Fire Prevention Week

The firemen came to school today.  They brought their "fire house", the one that you can go in and see what a house on fire looks like (they pump nontoxic smoke through the house) and try escaping through the windows/down the ladder.  Yes, it's a mini-two story house.  Two of the 5th grade girls were scared to go in it and would only do it if I went in with them.  So I did.  Maybe not the best idea with my cold and all, but it turned out fine.  Mr. D charged me with taking pictures of the older kids... I used the new school camera and it was actually somewhat fun!  Normally taking pictures is not my favorite thing to do, but for some reason this camera made it better than usual.


We also got to sit in the trucks, try on helmets/other gear, and spray the fire hose.  They really go all out for Fire Prevention Week! 


After "playing" outside, a fireman was supposed to come to our classroom and give the fire prevention/safety spiel.  No one came and no one came and when it looked like they were packing up outside I finally asked one of my kids to poke his head out the door to see if they were going to send someone in.  Sure enough, they had forgotten about us.  But a fireman came right in and gave us the talk.  By 5th and 6th grade they pretty much know everything, so there weren't a whole lot of questions.  The fireman passed out a bunch of free stuff... plastic hats, lanyards, bracelets, safety stickers to put in bedroom windows, and a fire prevention coloring book.  Like I said, they go all out for Fire Prevention Week.


In the afternoon, the 7th graders presented their first powerpoint of the year... it went okay for most of them. They had a week to do the powerpoint and plenty of time in class.  For some reason, these kids have a hard time getting their work done.  They always have tons of homework and never enough time to get it all done. I don't think the entire class has been allowed out at noon recess once this year because someone always has something late they haven't finished/turned in yet.  Time management, I think.  Hopefully it gets better. 


Tonight there's an anti-bullying speaker at New Ulm High School... Bob Lenz is his name.  The 7th graders went there this morning to hear him and they said he was good.  And you know when a 7th grader says a speaker is good, he really is.  So I'm going.  Mr. D also expressed interest in going, so I'm going to pick him up and we'll go together. 


Update on last night's volleyball games... it was close! but we lost all three.  We have one more practice tomorrow and one more tournament on Saturday and then our season is over.  It's a bit bittersweet.