Community Service Rubbish Clean Up

Today the P.B.S school leaders walked along Dunkirk road to clean up our community area. We went along with Miss Page (Kiwi Can Tutor) and Jordan (Social Worker). We weren't the only ones picking up rubbish. Glenn Taylor, Tamaki Primary, and Glen Brae also picked up rubbish. This was a good opportunity for us to make our community area clean. To not mix up the recyclable and the plastic rubbish we had two different bags. The place that had the most rubbish was Dunkirk park. We found a lot of beer cans (especially Cody's) and fizzy can's (a lot of mountain drew). There were so much rubbish that our bags were full and we didn't even get half way of our journey. At the end all schools meet up at Pt England reserve for sausage sizzle. We also played a couple of sports such as touch, soccer, and bats down. A huge thank you to Graeme Dingle Foundation for letting us partake in this event and to Lion foundation for providing us with the lunch.

Fire Station Summary

On Tuesday LS2 went to the Mt Wellington Fire Station as part of inquiry. After coming back from the Fire Station visit we wrote a summary about what we learnt in our visit. First of all we (I was working with Sanujan, Brooklyn, Savelina, Joshua) got 20 words that we thought were important about what we learnt at the fire station. After that we choose 6 important words from the 20 words. The last thing we had to was to make a 25 word summary with the 6 words about what we learnt about fire fighters.

Fire Safety Message

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As part of learning about the community for inquiry this term we have been writing fire safety messages to help out our community. First as a class we were discussing how we can help our community with fire problems. I wrote a message talking about smoke alarms and where you should put it. I have linked a video to show what could happen if you don't have a working smoke alarm. There a places that you shouldn't put smoke alarms. I learnt that when your smoke alarm makes a sound the first thing to do is go outside somewhere safe and make sure you don't go back inside your house. Remember to call 111 for the emergency service to come. 

Fire Station Visit

As part of our inquiry this term we have been learning about people who help out the community. On Tuesday LS2 went to the Mt Wellington fire station. We learnt how they help us and what they do as being a fire fighter. We learnt that fire fighters just don't go to fire problems they also go to flood situations, chemical hazards and they also help paramedics. When we got to the fire station one of the fire fighters told us about smoke alarms and what you should do if you don't have one. Next one of the fire fighters showed us all the equipment that were on the fire fighter trucks. I found out that they had a lot of hoses in their trucks. The interesting part was seeing the fire fighters taking apart a car. The tools they used to take apart the car was the spreader. I think the fire fighters are a really helpful emergency service for our community. 

Police Visit

Today was Panmure Bridge School's lucky day. The New Zealand Police Helicopter landed on our school grounds and also we had the police dog unit. First we had the helicopter land on our fields. We were so stunned to see the helicopter. We learnt the different parts of the helicopter. I learnt that at the bottom of the helicopter they have cameras to take pictures of criminals and lost people. 

Second we had the police dog unit show us their dog. They showed us how the dog can sense things. The dog's name was Kahu. One of the police officers dropped his keys on the school grounds and Kahu used his senses to find them. We were so amazed. 

The fun part was seeing Kahu attack one of the police men. I learnt that Kahu has forty two teeth, (isn't that a lot?). I think police officers a really supportive service to our community.