Today we were lucky to have a group of truck drivers and managers come to school to talk to us about sharing the road with trucks. First we watched a presentation about trucks and how to be safe around them. We learnt that trucks take a lot longer to stop than cars because of how heavy they are, and that when you are around trucks you need to be able to see the driver's face or you are in their blind spot and they can't see you. We learnt how rocks get lodged in tyres and can flick out when driving, also that trucks create a lot of spray (on wet days) and wind when they drive past.
We got to hop into a huge logging truck and play with the air horn (they run out of air when the truck is not going so it didn't last long!) We also looked at where the blind spots were.Thank you so much to the team for teaching us how to be safe around trucks. We learnt heaps!
Did you know that a logging truck weighs 50 tons, a standard car weighs 1 ton - so 50 cars weigh the same as 1 truck!
Cool looks like you lot had a lot of fun and learnt lots.
ReplyDeleteHi Kawakawa primary, It's Kayla here from St Patrick's school in Greymouth. I really like how the slideshow is at a perfect speed, I also liked that you let your class get into the truck and took lots of photos. I enjoyed that you did a "did you know"
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Hello Kawakawa, It's very important to learn about road rules and sharing the road with other larger vehicles, and transporting logs of wood is very importan t and needed in a country like New Zealand.
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ReplyDeleteHi Kawakawa primary, It's isaac from yms. I really like how the slideshow is at a perfect speed, I also liked that you let your class get into the truck and took lots of photos. I enjoyed that you did a "did you know"
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Hi guys! That looks really cool, its cool how you got to go inside and play with the truck itself, trucks can be dangerous but trucks can be really educational.
ReplyDeleteKia Ora Kawakawa primary. Its Jessica from St Patrick's primary school Greymouth. I really like that you let your class get into the truck and took lots of photos. blog ya later
ReplyDeleteHello this is Ella and I enjoyed this it was very good, road safety is something everyone needs.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for your positive comments. Road safety is certainly a very important topic, especially when dealing with trucks. It is a great program that I hope you all get to have in your schools at some point.
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