Here at EMBS we like to mix it up. On top of excursions and action-based learning tasks, we regularly invite guest speakers to share their expertise and liven up our lessons.
On December 5th, Tasneem Khan’s ESOL and Cohesion class had a session about fire safety, delivered in part by experts on the subject – firefighters from Oxford! The students learned common causes of fire, emergency procedures, how to keep smoke alarms in proper working order, and what actions to take if there is a fire. They also discussed and generated the basic rules of fire safety.
After a lively question and answer session with the firefighters, the students created their own diagrams of fire escape, with help from a navigation app called ‘What3words.’
We believe our students benefit from lessons about practical, ‘real-life’ problems. Though hopefully our students will never encounter a fire, now they have the tools to ensure their own safety in the chance it does happen.
A special thanks to our guest firefighters for kindling our students’ interest and keeping our community safe and informed!
