Room 9's New Interactive Whiteboard

Room 9 got a new interactive whiteboard on Monday the 29th of August
which was very exciting for all of us. When the technicians had finished setting it up, Room 9 explored the board making a Mr Potato-Head which was a great laugh.
Room 9 also uses the interactive whiteboard now for work and fun and sometimes Room 8 comes in and shares the interactive whiteboard too. We are still learning how to use the board but I reckon we will be experts by the end of the year.

By Rebecca.

Red Cross People Savers Course

On the 2nd of August 2011,room 9 did a Red Cross People Savers Course.
We had an instructor called Brian, Brian told us about the the D.R.S.A.B.C which stands for Danger, Response, Send for help, Airway, Breathing and Circulation. If a person is unconscious the first thing you should do is the Head tilt Chin lift so when you tilt the head back the airway is open. Brian told us about the Recovery position, you do the Head tilt chin lift, put the arm closest to you out, put the arm that is futher away from you on their chest, roll them over by the hip and the shouder, bend the top leg, put the arm that's on the chest on top of the other arm and then do the head tilt chin lift. You must point their mouth to the ground so if they are sick and puke they won't choke on it.
Brian taught us how to put on a dressing (doctors word for bandages). He demonstrated what you would do if you got glass stuck in your arm and how to put a dressing on it. He also showed us how to make a sling for a broken arm, then he showed us how to bandage someone's head and we also wrapped someone's arm up in dressing.
We also learned what to do if you choke and we played a game about it. We had a 1.5 ltr drink bottle with a cork in it which we used as a gun. We put the bottle on our chest, made our hand into a fist and put it on the bottle. Then we put our other hand over it and squeezed hard. Whoever fired the cork the furtherest wins. The girls won.
We had a great time and we all hoped to do it again.

By Jack and Riana

My Dad's Marlin

This is my Dad's 97kg marlin. Dad and his friend Tom caught it. Tom was the skipper and Dad was the angler. The tackle was 28kg. The marlin was caught by trolling between the Tank Farm and Tapuae. They trolled for about half an hour before Dad got the strike. It took Dad about 45 minutes to play the marlin and to land it. The marlin was caught around 7.30am under fine weather and a calm sea. This is the second marlin my Dad has caught with Tom.
The first one weighed 129kg so it was a bit bigger than this one. Both marlin have been smoked and the steaks stored in the freezer. Since writing this Dad has caught a third marlin in the same spot that was also 97kg, exactly the same weight as the other one. In the future any marlin Dad catches will be tagged and released.


By Reuben

AWE Water Safety Programme

Recently our class participated in a water Safety programme sponsored by AWE and New Plymouth District Council. Every day for one week our class was picked up outside the school gates by bus and taken to the New Plymouth Aquatic Centre where we were taken through a whole series of water safety exercises and activities. We learned to jump into the water safely from a height with and without lifejackets on and we also learned to tread water correctly. Other activites included staying afloat with anything we could find to help us e.g. plastic bottles and clothing.

On the second to last day we went to the beach where we were taught how to use a surfboard and then we had a surfing competition. That was great fun even though it is the middle of winter here. We're tough! Here are some photos of us at the beach surfing.

Fitzroy School vs BellBlock School Sports Exchange

The Fitzroy School vs BellBlock School sports exchange was held on Tuesday 31st May. We played rugby, soccer and netball. We had two netball teams, the B team and the A team. BellBlock won the A netball game 13 goals to Fitzroy's 6 and for the B netball game Fitzroy were the winners 3 goals to 2. It was much closer for the rugby teams though, the score was 31 to 26 to Fitzroy. Liam Mataku scored the golden point to win the game for Fitzroy School after the teams were tied 26 all at full time.
The last team that we had was soccer and it was a draw, 1 all after a good hard battle.

After the games we all ran to the hall to fill our tummies with cakes, fudges, cookies and slices provided by the Fitzroy interschool families. We farewelled BellBlock School and wished them well for their future sporting events.












































































posted by Rebecca helped by Abby and Courtney from Room 8.