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MTG visits!

This Friday, Room 6 and 7 are off to the MTG for a visit to the HB earthquake exhibit. This is part of an inquiry we are having about disasters and how people cope and respond to them. There is a teacher there and her name is Gaynor Comley. She will be taking the lessons and guiding us through the MTG. We hope that lots of parents can come too!

Rooms 8 and 10 will be going on Monday 21st March. 

                       

Tough kids writing

Ms Bevis was unable to come to Tough kids this year so Room 8 has written some interesting recounts of certain parts of their day....

My favourite part was going on the very slippery slide. I felt nervous because it was very scary, then I slipped down. I went past lots of people when I slid down. I was scared when lots of people were looking as I went past but then I got over it. 

- Raawiri Brokken


At Tough Kids we had to climb up the black slip and slide with ropes. Once we had finished that we had to climb through the tyres and over the planks - we were nearly finished.

The tyres were hard to climb through because the holes were huge! 

When we went under the 'camou' net, my hair got stuck! All the girls with long hair had the same problem... 

- Tayla Hampton





I loved going on the water slide! It was fast and amazing! I want to do it next year. Also it was my favourite obstacle there! I did not like the orange wall because it was crowded there.

- Grace Fookes

My favourite part of the day was when I was running hard out! After that I was covered in sweat from head to toe. When i was standing there and looking down at the muddy ground. When i went down i landed in this muddy water! I kept on running to the spider web-it was really hard to get through it!
 -  Darian Stevens


There I was, standing on the top of the water slide. I have been here before because I went here last year for Tough Kids 2015! So, as I was saying, I was at the top. I could not bring my feet to to jump down the slide. I could see other people catching up. I could hear screaming coming from the stadiums.

- Fletcher Keats

My eyes were not even opening, my tummy was hurting, I was nearly going to fall down. I just wanted to have a cold shower and lie down. It was a big slide. I had to climb up it, people were shouting, "You can do it!" I was nearly going to vomit. I wanted to stop. I could not stop - I wanted to be tough!
I went down the slide and into the water. I was sweating, the sweat ran down my cheeks.

- Akshita Raturi


                                          

My favourite part of the day was the spider web because it had string all over the tent that we had to climb over and crawl under. I almost got stuck in the spider web. I was crawling the whole time. It felt all sticky and gooey. When I got out of the tent I stood up and my legs felt all rubbery and soft. I almost fell over when I got out of the tent!

- Ryan Ross