Class Sleepover!

On Friday 8th December we had a sleepover at school with Miss Robinson. We pitched some tents and we had tea together. After tea we had a water fight and we set up a water slide! It was heaps of fun. We played spotlight when it was dark enough and Miss Robinson read us a story before we went to bed. Some children also played soccer and rode their bikes all around the school. We had some parents who also stayed the night with us, some people kept them awake all night!!
In the morning we had breakfast in the staffroom and then some children gave each other special massages - it was very relaxing!!
Our parents picked us up at 10am on Saturday morning.

Constable Garland

On Friday 8th December, Emily's dad came to visit our class to speak to us about his job as a policeman. He has been a police officer for over 20 years! He works in Nelson as an educational officer, this means he goes to different schools to talk to children about the police and tries to educate the community. He said the most important thing you can learn is to get along with each other...this is so that you can make good choices as an adult and not get into any trouble with the law.

Dan Carter!

Miss Robinson was very excited to meet Dan Carter at the Richmond Mall on Tuesday 12th December. He was signing his book that he has just published and is touring around bookshops in New Zealand at the moment to promote it. He is Miss Robinson's hero...(because he is such a great rugby player of course!)
There were hundreds of people at the mall all queueing up to see him and they were all taking heaps of photos. He is one of the best rugby players in the world. He is also Hunter's cousin!

Tasman Store Fire!

Yesterday there was a fire at the Tasman Store and it burnt to the ground. We heard the sirens go past our school about 12.30pm. Luckily the fire didn't spread to the art gallery or the petrol tanks otherwise there would have been a huge explosion!
No one was hurt or killed in the fire but the owners will be very upset as they have lost everything. The police are investigating how the fire was caused.
We have been learning about "People who help us" in our community this term at school. The fire service do a wonderful job at helping people in our town. Firefighters have to be trained especially so they know what to do in a serious fire like this. What would we do without them?