Road Safety

This week on Monday we went to a program about road safety.  The lessons were inside the trailer of a huge truck. We sat in the cab and beeped the horn. Inside we watched a TV clip.  In the clip we learnt what to do keep safe around trucks when we are on or near the road.

The important points were:

Wait for big trucks to come to a complete stop before going across a crossing.

Trucks have blind spots so try not go down where they can't see you.

Trucks need lots of space to turn so wait for them to turn before you do.

What's Been On The News This Week?

 

This is the flood from yesterday on the West Coast.  The floods destroyed a bridge down by Franz Josef.  The road will be shut for a while so people will not be able to get down to Haast.

My opinion is I think it is pretty stink because now no one can go across the bridge so it might stop tourists coming.

Brunner Mine Site Visit

Yesterday T3 went to the Brunner Mine Site so that we could learn more about  the Brunner Mine Disaster.  I learnt that all the little pieces of coal were made in to coke. 

My favourite thing about the trip was the cemetery visit because we explored the different graves and saw how people died in many tragic ways in the old days.