By Jessica Micallef
It’s a small world after all at Macedon Primary School.
The prep classroom has been set up with mini play stations that teach them about the services in Macedon.
Prep teacher Millie Strong said the focus for term three was learning about the people who help the community.
“We’re looking into the fire brigade, the police, we’re also looking at things like the supermarket [and] mechanics so lots of different professions within the Macedon community,” she said.
“We do play-based learning in our classroom so we set up different play stations in the classroom for the students.
“We decided to set up the fire station as one of our play stations this term.”
The mini fire station is accompanied with a pizza shop, florist, supermarket and farm.
“In Macedon, it’s quite a high fire risk area so it’s really important for students to have an understanding of what the CFA do and how they can be fire safe,” Ms Strong said.
The prep teacher said the pupils have embraced the set up.
“We have time four days a week where students get to play in all the different stations and get to investigate and they absolutely love it,” she said.
“I think it’s super important that they know about all the different services in the community and that they know how to stay safe and who they can contact so that they can stay safe.”
