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First Aid

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Our Health and Well-being work this term has centred around the safe use of medicines.  This led us to find out about basic first aid techniques that should be carried out when minor injuries happen.  Discussions naturally developed into what would happen if….? We decided to invite Andrew Best, a First Aid Responder, to talk to our class and to demonstrate what would happen in more serious situations.

We were told about the first action to take on finding someone who is clearly unwell. Check you are safe and speak to them, gently shaking them, to see if they respond.
Check for signs they are breathing and, if so, put them into the recovery position and call for help.

We then had the opportunity to practise putting our partners in the recovery position.

Andrew and Jack then showed us what to do if the person wasn’t breathing.  He talked us through making a 999 call and emphasised the importance of getting help quickly.  We’ll talk more about this next week.

He talked us through giving CPR on adult bodies, children and babies.  We all got to experience what this felt like using his dummies.  We were surprised at how hard and deep you had to press down!

Andrew showed us how to use a defibrillator and we talked about where to find the nearest one to our school.

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We would like to say a big thank you to Andrew and Jack.  Everyone has hopefully learned some life long skills today and, who knows, maybe a spark of interest for some future careers has been lit!

 

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Interfaith Scotland Visit

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We had a great visit from Frances from Interfaith Scotland.  She brought two friends to tell us more about their faith.

Haikal told us about his Muslim faith and showed us pictures from his pilgrimage to Mecca where he and his family prayed around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shine in the Grand Mosque.

He showed us his prayer mat which keeps him clean while kneeling and sitting.  The top of the mat must point towards Mecca.  They used to use a compass to find the correct direction but it’s easier now with phones to tell you.

Some girls tried on a Muslim headscarf, a hijab.

Dhammara told us about the 5 Principles of Buddhism and told us about the meditation he does.

Some boys tried on the Islamic skullcaps and there was one Jewish cap.  They would be held on by clips.

Finally, we listened to the meditation bowl that signals when meditation can start and stop.

We really enjoyed answering and asking questions.  This is the perfect introduction for our RME work next term!

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