{"id":20055,"date":"2025-11-03T16:10:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=20055"},"modified":"2025-11-03T16:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:10:39","slug":"bright-lights-and-safe-nights-firework-safety-in-p4-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2025\/11\/03\/bright-lights-and-safe-nights-firework-safety-in-p4-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Lights and Safe Nights: Firework Safety in P4-7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our upper class were delighted to welcome Robert McCrorie, a Community Safety Advocate from the Fire and Rescue Community Safety Team. He spoke to the pupils about staying safe around fireworks and Bonfire Night celebrations. \ud83c\udf87<\/p>\n<p>Robert covered important safety topics including fireworks, sparklers, and bonfires, highlighting potential hazards. Hannah\u00a0 gave a great demonstration on how to hold a sparkler safely\u2014at arm\u2019s length and without waving it around\u2014unfortunately nobody offered to do a demo of\u00a0 the vital Stop, Drop and Roll technique in case clothing catches fire. \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\ude92\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>The session also explored what should never be added to a bonfire and the reasons why, along with key rules and regulations for purchasing and using fireworks responsibly. \ud83c\udf87\ud83c\udf86<\/p>\n<p>Collaborating Cora<br \/>\nCritical Thinking Chris<br \/>\nInitiate Ivy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Article 19<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Protection from violence, abuse, and neglect<\/em>: Children have the right to be protected from all forms of harm. Learning how to stay safe around fireworks and bonfires supports this right.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 6<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Right to life, survival, and development<\/em>: Teaching children how to prevent accidents and respond to emergencies (like Stop, Drop and Roll) helps safeguard their well-being and development.\n<p><div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":76,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\\\/dg\\\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/03\\\/bright-lights-and-safe-nights-firework-safety-in-p4-7\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20055 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2025\/11\/03\/bright-lights-and-safe-nights-firework-safety-in-p4-7\/img_5150\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"1260\" 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He spoke to the pupils about staying safe around fireworks and Bonfire Night celebrations. \ud83c\udf87 Robert covered important safety topics including fireworks, sparklers, and bonfires, highlighting potential hazards. Hannah\u00a0 gave a great demonstration on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2025\/11\/03\/bright-lights-and-safe-nights-firework-safety-in-p4-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bright Lights and Safe Nights: Firework Safety in P4-7&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20597,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20597"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20060,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20055\/revisions\/20060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}