First Aid

In preparation for the year 6 camp at Camp Iona at Herbert.  We have been up-skilling our first aid knowledge.  Today we had a visit from Neville from the Red Cross.  We covered such things as:

• D.R.S.A.B.C 

Danger
Response
Airway
Breathing
Circulation

• Shock
• Broken bones
• Burns and scalds
• Poisons
• Applying bandages and slings
• Choking
• Recovery position 

The recovery position

Using the knee and the shoulder as pivot points rescuers are able to rotate patients even heavier and larger than themselves.

Them bones!

A great time is being had study the skeletal system.  Year 6s have been involved in researching the function of the skeletal system, finding out the common and scientific names for bones, observing and making notes on different types of bones.
This study has great links to PE,  measurement, literacy and science!

 

Buddy Reading

It's always great fun having the junior classes come to us for Buddy Reading.  They are super readers and very enthusiastic!

'Walk and Wheel'

It was great to see everyone at Jubilee Park yesterday.....what a fab way to start the school day - walking/wheeling to school with the Mayor, Sport Otago, More FM and loads of parents!
Walk and Wheel Week is a great initiative to encourage sustainable ways to get to school.  It's worth thinking about as walking/wheeling to school helps to reduce traffic at the school gate, clears your head, is a chance to catch up with friends and is cheap!