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Category: 2018-2019
Congratulations
Open Day
After our recent visit to the fire station, staff were keen to invite our families to their upcoming Open Day. Please click on the link for details. We hope that lots of you are able to enjoy this family fun event.
Police Station
This week’s visit to the police station was a great learning experience. We were shown round the cells as well as the rooms in the police station used for interviews and fingerprinting and we found out what happens when someone is brought in to the police station. Some of the children tried out the hard beds and, although they thought it was great fun to try them out, most agreed that they would not like to sleep there.
The police van, of course, was very popular and most had a turn at sitting in the front and the back of the van. The blue light and siren caused great excitement although some had to cover their ears, the noise was so loud.
Thank you to all the parents who came with us on this visit – we appreciate your support. Thank you also to P.C. Leggett for making us feel so welcome. These photos provide a taste of the Raindrop Room visit. We will post photos of the Rainbow Room visit soon.
Fire Hose
Ellie’s family has been looking at the photos of our visit to the fire station last week:
“Ellie loved using the fireman’s water hose. She helps her dad use his to wash his van too.”
The hose was certainly very popular and the children had great fun trying to knock down the bin with the water.
What Did We Learn?
The children have been talking about their experiences at the fire station. These were some of their comments when looking at our photos of the fire engine.
Parker: I was blowing the fire out with a hose. The fire engine is red. It’s big.
Freddie: the hose gets the fire away. They flush it away.
Alex W.: I went in the fire engine. I wore a helmet and used a hose. Water came out then Zack wanted a go.
Lewis: I had a turn of squirting the hose. I sitted on the fire truck.
Emilia H.: I was sitting in the back.
Euan: I went inside the fire engine. Water came out the hose to put the fire out.
Jessica: it’s hot fire.
Danielle: I’m watering the fire.
Emily M.: I went in the fire engine and sprayed the hose.
The children also talked about the road safety learning on our visit.
Letti: we learned to look about where the cars are and to walk on the pavement.
Nancy: I was a lollipop lady. I helped people to cross the road so Filip could ride his bike to school.
Arthur: the lollipop lady stops the cars to cross the road.
Tom: we were playing cars and bikes and buses. I played a lollipop man. Stopped the cars. Freddie was there. Stop, keep your eyes open, keep your ears open, think with your brains.
Jake: be safe. Look with the eyes. If cars coming stop, listen, cross at the man.
Tiana-Rose: I walk with Mum. Hold hands on the pavement. Wait before you cross. Cross at lollipop man.
Lewis: Stop! Cross at the lollipop man, look both ways and think. Hear with your ears.
It certainly sounds like lots of good listening has been happening on our visit.
Word of The Week
“Word of the Week” in the Raindrop Room is ‘seasons’ this week and the children in the Rainbow Room are having ‘Spring’ as their focus. Let’s hope that the weather gives us lots of opportunities to talk about Spring over the next few days.
Fire Station Take Two
As promised, here is a gallery of photos from the Raindrop Room’s visit to the fire station last week. Just as with the Rainbow Room, we were very proud of the good listening and talking from our children as well as their super behaviour. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this a great outing for our children.
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Award Winners
We would like to congratulate these recent award winners who should be very proud of their achievements.
Fire Station
As part of learning about jobs in our community, the children had trips out this week to visit the fire station. They got a close up view of the equipment in a fire engine, as well as the fire officer’s uniform, and put their hands to their ears as the blue lights and siren were turned on. Of course, no visit to the fire station is complete without getting an opportunity to sit up in the fire engine and try out the big hose which was great highlight for everyone.
As well as learning about a firefighter’s job, we had a great team teaching the children about road safety through role play. The children showed themselves to be knowledgeable and certainly followed the rules of road safety on the walk to and from the fire station.
Huge thanks go to all the fire team who looked after us and made our visit such fun as well as to the parents who accompanied us – without parent helpers these trips out would not be possible. We hope that you enjoy these photos of the Rainbow Room children and will post photos soon of the Raindrop Room’s visit.
