Helping Hands

The Adventurers, Discoverers and Investigators used their Helping Hands and picked up rubbish from around Shotover Country Estate. They found an amazing amount rubbish and some cool irrigation pipes that will be chopped up and used at Town Time.

Thank you to all the parents who came and supported us, carried the big bits and kept us all safe.

Another big thank you to Sharyn and Grant Stalker who gave all those children who helped an ice block for their efforts.

Collaboration in Skippers

We are challenging ourselves in art today. We are creating our own busy street scene by using pva, scissors and magazines. We like Eric Carle's style and are using it to cut out trees, buildings, trains and cars. Come in and see our art in progress.

Busy Medical Staff

Watch our busy beehive of a hospital at Town Time.
Can you ask us at home: How do nurses help us? How do doctors help us?

A Visit From Ross (Skippers)

For our concept learning, Georgia's Dad Ross came to visit us and show us all the fun he has managing Coronet Peak. 

We watched a funny video of all the people who work there. 

There are 450,000 people who visit the ski fields each year. So he told us about the rubbish and recycling.

2000 people go up th chairlift per hour.

The Green Gates chairlift has a span of 40m high. 

Thank you for all the learning Ross. 

Fergus' Writing

How Does Our Community Help Us?
by Fergus McMurdo

I think the airforce helps us by keeping us safe at war and by helping us when we are hurt. 

Firefighters help us by putting out fires. Also they help us out of buildings. I think teachers are good because they help children. 

Pounamu General Hospital

Move over Shortland Street, there's a new hospital in Pounamu Town. Our doctors and nurses are working around the clock to care for our patients. 

Dr Neo: "Tianyou broke her leg and I'm giving her an injection". 

Dr Mackenzie: "They fell off a cliff and they broke their leg. I had to look in their ears and their mouth. I had to put a bandage on them. They had to lie down. I had to check the heart. It was broken. I had to look inside their tummy."