Amba's thoughts about Heroes

When I first heard about the Heroes project, I thought that it would be hard, and so it was, but it was fun and worth finding out about. And what I found interesting was that a Hero can be anyone, but only a good person and someone that means well.

Heroes don't have to be Super Heroes, they could be like Lauren's Firefighter mum that saved people from fires in houses and buildings. And Mr Purdie that saved people in the bush, or even worse. Or like Brigadier Torrance, the Army man who told us about how he survived in Vietnam.

And also like the Olympic swimmer,Danyon Loader, Norbert Hausberg, the Puppeteer and the 'Wok and Wol' Puppeteer.

So a hero can be anyone and they can be like the teachers at Oroua Downs, and I think that heros are very cool to teach people and save people and things.

Heroes can be people that sell food or clothes to help us survive especially food because if we did not have food we'd die.

So heroes can be anyone. Heroes are almost everyone that we see every day because they've probably done something special, very special as well. But like Brigadier Torrance, some are bigger heroes than others.

A hero could be someone at this school, for example Drew or Michelle or anyone!!

A hero could be someone that's done something very simple, like saving a cat or something that maybe is very ugly but special.

A hero could be an animal because I've heard of a dog that saved a human from drowning in a lake.

So a hero can be ANYONE. So are YOU a HERO?

Amba

Heroes- Mr and Mrs Purdie

Mr and Mrs Purdie are part of the Search and Rescue team.

They help people who are lost, and if you have a gun, you can shoot 3

times in the air. They might find you if there are searchers are nearby.

Cody

Search and Rescue people are Heroes

Search and Rescue

When Mr Purdie came to my school, I learnt you have to have spare clothes and they have to be long thermal clothes.
If you have to go to the toilet in the bush, you dig a hole in the ground, away from a stream and squat down into the hole and do what you have to do in the hole, then cover the hole up.
If you are going on a tramping trip you need:
1 clothes
2 food
3 compass
4 torch

By Lauren

Search and Rescue Heroes

When Mr and Mrs Purdie came to Oroua Downs School,
Mr Purdie told us about their life in Search and Rescue.
If you got lost, you have to stay put. Wear bright clothes,
colours like pink, orange, green and yelow. They stand
out if you are in a stream or in a clearing. If a helicopter
comes past, it can pick you up. You need a compass too.

Michelle

My mum, my Hero

She liked playing with her friends
at school. She has a sister Nanette and
a brother Antony . She went to school in
Wellington.
My Mum cleans and sleeps.
She helps me make my bed and do the
dishes .Shes my Hero

Kquade

Mum,my hero

I chose my mum to be my Hero because she saved me from glass. She said, ‘watch out quickly!’ before I stepped on the glass.
There was glass everywhere. One day she saved me from soap that could get in my eyes. She saves me all the time.
My mum likes shopping so much and she likes swimming too.
When she went to school, she liked playing on the playground.
She’s my HERO.

Tyrone

My Dad ,my Hero

I am going to tell you about my dad. My dad had to put out a fire that was coming towords our house and he had to use lots and lots of water. My dad saved a whale by lots and lots of hard work. He had to walk the whale out to sea so it could swim back to sea. When my dad was a kid his favourite soft toy was a teddy bear, its name was Browny. My dad went to Newlands school in Wellington, he said he didn’t like the teachers at that school.
When I was born my dad and mum and my sister Angela all lived in Feilding, we lived down Pharison street. Dad always uses the virtue of patience. He always helps me with my homework when I’m stuck. He is my hero, he is the best!!!

Michelle

Search and Rescue

When Mr Purdie came, I learnt a lot about safety, it was really interesting when he told us about hyperthermia. When you get cold, you start to shiver, then you stop and go quiet . After you go quiet you get sleepy but you mustn't go to sleep because if you do, you will never wake up. Mr Purdie is one of the people that go and helps out at the communication centre. But sometimes he goes with the people to try and find the person or people that get lost.

Drew