Shake Out Day!

 Today, 15th of October is Shake Out Day! It is a national day for earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi. Room 2 registered for this Shake Out Day, and we talked about what it meant and what we would do at 9:30. 

We talked about what an earthquake was and I talked about my experiences of earthquakes. Growing up in Japan, I have experienced earthquakes many times. 

We talked about what we do to protect ourselves from earthquakes. We learnt to do Drop, Cover and Hold. We also watched a song called Turtle Safe, simply when an earthquake occurs, we become like a turtle. Drop on the floor and cover our heads and necks with our hands. If we can go under the tables, we can hold the legs of the table. 

Here is a video of us doing the earthquake drill. 

Throughout the day, we did more practice of Drop, Cover and Hold. Whenever I put an alarm sound on, the children needed to do the Drop, Cover and Hold. At the third practice, the children were very quick at dropping down on the floor and moving themselves into a safe place. 

This is a very important practice so that we can be safe and we know what to do when earthquakes happen. What a fantastic job everyone did!