In the Classrooms

On Wednesday we had a visit from the ambulance - no, it wasn't an emergency! Shannon and Graeme the paramedics, who are also Bailey's Dad and Papa, came with all their gear and showed the two, three and four year olds their ambulance. The children got to climb in and all over the ambulance and sat in the driver's seat and pretended to take it for a spin. Shannon listened to the children's hearts with a stethoscope and on a heart monitor. Graeme bandaged up a few broken legs and some children had a lie down on the stretcher.
"They (the ambulance) take you to hospital to make you feel better. When I was little I bumped my head on the flower pot and mummy had to call the ambulance" said Harry H.
“Ambulances rescue us if we are sick” said Max C.
"We can see a chair there, it's for the paramedics for people who have a sore leg" said William T.
"The ambulance man stuck sticky things on me so he could listen to my heart" remembered Sebastian V.
“The ambulance presses the light and he presses the button to make the cars go faster” said Cooper
We also talked about how to call 000 in an emergency and what information to give and most exciting of all we watched the flashing lights and heard the very loud siren! At the end of the day the children took home some fantastic ambulance goodies. A huge thank you to Shannon and Graeme for taking the time to show us the ambulance!

Langley, Mead, Cooper, Chapple and Edgerley Staff