Up, up and away!
Like some of you I was privileged to go with my family and enjoy the wonderful live music, the night glow and the fireworks. I think the music was a highlight for matua, only because the band played a lot of the 80's stuff which is my sort of music.
Darth Vador was a treat for my boys.....um OK and for me too. But did anyone see that hot air balloon catch on fire? That was freeky as! my family and I were sitting about 50 meters in front of it. It was the balloon that said, "An egg a day is OK" My son sarcastically said after the fire, "I think those eggs are well done" What a crack up! This got me thinking about a whole lot of issues surrounding our Hamilton theme.
- What would happen if a hot air balloon caught on fire? What do you think the organisers have put in place to protect the public and other balloonists?
- After the festival who cleans up the grounds? Do they recycle the rubbish? Who cleans the neighbouring streets and areas e.g. sherwood vale, knighton road, hillcrest road? As this mess is often contributed largely by the public. Or do you think that this should be the responsibility of those living in that area? If so why do you think this?
- Were you one of the ones that got stuck in a traffic after the event? If so, what would you do to have all the traffic run smoothly. Do they need more traffic wardens, cones, police officers directing traffic? Something to think about. So comment away and may the force be with you room 9ians.
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10 comments:
if a boloon caught on fire I would just run away with my family and not come back there.
i would take pictures actually id probably end up screaming
The fireworks were let off while the balloons were being packed up -was that a risk to the balloons?
I rode my bike past the traffic jams.
Someone in Room5 knows all about the cleanup...
Hey guys I am a Room5ian.
It would not be good for a balloon to blow up!
the fireworks were really cool.
have you heard of the trapeze artist that did crazy things 100's of feet of the ground.
I am also a room5ian! I got stuck in all the traffic coming back from the balloons, It wasnt to bad, but it did take a while! THe egg balloon had a burn mark on it this year, but it was only small, and I dont think it effected anything in any way!
Room5ian too!!!
If the balloon blew up or burnt, the ifre-people would be on hand anyway. When you are doing big projects like that, safety is a huge issue.
For instance, in class we are re-designing Hamiltron to help the Hamilton City Council (HCC) with the City heart revitalization project. You need to think about all the safety before betting onto the fancy stuff.
A boy in our class did the cleanup. He walked around with a rubbish bag (I think) and picked up all the rubbish. He may have to come on the blog and write his account himself!
if the a balloon caught on fire i would get out a smoke and light it. and puff people out
yes it would be very dangeros for the ballons because if a balloon caught on fire it proberly would burn the grass and set the place on fire mrwoody
from ryton room 9
Wow! Im leaving this post on behalf of Tamaki Intermediate in Auckland, its awesome to see some mighty Waikato Schools online! I really liked the way that you've set the blog page up. Once the school holidays end, I'll get our students to log onto here regularly to check out all the new posts and imformation! Only a week left!
Mr Webb, R6, Tamaki Intermediate School, Auckland.
I would take picts on ma fone and then run away. I rid on ma bike too.
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