Firewise

We were lucky enough to have a visit from our local firemen as part of our firewise work. Here is Max's writing about the visit. Yesterday a fire engine came to school. Brad put on a breathing apparatus he sounded like an alien from planet Zeutron. the water shot out of the hose. The further you tilted the house the further the water went. It went so far it hit the road! The truck had lots of levers and gadgets on it. When the air ran out on the fire suit Brad pressed a button and more air came into the can. Brad knew when the air ran out because he had a special dial. I liked to squirt the hose because not many kids get to do it. By Max

Nelson Green Gecko

 

Wow what a very lucky class we are!  Today Mandy (Tom's Mum) came to visit Room 8 and bought some very special visitors with her, two Nelson Green Gecko's.  Mandy has been looking after the gecko's and very kindly bought them to school to share with the children.  Mandy told us lots of interesting things about native New Zealand gecko's and about her special dog Puti who is trained to find gecko's!  We were able to carefully touch the gecko's bumpy, lumpy skin and to feel their claws on our skin which are specially designed for climbing trees.  We had so many questions to ask about gecko's that we could have had Mandy here all afternoon!  Thank you so much Mandy for a very special visit.