Friday, March 23, 2012

Civil Defence - Get Ready, Get Thru!

Today the Civil Defence came to Hamilton East School and set up a Welfare Centre in the school hall. The Kauri Team children had to go and act like there had been an emergency and they were involved.


The scenario was that there had been a massive tornado in the Hamilton East area. The children had to make up a story and an injury to the Civil Defence people in charge so they could be treated.


Some children had to act deaf and others had to be blind!


It was very exciting and we had lots of fun learning about what the Welfare Centre does.





Here we are waiting and listening to Shaun guiding us into the scenario and giving people roles.

This is where you get registered. You have to give your name, date of birth, your address and phone number, the name of your doctor, your nationality and if you have lost a family member. 


Sarah was in charge of first aid. We had to sit on the chair and tell her what our injuries were. She bandaged us up and sent us to another area.

This is Shaun, he was in charge and the other man is a Maori Warden they are in charge of security.



This team of people are here to make sure everyone had something to eat and drink because in a real emergency some people may not have had food for a long time.

Some people get very angry in an emergency because they are hungry, frightened and stressed!








This Civil Defence man was trying to communicate with deaf people, it made his job a lot harder.



.... is a great website to find out what to do in a real emergency.





Thanks Civil Defence Team for showing us how to behave and prepare in a real emergency.

14 comments:

  1. We learned that we can trust the Civil Defence.

    Manuka

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  2. I learned that if you are outside when an earthquake comes you should duck down and only take a few steps

    Sebastian

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  3. Hi! I learned that in a major power cut that you
    *treat all power lines as live
    *do not go near broken or low power lines
    *unplug electrical appliances to avoid damage by voltage fluctuations

    Georgia
    Hes

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  4. Hi!
    That was very fun
    I learnt a lot!

    I liked getting bandaged up it was like it was a real emergency.

    One thing that I learnt while I was reading the book was to always have canned food and water stocked.

    Madisen
    H.E.S

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  5. Wow! Now I know what to do in an emergency. I learned that a first aid kit is very useful because when you're hurt you can get a plaster from the first aid kit.
    From Leighton
    HES

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  6. Now that I know what to do in an emergency I am happy so I don't need to be scared. From michael Room 10 HES

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  7. Leighton looked very sore in that picture
     
    from Laura

    room 10
    Hes

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  8. We also learnt what we would need to pack in an emergency.
    Torch,can opener,radio,caned food.

    Tobias

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  9. Hi! Room 10,
    What a cool thing to be involved in. It looks like you all learnt a lot about being safe in an emergency.
    Ms O'Neil it looks like you have some great actors in Room 10 too!
    From Anna

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  10. You were all great actors ! I nearly thought it was a real emergency.

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  11. Was it scarey having to practice for an emergency? You sure look like you were having fun. Lets hope we don't have a real emergency. But if we do I hope you will help us through it.
    Room 14

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  12. wow room 10 you guys have very good acting .Mrs O`neil has very good acting as well .You guy look like you guys were having fun .You guys were lucky to get cookies and juice. Geogie had very good at fanting .

    from Meeha, Rosie

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  13. It was really fun to act like I was deaf. I wished that the whole school could have been there. It was awesome learning about how to behave in a real accident.
    Hopefully Civil Defence will come back and join us later this year. It was really nice having them visit our school.Thank you very much Civil Defence.

    From Tare and Abdi

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  14. Hello Auntie Jude and class,
    My name is Scarlett and Jude is my Auntie. I live in Melbourne. What have you been doing in your class? I have been doing a lot of writing.



    From Scarlett

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