INTERESTING INFORMATION

We were lucky to have Mr Fitzpatrick come along and talk to us about keeping bees. He has kept bees for over 60 years. Some of his hives are in Moeraki and some here in Dunedin and one on our grounds up in the Community Garden. Mr Fitzpatrick brought along some creamed honey made from hives in The Valley. We each got to taste the honey and we thought it was delicious.

 Maia was asked to put on the special protective clothing that he sometimes wears. We also got to see the smoker he uses to quieten the bees down. He brought along a jar with pollen in it that bees had collected.

This is a small part of the cells  that the bees make.

        

                       Mr Fitzpatrick has lots of information to give us and he was really interesting.

Beach day at St Kilda

It was really cold, wet and windy on Wednesday when our class went to the beach. There wasn't any swimming but we learnt alot from the lifeguards. Here is some of the writing we did after the visit.

We went to the beach and learnt about an IRB. That means inflatable rescue boat.
We had to say a tongue twister poem......Sun smart Sam says slip slop slap
 and wrap in the summer time.
We learnt about rips. Rips are a flat surface on the water but no waves are going through.
                                                                                                                                Isla

At St Kilda beach we learnt about rips. It was good because I know all about rips because my dad told me. We would not stand 2 minutes out there in the water because we would get hypothermia quickly. Rips are flat pieces of the ocean.
                                                                                                                                    Ty

 On Wednesday we went to a surf life saving club. First we split into three grooups. We learnt ten safety rules. We went into lots of rooms and found out how to use the equipment and how to notice a rip.
                                                                                                                                              Molly

  On Wednesday morning we went to St Kilda Beach Surf Life Saving Club. It was obviously very, very rainy. In the morning we scrambled into the clubroom and hung our bags up in the changing room. First the lifeguards split us into two groups that went round four stations. One was when they brought us to the first aid room.
                                                                                                                                  Violet MM

                       

Our Community Garden

On Tuesday we walked up" Heartattack Hill "to visit the Community Garden. Our science study at the moment has been on Bees so we were keen to see the hive. It was rainy but we looked around and then went back to our room where Richard and Mark gave us a vegetable quiz and some samples too. It was interesting .We found out that the Leafcutter bees aren't in the hive yet as they have to hatch when there are lots of hot days in a row.

A great start to 2018

Here we all are. There are 28 of us  ready for a busy year. Some of us were with Mrs Silbie last year and some of us were with Miss B and we have 5 new children joining our class.. Chloe, Oliver, Jamie ,Maia and Isaac.Welcome to North East Valley Normal School.