October is Fire Safety and Prevention month! SMART START students celebrated here at school both this and last year. Emergency awareness is crucial and we are pleased to incorporate it into our curriculum. Each year as an extended unit of study, a local fire department visits our school for an on-site field trip!
Read below to see what our 2018 and 2019 fire safety and prevention units entailed:
Our themed display featured an assortment of items supporting fire safety and prevention. The table was host to fire engines, firefighter figurines, informative books, magnetic scenes and more. This served as the ideal spot for our young learners to begin comprehending the essential components of fire safety.
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Fire safety friends focused their attention on themed reading materials. Our prekindergartners were able to sound out and identify numerous words such as, fire and truck while preschoolers grasped the subject matter through illustrations. We are grateful to our local libraries for supplying our school with an abundance of books- an excellent resource for fire safety and prevention!
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Firefighter Francesca, gathered the crew for a safety storytime. Pupils listened intently and their minds were ablaze. The group acquired an exorbitant amount of knowledge from the literature.
Here is some information we learned:
- There should be a smoke detector on each floor of a building
- An escape route and safe meeting place should be established at school and at home
- In an emergency you should call 911
- Leave a building immediately if you see smoke or fire
- Stay low to the ground if there is smoke in order to breathe
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Future firefighters free played with a variety of related toys. This designated time provided students the freedom to creatively build on the curricular content, choose which classmates to interact with, express their thoughts and emotions and so much more!
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Students engaged in a pretend play activity in our outdoor classroom. SMART START firefighters left the station to act on an emergency "fire". All cooperated to safely handle the situation by taking turns using fire hats, fire chief costume, hose, megaphone, fire extinguisher, ladder and school made fire engine. Imaginations were ignited throughout this realistic hands-on scenario.
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Click below to watch our 2019 dramatic play fire emergency!
Peers practiced what to do if their clothing ever catches fire..."Stop, Drop (cover face) and Roll!"
- STOP where you are
- DROP to the ground and COVER eyes and mouth with hands
- ROLL over and over and back and forth until flames are out
Click below to view our young learners executing how to stop, drop and roll!
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Last year, Andover Fire Department arrived in a fire engine eager to participate in Fire Safety and Prevention. The professionals instructed on the technicalities of the truck and allowed the children to wear their gear, sit in the engine and hear the sirens!
This year, Matt Davis from North Andover Fire department came to teach an educational fire safety and prevention course. The class learned firefighter specifics such as, the effects of smoke and how to formulate an evacuation plan. All were amazed as firefighter Davis demonstrated how quickly the crew needs to put on their uniform! A few weeks later, members of the N.A.F.D. crew brought a fire engine for all to explore!
Both of these on-site field trips reinforced aspects of our learning here at school. It is an honor to have community heroes share their expertise and resources with us. Thank you to our SMART START families for the continues support of our on-site field trip program.
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