Year 1 pupils donned nurse, police and firemen uniforms as they learned how the emergency services help people – and even got to sit in a police car.
Wearing mini fire services uniforms
Five and six-year-old children at Titchfield Primary School were taught useful rhymes and tips about fire safety and heard first-hand how noisy a nsiren on a police car is.
As part of a topic on transport the pupils were interested to learn more about the emergency services’ role in getting to an accident scene under the theme ‘How People Help Us’.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service’s education team brought in a fire engine simulator and let the pupils wear child-sized fire tunics and spray the hose with help.
Titchfield Primary School pupils test the fire crews' hose
A police car was also brought onto the school playground to show the children.
The children created their own accident scene where one child dressed as a parachutist had crash landed and pupils dressed as police cordoned off the site.
Then those children kitted in nurse and fire crew uniforms pretended to provide medical help.
Teacher Vicki Etherington, who organised the two-day events, said: “That came about completely organically.
“Dressing up in a character and into a real role really helps the children to see from other people’s perspective and getting into the role themselves.
Children learn about police vehicles
“The fire education is a brilliant service and teaches the children to be more aware. It taught them about not touching matches and lighters and encouraging parents at home to check their smoke alarms once a week and change the batteries once a year.”
Year 2 pupils also joined in on the fire services visit to learn about their topic of explosions to link in with their studies on the Gunpowder Plot and the Great Fire of London .