As part of our topic on Moving and Growing this term, children in Flamingo Class visited the hospital this week. After weeks of learning about how the skeletal and muscular systems work together, we were very excited to discover more from the doctors and nurses at the Cheshire Hall hospital.
Our experts explained how they treat patients with a variety of bone complaints – from healing fractures and dislocations to replacing whole joints! We learned about how X-Rays are used to see inside the body, so that doctors can decide how to treat their patients. The nurses were amazed at how well our young doctors could identify the broken bones shown in each X-Ray, even if they made us feel a bit squeamish! Brave volunteers were also needed to demonstrate some really bad broken bones, using the equipment that real doctors and nurses use to help them practise! Don’t worry when you see the gruesome pictures – we were all fine!
After learning such a lot from Nurse Sharon, we enjoyed lunch in the excellent hospital cafe. A cracking way to end the morning and recharge our brains!
