By Taylor Daniels
During Fire Safety Week, Oct. 6 to 12, Eliza Archie Memorial School (EAMS) had a fire drill.
It was my job to turn off the lights and close the door.
Then the whole school met at the playground and lined up in classes. First the little kids, then the 2/3/4 class goes and then I led my class 5/6/7 to go in line.
We checked how long we took. We took one minute and 42 seconds.
After we lined up, we walked to go see the fire truck. Then, after a while, we took school pictures in front of the fire truck.
Marty Dixon from the Tsq’uescen Fire Department showed us a few things – like the equipment. We also learned about fire safety, like crawling under the smoke, and fire truck warning signs, such as the sirens and the lights.
The generator was really cool, the fire truck was shiny and red.
At recess, Marty gave every one a ride in the fire truck. It was amazing! I sat in the front seat and worked the sirens and lights. The sirens were extremely loud! Fire Safety Week was fun.
During fire safety week, EAMS students found out that 88 per cent of the students are reading at or above provincial grade levels. We do our Dibels (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) every morning.
First the 5/6/7 goes oldest to youngest, then the 2/3/4 class goes youngest to oldest, then finally the kindergarten/Grade 1 class goes. The EAMS students learn quite a lot, such as science, social studies and other interesting things.
This week, I’m reading Peter the Great, and it is really interesting. However, today I finished the story about the Russian Czar.
All of the students learn many different things reading the Dibels stories. Dibels is entertaining and fascinating for all of us!
Taylor Daniels is a Grade 5 student at Eliza Archie Memorial School.