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.

Waikato Museum

Today Room 10 went to the How to Make a Monster exhibition at the museum. It was a great day!


We discovered that silicone is another word for rubber and the crocodile from 'Peter Pan' was made out of it. 


We also discovered that the gorilla costumes in 'George of the Jungle' were made from goat hair and were 'punched' into the suit, one hair at a time!


We watched some fascinating movies that showed how costumes were made and how the animals and creatures were automated.


Thanks Ray for teaching us so much about this exhibition.

..... From learning about Monsters we went down to the Marae with Nathan and learnt about the Taniwha!

We got to hear stories and chose one to turn into a play. Below are some photos that show our performance. I wonder if you can spot the Taniwha?

Swimming!

The Nature Trail

Our class went for a trek on the Nature Trail. Some children had never been on it before and it has been improved so it is safe for us to go exploring.

In these photos you can see some of the children who were involved in the planning to improve the nature trail as well as the beautiful trees that are happy and healthy.

 

 

We can't wait to design some art works to add in the trail!!