Term 2
History
The Great Fire of London
We created our own wooden houses that would have been built in London in 1666. Then we stuck them together to show close the houses were to each other and prove how quickly the fire would have spread.
Then we went outside and set them on fire to show how easily ‘The Great Fire of London’ would have spread. We started the fire in the middle and within seconds the rest started to burn. After this we had a class discussion as to why this happened and why do we think it burnt so quickly!
Why did it burn so quickly?
“They were made of wood” - Maria
“It was flammable” - Jackson
”The houses were close to each other” - Silas
Where did the fire start?
”In the bakery” - Olabisi
”Pudding Lane” - Liv F
The Nativity
Our performance to the school
The children practiced their lines and positions for many weeks leading up to their performances. They had to learn their lines, positions and 6 songs before performing without any scripts. Also they performed in front of the whole school as well as two adult performances! All the children sang so beautifully and worked really hard!!
RE
Creating our Advent Wreath
The class coloured their own leaf and added words to consider during Advent. They had to pick one word to write onto their leaf before putting them all together. The children chose words such as “Joy”, “Love”, “Peace” “Advent” and “Christmas”.
Why did you chose these words?
Olabisi- “I picked ‘Joy’ because Mary and Joseph felt Joy when they had baby Jesus”
Harsini - “I chose ‘Humble’ because Jesus is humble by being kind, blessing other people and thinking of others”
Kenny- “I chose ‘Love’ because at Christmas we are with family that we love”
ART
We created flowers in the style of Mary Quant. The children designed a flower to use as a guide to help them with their string work. Once they drew their flower they stuck string along the lines and added a button in the middle.
