Guess what we are studying at the moment?
The kids and I visited a police display at a local shopping centre. To be honest I found it a little disappointing and not really worthy of the massive add in the paper. The two police officers just stood there and expected the kids to just chat to them which proved a little intimidating, they had nothing prepared to say. However the kids have jabbered excitable about it since. They got to sit in the car, listen to the police radio (Lani was the first kid in and turned it on) and got their fingers printed. We watched a forensic episode of Scope on TV so it was quite thrilling to take part in something we had watched on the screen.
You should had seen the officer jump forward when Sabi did this, I think she was near the siren button.
Non of the kids were brave enough to ask anything so we went off to have doughnuts. On the way back to the car the sugar induced bravery must have kicked in because they wanted to go back. In the end we had a very lengthy conversation with the female police officer about all her belt attachments. The kids liked the hand cuffs and the bullets but the thing that Eli talked about most was the extendable baton because it was just like his Light Saber.
As part of this topic we have been spending a lot of time at Brigade kids and all the kids have had fun with the Triple Zero Challenge. Its a really great site for kids to learn about the emergency services and general safety. We have learnt a lot and now know we need to memorise the addresses of all of the houses that we visit often not just our own because emergencies can happen anywhere.
Hopefully thats the last they see of the inside of a police vehicle! Looks like they had a wonderful time though. I remember there being a sort of aura surrounding official people like the police when I was a little kid, they were amazing!
What a wonderful experience for your children! I am sure they had a wonderful time. I am never good about field trips and things like that…I need to do more fun things.
You should find a place to send in a suggestion to what the cops should do as a display and detail items that would be educational. You could contract yourself out in your spare time to services that put on displays for children and make lots of pocket money organising them to teach kids stuff instead of being a static display. Interation is the key is it not????
Love the photos
Um Jill my sweet sister I think you may have a slight misunderstanding about how many hours there are in a day.
Luckily, kids are taken in by the novelty of seeing a police car up close and personal. What the cops said probably wouldn’t have mattered a bit.
I love your sister’s suggestion. It reminds me of something my husband would say to me. And, your response….oh, so much like mine.