When Spring comes so does field trip season. How does one cope with a Friday afternoon after doing a week of Standardized testing? You go to see the Police horse stables!
After learning about helpers in our local community I took my girls and the grade 4/5's to the police horse stables. One of our wonderful office ladies used to work in the horse stable for the mounted police and was able to set up a visit for us. Unfortunately the weather did no cooperate so it was a wet cold afternoon, but our kids are troopers and they toughed it out.
Enjoy the pictures from our adventures.
First we trekked a kilometre from the bus stop to the horse stables. In the rain! Such tough kids.
Big thanks to Lily for teaching us about the horses and what the officers do. We learned that one horse and rider is the equivalent of having 10 officers on the ground. They are often brought out during large crowd situations such as after hockey and football (soccer) matches, to help with crowd control and in case or riots.
The horses are trained to walk in formation through crowds and obstacles and to not spook around loud noises, smoke and fire.
Many thanks to the Czech Police department- Mounted division for welcoming us and taking time out of your busy day to teach us about what you do.
Now on to Spring Break! Stay tuned for a few snapshots of my quick trip to Paris!
