This week we have continued our learning all about The Great Fire of London.  We learned about why the fire spread so quickly and, using their knowledge from last week’s drama workshop, the children knew that the houses were made of wood, they were so dry and the weather was hot. There was wind that helped to spread the fire and there were no fire brigades then, so it couldn’t be put out very quickly.  We made a human chain to learn how people had to pass buckets along a long line from the water source to the flames! The children also built houses made of construction in class and added paper flames to them.  We also learned about Samuel Pepys and his diaries and that he buried his cheese and wine to save them from getting burned!

In English we thought about things we would save in the Great Fire, and wrote words and sentences about what we would put in our sack. "I will put in a cap, I will put in a pen", etc.

In maths, we learned about one more and one less up to 5. We sang the song ‘5 currant buns’ and acted out the rhyme using children and buns, noticing how there was 1 less bun each time.  We explored these amounts on 5 frames and physically placed one more and one less using counters.  We then noticed the numerals on a number track and spotted how one more comes after and one less comes before the given number.

In PSHE we talked about how we should treat others and behave in school. We wrote a list of our class rules and displayed them on the wall.  We talked about who we should talk to if we feel worried or sad.

In Monster Phonics this week we learned the sound oo which the monster Cool Blue makes. 

Please see the video in the Monster Phonics section of our web page to see the actions for these sounds and practise those from the start to end.

We also introduced the words then, them, this, that, said.  Please continue to practise reading their High Frequency Words at home.  Thank you for sharing the children’s reading books with them.  Please read reading books as much as possible (daily would be ideal) even though it is repetition, it is so good for their memory of words, blending sounds and building up their confidence to read fluently.

Of course, the highlight of our week was our Nativity! We performed fantastically to the school on Thursday and to all of the parents on Friday. We hope you enjoyed it! The children were fantastic and worked so hard. Thank you for all of your support with this.

Have a lovely weekend!