Saturday 14 March 2015

On the Buller Bridge

Walking over the bridge was exciting as the traffic rumbled past on one side, the water shimmered, glittered and reflected the sunlight on the other. I am expecting some awesome descriptive stories next week if the great adjectives the children were using is any indication. We also saw someone paddling on a surfboard while standing up, travelling down the river!
When we got to the other side we had our photo taken under the Westport sign.



Under the bridge

After lunch we went under the bridge and listened to the thunderous noise made by the traffic as it crossed onto the bridge.

Rolling Down the Hill

The children had a lot of fun rolling down the bank by the river. It brought back memories of when I was a child doing the same thing. They were doing fine but, unfortunately, Lenka landed on Millie and poor Millie had to be taken back to school and then to the hospital for an x-Ray. She has a broken collarbone again. We hope you get better quickly Millie.

Creating in Wood

One of the tasks on the map was to look at the wood pile that is stacked with a different art work being created every year. Last year it was a kiwi, this year it is a lizard. The man who creates this is an artist!
He has also created a bear out of a piece of wood which fascinated the children.


Walk to the Buller Bridge

It was a great day on Friday! We finally got our walk to the river completed and the weather was stunning.
Thanks to all the parents who were able to join us.
As we walked we learnt a little bit about map orientation from Mrs Cumming and filled in some parts on our maps. We will look at them again on Monday. Erin was able to check that the missing street name was Queen St and she was correct. She used the map before our walk to do some homework. Well done, Erin.