Saturday, November 30, 2013

Our amazing train adventure

Singing our prizewinning song on the station platform.
Traveling in comfort

Disembarking in Otorohanga


Hotdogs and chips for lunch on the green
If you have ever wondered what 25 EXTREMELY excited children sound like, today would have been a good day to find out.  This morning we travelled to Hamilton to experience going on a train.  The rain stopped, the train finally arrived and on we got ...... Oh the exhilaration!  The children enthusiastically explored the seating, tables, menus, earphones, magazines, and self opening doors while they waited for the lights to turn green (45 minutes of waiting!!) and then we were off.  Parents waved and we waved back in eager expectation of a fantastic ride.  And we were not disappointed.  Puzzles were done, popcorn eaten, music listened to and our prizewinning song sung heartily.  Then it was off the train at Otorohanga to have hotdogs and chips for lunch and to look at all the icons around town.  We had a fantastic time  and we are very grateful to Kiwirail for their generous sponsorship of this learning adventure.


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Pam said...

It was a fabulous adventure Mrs J - and one over-stuffed with song.

KiwiRail hosted a fabulous group of well prepared, well behaved, highly enthusiastic and safety conscious passengers. And I am certain the other passengers would agree that the railway platform at Hamilton station has never been so tuneful.

The delayed start sharpened the anticipation - and your clever distribution of activity packs as interest in the folding trays and barf bags waned was perfectly timed.

Chesterton famously claimed that "the only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before" Room 10 students at Firth Primary would have to disagree.


December 1, 2013 at 12:51 AM

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