The day the firefighters came to visit!

Last week was a very busy week. Mrs. Coppin had to go on a course on Monday so Mrs. Broadbent came to teach us. We had a lovely day. Mrs. Broadbent helped us to learn a little bit about measurement. We particularly enjoyed using the Russian dolls. Thank you Mrs. Broadbent!
As it was anti-bullying week, we also shared our ideas on how to be a good friend. We drew some pictures of our friends and Mrs. Beadle helped us to make a decoration to hang on our classroom door. We made some blue hand prints and placed them in a circle of friendship. In the middle we put a copy of our 'friendship' poem.

Always smile and be friendly
Be kind and helpful too.
And never, ever forget to say
You're my friend, I like you!

We have been learning about people who help us, so the highlight of the week (especially for Mrs. Coppin) was a visit from the local firefighters. It all started when another small bear (little Ross) arrived in our classroom, with a little note, saying that he did not know anything about firefighters and would we please help him. We immediately shared all our own experiences, knowledge and ideas. Remel made a small house out of a cereal box complete with pretend 'flames' and 'smoke'. We searched amongst our cars and vehicles and found a fire engine and some little play people firefighters. We talked about the firefighters' visit and made sure that little Ross knew how to behave himself. We counted the days (and the sleeps) to Thursday's visit.
The visit was fantastic and nearly all the boys, and one or two girls, are now keen to become firefighters. The firefighters talked about the dangers of fire and how they have to wear protective clothing to keep safe. Tolu was so interested in this that he just had to try on a firefighter's hat! We also learnt a little bit about the special equipment that they have on the fire engine. We were all able to sit in the fire engine and little Ross behaved himself really well. The best bit was finding out how the hose worked!
We are now going to be busy making our playhouse into a fire station. If you have anything that might help we would love to have it. We need dressing up clothes for firefighters and old mobile phones.
Look forward to sharing our next blogg with you.