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Visit from the Police

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Today we were lucky enough to have a visit from PC Cameron Jamieson who is the link officer with our school.  He came in to tell us about Stranger Danger, Road Safety and also a little bit about his job.

We were very interested and excited to see all the things he told us and showed us.  He had a big bag of things that help him do his job.  We found out about the importance of wearing reflective clothing at night when we are out walking and we also told him other ways to stay safe when walking at night too.

PC Jamieson showed us the baton and sprays that help to keep him safe when out on patrol.

Then he showed us the handcuffs.  PC Jamieson pretended to arrest Mrs Inkster to show how the handcuffs work, thankfully he let her go again!

Then we found out more about the radio and how it was important to help communicate with other police officers, not only here in Shetland, but in other places in Scotland too.

Writing is something we do all the time and PC Jamieson said it was important to keep writing and put as much information in as possible as it helped with being a police officer.  They have to write lots of details down in their books.

Then we got to have a closer look at things and ask PC Jamieson questions.  He showed us safety glasses, the first aid kit, he even let us try on his hat!  Some of us think that maybe this could be the job we want to do when we grow up.

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Class trip

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On Friday we had the great excitement and pleasure of going down to Sumburgh to visit Search and Rescue at the Bristow hangar and then on to visit the Fire Station and find out about Air Traffic Control.

Our topic was Day & Night but we were looking at how jobs are affected by the different times of day.  What we found out was very interesting!

We saw the control room at Search and Rescue.  It is very busy place.  There are screens to see the weather, showing maps and many other things.  They have maps to show where they are going and how far away it is so that they have enough fuel to fly there and back.

Each crew member has an important role.  Here is someone being winched up in the sling.

The pilots fly the helicopter and keep it steady when hovering over places.  They also land it safely.  Here is a photo showing the cockpit and one of us thinking about being a pilot!

When it is dark or poorer weather, the crew looks through a special camera under the helicopter to find and zoom in on people they are rescuing.  They have a special thermal heat locator that they can turn on to see folk quickly.  We found this very interesing!

The helicopter also takes things with them that may be needed in a rescue.  They keep these in the hangar, ready to collect and put on the helicopter when needed.

We loved being down at Search and Rescue, finding out about a lot of things!  After that, we went to the Fire Station.  That was cool and very different.  We did see all the things the fire fighters need in the fire engine and also what they need to wear to keep safe when fighting a fire.  Again, they had thermal imaging cameras too to help them with their job and to help them when they couldn’t see things so well because it was dark or smoky.

We saw watched how the firefighters work together as a team when going into a building or plane.  They talk to each other all the time and someone on the unit checks on them all the time to see that they are ok.  This was great to see how working as a team is important.

Then we got to look around the fire engine, pretend to drive and some of us thought what it must be like to be a firefighter and maybe even want to be ones when we grow up.

    

After that, we heard about what staff need to help direct planes when they land and get them to park up at the airport building.  Some of us pretended to have a go at this.

Then Jillian Mouat told us how the Air Traffic Control helps aircraft to land during the day and night.  It was all very interesting.

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Visit from a Fire Fighter

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On Wednesday 28th November, Kirsty’s Dad came to visit our class to talk about his job as a retained fireman. He brought in lots of things to show us and we leanred about the importance of his job in our local community. P1/2 asked him LOTS of questions and we all had fun trying on some of his firefighter gear! The oxygen tank was VERY heavy!

Thank you to everyone who sent in information about their job in the local community too, the children have discovered the wide range of services in our local area and the importance of each one.

Visit from a Doctor

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As part of our “Around our School” topic, we have been finding out about jobs in our local area and the types of services they provide. Thank you to everyone who has sent in information about the jobs they do, the children loved finding out about them all and could see how important every single person was in our community.

We were lucky enough to have Dr Anita Graham in to visit our class on Wednesday to share information about the type of work she does. The class all came up with questions prior to her visit and everyone loved getting to try out some of the equipment Dr Graham uses on a day to day basis. Afterwards we shared our thoughts on what we want to be when we are older…a Doctor was by far the most popular choice!

SMUHA Day

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What a super day!  Beautiful day for our procession and galley burning, happy and enthusiastic bairns, a great school squad ably led by Michaela and a super SMUHA  Jarl Squad.  Not too many photos to share…we just soaked up the atmosphere and enjoyed the day!!

 

Are we ready?

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It is nearly here!  The South Mainland Up-Helly-Aa day arrives tomorrow and P1/2 are ready to meet the Vikings!  Our school galley is ready too and we just need some good weather so that we can burn it!  Good luck to the SMUHA squad!  We are looking forward to seeing you….and our P7 Jarl Squad too!