Presentation from the Calgary Fire Department

This morning we had special guests come to our school! They were from the Calgary Fire Department. They gave a presentation to students in grades 3, 4, 5 and 6 about fire safety. They started off by showing us a clip from a movie featuring firefighters. Then, Officer Paul came into the gym in his full fire fighting gear. He explained all of the differences between tv/movies and reality. We were shown all different examples of how to stay safe. Here are some of the things we remembered from the presentation:

• Make sure that you have batteries in your smoke detector
• Keep your door closed when you sleep because it helps keep smoke out of your room
• Always have 2 ways to get out of your bedroom, either your bedroom or your window
• You should NEVER put water on a fire that is started with oil.
• Unplug a microwave
• Put a lid on a pot to put out a fire
• Close the oven if there is a fire
• Don’t ever go back for something if you leave your house. The firefighters can help you find it after
• Always have a home escape plan
• Firefighters are really cool and you shouldn’t hide from them
• You should never play with matches or lighters
• Always have a meeting spot that is away from your house
• When you are cooking always stay by the pot or pan you are cooking with
• Make sure that your stove and toaster do not have combustibles near them
• Arsonist is a person who sets a fire on purpose
• Don’t leave a pot handle sticking out
• People can get hurt or even die in fires because fires are very dangerous
• If you breathe in smoke, it can burn your lungs
• Always keep matches and lighters out of reach
• Always turn off the stove if you are leaving

If your house catches on fire, you need to remember these 3 rules:

1) Get out

2) Stay out

3) Call 911

For homework we were asked to create our own safety plan of our house. If you bring your homework tomorrow, you will get a prize. Here are some examples:

In science today, we learned about a fair test. Ms. Binks gave us all pencils and a sheet of paper. We then had 1 minute to write down as many items as we could from an 18 item list. Some of us had been given unsharpened pencils, dull pencils, or sharp pencils. After the minute was up, we discussed about how many items we could write down and whether it was a fair or unfair test. We decided it was very unfair! We learned that fair tests are important in science because if we change too many items it can effect our results. We learned about control factors which are materials or parts of the procedure that stay the same. We also learned about a variable which is the one item that will be changed to test an idea. We related these new words to our test today, and to our spaghetti towers. We will begin to build and test different materials and structures in the upcoming weeks during science using fair testing.

We continued our work around smilies by listening to a book called crazy like a fox. In the book we heard some repeated similes or cliches. We also heard new and original similes. We then had to create cliche and original similes on our own. Ask me what similes I could make from these starters:

- As cold as....

- Grumpy like a....

- As dark as....

- Warm like....

Reminders:

- Jump rope for heart envelopes are due back March 17

- Pillars of Care assembly March 17

- Early dismissal March 17