GIANT WALK

31 MARCH 2016

from 

Waiake Reserve to School.

meet at the reserve at 8;15am.

WALK TO SCHOOL WITH

THE WALKING SCHOOL BUS MASCOT.

Prizes to be won for the best decorated bag.

Welcome to TRAVELWISE 2016

7 March 2016

THE YEAR 2 CLASSES WENT TO PRACTICE CROSSING THE ROAD SAFELY.

THEY LEARNED

TO LOOK FOR A SAFE PLACE TO CROSS.

TO HOLD HANDS WHEN CROSSING THE ROAD

 TO LOOK

 RIGHT, LEFT and RIGHT again.

AND TO

 STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN.

Welcome to

 TRAVELWISE

 2016

Y5 & Y6 Scooter training

Scooter Training by Jack

Yesterday we were visited by Auckland Transport to train us how to be safe on a scooter. 

 First we had to get our helmets fitted correctly.  To see if the helmet fits correctly you have

 to use the 2 finger salute from your eyebrows to your helmet.  Your helmet should be

 touching your fingers if it's the correct fit.  The 'v' on the side of the helmet straps should 

be the same size of your 2 fingers doing the peace sign.  The strap at the bottom should 

only be able to fit one finger between the strap and your chin.  

After that we went onto our scooters to test the brakes and see how accurate we were to

 stop on the white line.  

We also learnt how to do one type of emergency stop.  We need to use this to stop

 quickly and safely if we are about to hit something, like a dog or cat.  It also stops us

 from smashing our faces into the handlebars.

The next activity was seeing where the right places to scooter were and where the unsafe

 places to scooter were.  Some places that are good to scooter are in the park, on the

 footpath and on your driveway if the adults know.  Some of the bad places to scooter are 

on muddy land, on the beach and on the road.  

Finally we had to do the final test to receive our licence which was to learn the last

 emergency stop and to go through the obstacle course correctly.  The obstacle course

 was the small version of a zebra crossing.  We had to cross this correctly and we had to

 do an emergency stop before a driveway so this pretend car didn't hit you.   Then you had

 to repeat the course.  Then the man would tell you if you had passed the test or NOT!

I really enjoyed this session because it was fun to have a scooter for a break and also to

 learn some stuff like how your helmet is to be put on properly using the 2,4,1 rule

Year 3 & Year 4 made badges.
They made a picture with a slogan about road safety.
Here are some of there badges and the badge making machine on loan from Auckland Transport.

Year 3 & 4 Road Safety

The Year 3 and 4 students were taught about crossing the road safely.
Const. Wansink showed us how to cross the road.

We chose a partner to cross the road with.
We went to the teachers parking then up to the road patrol.
We did the curb drill that Const. Wansink taught us.
Step 1
Take a step back from the curb
Step 2
Stop and look all around so you can look for cars,
Step 3
Listen for cars while you are looking.

Then walk across the road in an ordinary fashion.

Always remember the 3 steps to cross a road safely.

STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!
By Eloise Anderson

road saftey years 1 and 2

Learning how to cross the road.

Always hold an adults hand

Look right, left and right again.

What is travelwise

Travel wise 

Travel wise is about making easier ways to get to school instead of coming to school in the car.

by not using our cars so much we can save oil and slow down global warming.