Walk and Wheel Week Prizes

As part of Walk and Wheel week Macandrew bay School won two prizes. Our school received $300 for sports equipment and Jasmine won a $50 voucher to spend at Stirling sports. We were really p[leased that most children in our class walked to school.

First Aid Course

Today Belinda from St John came to teach us first aid. We found out how to deal with bleeding noses, broken bones, bee stings, choking and how to put people in the recovery position.

Earthquake Refugees from Redcliff Rest Home Residents Visit Us

We read in the paper about the residents from Redcliff Rest home who had to come to Dunedin after their rest home was destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake. We wrote letters to them and told them we were thinking of them and how hard it must have been for them to relocate to Dunedin. We were really thrilled when Leith House Rest Home phoned us to say the Christchurch residents would like to visit us to say Thank You for our letters. They came to visit us on Wednesday 9th March, just two weeks after the earthquake. We sang songs, read poems about the earthquake and asked questions about what it was like to be in an earthquake that size. They told us how frightened they were and how they had tables topple on them. One lady had a TV land on her foot. They had no power or water for two days and came to Dunedin in the clothes they were wearing. They were not allowed to go to their rooms and had to sleep for two nights on the floor. We thought they were very brave. We made scones and put jam and cream on them, which we enjoyed as well!!