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Firefighters at our kindy!

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The tamariki at BestStart Oamaru Kindy have always had a keen interest in the emergency services (especially the fire service). This is because we are situated close to the Oamaru Fire Station which means we hear the fire sirens go off at the station, followed by the fire trucks zooming away to help look after our community! 

The kaiako (teachers) support this interest and learning by providing puzzles, books, and activities for the tamariki to explore, but over the holiday period as part of our holiday programme, the kaiako had arranged a very special surprise!   

We were lucky enough to have two firefighters join us at Kindy! Their names were firefighter Kevin and firefighter AJ!  

firefighter Kevin and firefighter AJ came along to help us learn all about their role as firefighters! They showed us all their protective gear that they wear to keep safe when putting out fires, some of our kaiako even got to dress up in the firefighter uniforms! Our firefighting friends even had some smaller sized uniforms for us to try on too! We had a lot of fun dressing up in the uniforms! We then had time to ask questions and learn all about keeping safe around fire. Then we had another surprise! We got to go outside and see the Waitaki Rural fire truck in person! We all got to take turns looking at all the interesting equipment on the fire truck! Then we got the opportunity to sit inside the fire truck, we got to see the lights flashing and we got to hear sirens going! This was all very exciting! 

We are so thankful to have these very special firefighters come and share their knowledge and teach us about fire safety! We were so excited on the day and the excitement has continued here at Kindy as there has been much more fun and games involving fire trucks and firefighters.