The Marching Team

Thursday (11/03/2010)

a) Instructions
Teacher: How do you think a firefighter “moves” to get his or her badge from the chief?
Kids: Walk! Run!
l The kids stood up and showed me. Some walked funnily while some walked shyly. Foo Soon said, they marched straightly.
Teacher: When do we see armies, soldiers, policemen or even firefighters march?
Kids: At their school.
l They also marched during processions like MERDEKA and award ceremony.
l We reinforced a few movements:
- Left, Right, left, right, left, right, left.
- Turn to your right, to the right turn!
- Attention! - STOP, Firefighter! - Salute.
* Then, they lined up and raised their right arm as a safe distance during marching.

b) The Field
* We practiced the marching session in the field.
* We saw a crow and we observed for a while before it flew away. Then, we saw a frog hiding among the grass. We observed for a while and it seemed that it wanted to join us for the marching.
* When everyone was ready, we practiced the marching. They were quite okay and needed more practice.
* Then, we pretended receiving the “Junior Firefighter” badge award from the Principal. We saluted and marched back to the actual position.

c) Junior Trainers.
* As the kids wanted to share their knowledge with the 4 year-old kids, we discussed on what to talk about. It will include:
- Firefighters’ duties.
- The reason of fire.
- The tools used.
- Self- rescue: Stop, Drop and Roll.
* Tomorrow, we shall discuss on the task segregation.