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With happy smiles from Amazon Class :)

September 2023

  • Fire Safety Visit

    Published 26/09/23

    Today Amazon Class welcomed Davina from Wiltshire Fire Service to tell us all about fire safety and how very different the fire brigade is today, compared to 1666 when the Great Fire of London broke out. 

    We had lots of fun trying on the special clothing worn by firefighters, testing the heavy helmet and learning about how this clothing protects firefighters when fighting fires or helping people in need. 

    We shared the story, ‘The Dragon Who Came to Tea’ and identified all of the important messages within this book. 
    The children learnt about what to do in the event of a fire; learning actions to help us remember to ‘get out, stay out and call 999’ and ‘stop, drop and roll’ 

    We also learnt how to keep our own homes fire safe, including testing smoke alarms once a week. The children then made their very own ‘Noisy’ to take home to remind us to test our smoke alarms weekly. 

    We also learnt about the importance of knowing our home address which I have challenged the children to learn with their grown-ups.

    The children had lots of sensible ideas about keeping their homes safe which I’m sure they would love to share with you at home. 

     

     

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  • Our First Week in Amazon Class

    Published 26/09/23

    Amazon Class have had a super first week back to school, making new friends and getting to know their new class. We have learnt lots about the Amazon river and the pink river dolphin who inhabits these vast waters. We each made a pink river dolphin to place in our Amazon Class river to remind us that we are all swimming together.

    We have played lots of games to get to know each other, including the wool game, making a web which symbolises how we are all connected by the things we have in common. We have lots of cats and dogs in our homes!

    We have shared some super stories and written some wonderfully imaginative ‘unbelievable’ stories about the summer- why not ask your child all about their unbelievable story?

    We have started to explore our new topic ’The Great Fire of London’, learning lots about what London was like in 1666. Our Tudor houses are proudly displayed, making sure they are very close together! We visited our school timeline and found this significant event in history, calculating that the blaze started 357 years ago.

    We have been revisiting key maths skills this week, using sand trays and sensory bags to practise number formation and calculation.

    Finally, we’ve made time to relax, rehydrate and play in our new surroundings. I am so proud of how the children have settled in and embraced returning to school. What a super week we’ve had!

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