Ferrymead Historic Park

Last week the whole junior school spent the morning at Ferrymead Historic Park as part of our Transport topic.  We were very lucky to have the whole outing (including bus and entry to Ferrymead) funded by our fabulous PTA so there was no cost to families.

Firstly we climbed on board a big GoBus to start our adventure:

When we got to Ferrymead we walked to the train station and saw some chickens on the way (William wasn't too keen on them!). Then our first ride of the day was on the train. We went down to the end of the track and back twice. The driver tooted the whistle but it wasn't very loud..

Next it was our turn to go on the Tram - a red one, number 22.  We went right down to the other end of Ferrymead and into the Tram Restoration Shed, before the driver switched ends and drove us back again. Liz, Aiyden and Lisa sat outside on the tram - it was very windy!

Kereama was keen to shut the door as it was cold outside!

Inside the restoration shed

Then, while we waited for our last ride, on the trolley bus, we got to climb inside the oldest trolley bus that Ferrymead has. It was in a shed but we all sat in the drivers seat and pretended to drive...

Lastly, just as we were leaving we saw some very old fire engines, and they were all called Dennis!

Then it was time to return to school. Everyone had such a great time, and Tyler laughed the whole way back on the bus.

Back at school we made a thank you card for the PTA. What a great day!

New toys in Room 11

We are very fortunate to have received two gifts recently.  Firstly Chris's brother made us some fantastic new sensory boards. They are covered in a range of textures such as sandpaper, fake grass, rope, fluffy fabric and corrugated cardboard.

Everyone enjoys exploring all the different feelings on them. Kereama decided to line them up and make a bumpy road for his car to drive across.

Then on Friday a teacher assistant in another class asked us if we would like a wooden train that used to belong to her son. We said 'yes!' Everyone in Rm11 loves trains and it fits so well with our transport topic this term too. Check out these photos of Kereama and Bailey Rose play with it. A big thank you to Robyn for her kind donation.

Wigram Airforce World

Planes! Helicopters! Everyone was very excited today to visit the Airforce World at Wigram as part of our Transport topic.  We sat in several planes, saw lots of big planes and helicopters, tried on some Flight Jackets and had a really great look around.  There was lots of 'plane' and 'flying' talk for the rest of the day...

We sat inside a Hercules - the seats weren't very comfy!

William and Kereama loved the helicopter

Everyone tried on a flight cadet uniform - I think they all looked pretty flash!

And finally everyone had a turn flying a fighter jet!

Transport

We kicked off our Transport topic by playing with some cars & diggers in trays of sand & flour. Everyone had fun digging, driving & dumping. Messy but fun!!

Rainbow!

We knew the term was getting off to a good start when we looked out the window and a rainbow had appeared while everyone was unpacking there bags on the first day of term. A sign of great things to come I'm sure!

(And yes - that is an octopus in the corner of the window....)