Today was the mandatory monthly evacuation practice.
Today's theme was "Fire Evacuation ".
So we covered what fire is, the signs that could happen if a fire occurs.
What will happen, the process on how to evacuate.
How a fire extinguisher is used and what this one can be used on.
Of course the younger students don't fully understand what's going on but the seniors got really into the conversation.
It also shows the importance of repetition. We've covered Fire, Earthquake, Flooding, etc many times over the years, every month but even then the students take a while to remember the terms and words.
Which also illustrates the point that when you try to learn something once a week even it is going to take a long time to become proficient.
Which is why we are so passionate about early childhood English.
Building the foundation, everyday while they are young and have time to do so, rather than trying to learn something later in life when they are busy with other obligations.
It's our mission at Little Lorikeets, where results are gained.
From the school Principal:
Mandatory is the key word.
And seeing that the students forget very quickly I see why.
Which also highlights for me the importance of regular language education if you are ever to get to proficiency.
When we first started out I got blow back from parents for suggesting to come to my school 2 times a week minimum, more the better....
But yet they would still only come once a week (even though they have the opportunity to come 5 days a week 🤔)
Anyway, one day a week kids would slowly drop off.... Why !?
Well from what we could glean from it over the years, they would drop off because they felt they couldn't keep up, and that the other kids could speak better than them.
We used to allow our Munchkins who went to regular kindergarten to attend our after school, but from being able to chat away in English easily when in Little Lorikeets to having that ability drop away pretty fast when they were immersed in Japanese kindergarten everyday.
The story could go on but to keep it short we've tried lots of ways at great expense (attrition) to finally come up with the system we have now.