Last week, a person from the Regional Development Commission came to our classroom to discuss bicycle safety with our students. She went over the rules of riding safely, making sure your bike is the correct size, and the importance of wearing a helmet. She brought eggs to show how fragile heads are by having a student drop an unprotected egg onto the floor. Then she had another student drop an egg into a box of styrofoam pellets. The students were quick to understand that their new helmets have a very important job to do! She fitted each student with a new helmet, which many of them wore the rest of the day.
Testing out the helmets by butting heads. Goofy girls!
Also last week, had a visit from some firefighters. They brought the Fire Safety House and went over fire safety guidelines. They practiced evacuating the fire house through a window. One of the things that comes out every year is that sometimes third graders don't know their phone number and home address (not a PO Box). They need to be able to recite this information if they ever have to call 9-1-1. Ask your child to recite that information and see if a refresher course is needed.
And, just because it was kind of cool, here's a picture of two of our boys who wore the same shirt on the same day. :)
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