Fire Truck! Fire Truck!

Wednesday (20/01/2010)
(a) Storybook: Jobs Of The People
· Jun Yu brought this book to share while Zheng yuan brought a Music CD which we would watch later.
· The first part talked about policemen, doctors and also chefs.
· The tools used by policemen included handcuffs, guns and batons.
- Foo Soon: Policemen cannot shoot good people.
- Teacher: Why does a policeman need to handcuff the criminals?
- Shi Jie: Policemen need to protect themselves.
· The class were curious about guns and batons. Thus, we discussed. Usually, policemen would use batons as the first choice to protect themselves. However, if the criminals were aggressive, then, they can use the guns. If a policeman shot an innocent person, he needs to be questioned and maybe placed at police station for a while.
· So, it’s a good thing; we have a police station in our town planning. Furthermore, we have a hospital whereby the doctors can treat the injured people. Meanwhile, firefighters can put out fire and rescu injured people before handing over to the hospital……..hmmm….the society is so important.

(b) Can you hear the siren?
· As we were having the class, there was a short siren. Devin was the first to response folllowed by Zhe Qing. Wow……we went to the window…..and there it was a big red Fire Truck! It went very slowly in front of our school. The kids kept calling, “Fireman! Firefighter! Ahli Bomba!”
· Suddenly, it stoped beside our school. What happened?

(c) Investigation
· Curiosity brought us down to the playground and what were the firefighters doing near the big drain? I went to ask them.
-Firefighter : Somebody called saying that there was a long snake near the bushes!
· The kids exclaimed, “Woh!!” We were lucky because the snake wouldn’t like our sandpit near the bushes. After 20 minutes, the Firefighter team stopped their search. All the while, the kids didn’t mind standing under the sunny day.
· I asked the Chief’s permission to get the firefighter team talk to the kids but he said we need to write in. The kids called them, “Hello, HERO!”…..haaaaa! However, the Chief agreed to park his Fire Truck in front of our school to allow the kids have a closer look.
· We took pictures with them. Wei Jeen asked, “Can we ride in your truck?” Again, he said we have to write in. His uniform was different because there are about 10 types of firefighter group.
· He opened his small side door for us to see. We could see their boots and uniforms…….but no dog? The firefighter said they would bring dogs for certain tasks only.

(d) Questions, questions, questions!
· In the classroom, everyone was so excited and Xin Tong even told me that she wanted to be a Firefighter when she grows up.
-Devin: Who called them?
- Jing Kai: Only water snake can be in the drain. That snake must be in the bushes.
- Jun Hong: Some snakes are poisonous. Foo Soon: They can kill people.
Teacher: What will they do if they really caught the snake?
Chun Kit: Kill it!
Teacher: They might do that if the snake attacked them. If not, it might be sent to a zoo. But, how can they catch the snake?
Devin: The electrical pole. Teacher: Maybe an axe. Jun Yu: Maybe a gun.
Zheng Yuan: They can use the axe to chop the snake!
Jia Yen: I am scared of snake.
Shi Jie: Where’s the dog?
Older Xing Tong: Can we write letter to them?
Wei Jeen: Can we sleep there? …haaaaa
· We ended the class by writing down the firefighters’ duties on a cardboard.