Recently , we have had a lot of superhero play at Uxbridge. This seemed a timely occasion to introduce Donna from St Johns, true superheroes from our community. Donna bought in little Abby and lots of important information for our young learners. The children were keen to be involved as she supported them with different sto ries and scenarios . It was a challenge though, and one we became good at, using different signals to show which service we would need in each emergency e.g. Fire, Ambulance , Police or all 3 , when ringing the important number 111 slowly on the phone. By making equipment familiar and not scary, Donna showed us various equipment that maybe used in an accident, e.g., stethoscope for listening to heart, tummy and lungs, and also an oxygen tank and mask. Donna showed us the equipment and also let us visualize the steam and feel the oxygen which looked like fog -Funny! Also Donna showed us photos of the inside of a real ambulance and what the equipment inside was used for e.g. stretcher and the mask which the St Johns may need to use if you needed medicine. Donna told us that if we needed to go in an ambulance, we could take a special person or persons with us to hospital e.g. Our Mum or Dad or if at Uxbridge 1 of our teachers.
Two young volunteers Jacob and Paige helped us visualize other equipment they might wear, e.g. helmet , gloves and safety vest. In one of our scenarios, we had a kind volunteer of Preston’s mum Kerry . Kerry and Donna were role-playing friends skateboarding , whoops oh dear Kerry fell over and broke her leg! No problem, little Amby with her noisy siren with helpful on duty volunteers came to the rescue. Bandaging the bleeding leg and comforting the “patient “ before taking her to hospital. We were all given the opportunity to use the bandages too—Fantastic.!! The Siren was a little noisy and disconcerting for some, but Donna was able to make it a fun situation by hearing some of the funny noises that little Amby made because she was sometimes still learning which of her noises she should make in an emergency—Funny!
