Team Foundation News

Firefighters visit FKJ!

On Tuesday 19th of March, Foundation children were visited by firefighters from the Balwyn Fire Station as part of the Fire Ed for Foundation Program. This program is designed for children in their first year of school. This is the age at which most children become able to effectively learn and utilise fire safety information when presented within a formal program. The children were so excited to meet the firefighters and were fully engaged in this education session.

During our Firefighter session number one, children explored:

• Good and bad fires
• The importance of adult supervision around fire
• What to do in a fire: “Crawl down low and go, go, go!”
• The importance and role of smoke alarms in houses
• When to call 000
• The various equipment firefighters need to do their job safely

After our first session, children were assigned two home learning tasks. The first task was to check that they had working smoke alarms in their house. The second task was to decide on a safe place to meet their family and the firefighters in the event of a fire in their home. Children were asked to draw their home, their Safe Meeting Place and the people they lived with on a worksheet and return it to school ready to share with their peers.

Next week the students will complete their second session with the firefighters. During this second session the students will learn more important fire safety information as well as pretend to be actual firefighters when they will put out an imaginary fire with a real fire hose! They will also have a chance to explore the inside of a real fire engine! We all can’t wait for session number two!

Week 7 Echi Echidna Adventures - Chloe

In Week 7 Chloe took Echi home and had many exciting adventures together! Echi and Chloe went to drawing classes, two birthday parties and explored Scienceworks! They also caught up with Chloe's cousin and had an energetic dance party. Well done Chloe for sharing this lovely week with your class mates! We really enjoyed hearing all your fun stories!

Thank you to Chloe's parents for supporting Chloe on these adventures! We look forward to hearing more adventures soon!