Following on from our conversations about fireworks and keeping safe the children have begun talking about the people in the world that help us and the jobs that they do.  We hope to learn about the roles of different people such as firefighters, nurses, doctors and police officers.  The children have been engaging in lots of role-play and working hard on putting a story line in their play.  We have also used these opportunities to build on the children’s use and understanding of positional language.  For example “the firefighter is at the top of the ladder”