Year 1 History
The Great Fire of London came to St. Mary’s!
As part of our history topic, Year 1 and 2 made Stuart houses. We described these and compared them to houses in the present.
Then we went outside and set them up as Pudding Lane making sure the houses were close together.
After, Mrs Carberry carefully began the fire and we were able to see it spread along the houses.
Then we went outside and set them up as Pudding Lane making sure the houses were close together.
After, Mrs Carberry carefully began the fire and we were able to see it spread along the houses.
‘The fire spread just like the Fire of London’ – Aleyna
‘The fire was really cool to watch.’ – Filip J
Black History
During Black History week we found out lots about the way black people use to be treated. We began the week with the boys sat on chairs and girls on the carpet. During this lesson Miss Catton only asked the boys questions and it was very unfair! We soon realised that this is because she was showing us how black people were treated unequally. Year 1 also learnt about Martin Luther King. We listened to part of his speech; ‘I have a dream;’ and thought about what dreams we have for the world. Finally we looked at African art which was very bright and colourful. Here we are painting our sunset pictures.
Partake History
On Thursday 7th January, Year 1 took part in a Partake Theatre group about the Great Fire of London. We all got to dress up as people from 1666 and act out the events of the fire. We learnt that the fire began in a bakery on Pudding Lane and we used ribbons to represent the fire getting bigger and bigger. The bakers name was Tom Farriner and he had left his oven on overnight. Lots of people passed buckets of water from the Thames in an attempt to put out the fire.