Our topic this half term is The Great Fire of London. As an introduction to the topic we built a campfire in the forest school. We observed it closely which generated descriptive language. This vocabulary will be used to write poems and will help us think about what it must have been like in 1666 when the fire happened. We will be writing non-fiction reports about the Great Fire of London and will use our learning from our History lessons to support this.

In art we looked closely at the colours we would see in flames. We used chalk pastels and water colours to create colour strips to represent a flame.

We used recycled materials to create a 3D sculpture of a flame. We thought about the materials we chose to create different textures and layers. 

In geography we are learning about the four countries of the UK and their capital cites. We have played different games to help us learn about features and landmarks of each country. We then created a postcard to describe what we might see on a trip to England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. 

We added colour to our 3D flame sculptures using paint. 

We were very lucky to have a Lego workshop all about London! We had to follow instructions to build London landmarks working as a team.