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.