Today we became History Detectives! We examined evidence to predict what we thought the pictures were before they were burnt in the fire. We also explored the different tools used to put out fires and learned how they worked.
Yesterday, our playground turned into a giant investigation zone! The children searched high and low to find jigsaw pieces, each one revealing a different possible cause of the Great Fire of London.
Once we pieced the clues together, we had some brilliant discussions – was the fire started on purpose, or was it just an unfortunate accident? After hearing all the evidence, our class held a jury vote…
 Verdict is in: 1C officially believes the Great Fire of London was an accident!
The children were so engaged and thoughtful – we were so impressed by how they worked together like real historians to reach a conclusion.
What a wonderful day we had on Monday to launch our new expedition, “Not All Heroes Wear Capes: How can I be a hero in my community?”. We started the day by discussing our hero choices and why we had chosen our hero. We talked about what our dream powers would be and what we would do with them. We also talked about the real-life heroes we meet out in the world and that not all heroes wear capes and masks.
We have created a video to share with you, reciting the poem of “If I was a Superhero…” by Sally Grey. https://youtu.be/6VWHaOkkJGg
After lunch it was time for our Superhero Training Camp, we had to jump over hurdles, crawl under nets, creep around cones and not fall into the boiling hot larva.
To finish our day, we painted some tudor houses that we will use when we begin our GFOL learning.
Today we visited the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington! We had learned a lot about the early advances of flight and we impressed our guides with our previous knowledge! We learned about some local Yorkshire heroes in the aviation industry such as Amy Johnson (our very own Amelia Earhart) and Sir George Cayley. We have seen and sat on some very cool planes.
A big WELL DONE to Henry, Amelia, Ariana, Rishaa, Georgia and Vinnie! They worked so hard to create beautifully presented letters to send around the world as part of our final product.
In Year 1 this week, as part of our case study of The Vikings, we learnt that a sculpture is a 3D piece of artwork, that could be made of anything! We took this knowledge and had a go at making our own Viking longships… out of pasta and marshmallows! As tempting as it was to eat the yummy marshmallows, we resisted and used them as glue for our spaghetti structures. Once we figured out the shape, we had the difficult challenge of working out how to make them 3D. We were resilient and used our problem solving skills to recognise that more spaghetti in one place made it stronger, and we got very creative with our dragon heads for the front of the ships!
During our English Hook lesson this week, Year 1 got to experience what it would be like to be a viking warrior. In our writing, we are exploring a character description of a young Viking boy named Erik, who dreams of one day being a Viking explorer and warrior.
To get into Erik’s shoes, we had a go at archery to see how the fierce Vikings fought! We had the best time and all really tried hard, even when we found it tricky. We can’t wait to have another go!
In 3B, we have been learning all about the parts of a volcano and how they have been formed. The class were very excited to have a go at creating their own mini volcanoes using sourdough to erupt. We then used dyed sourdough to place over the erupted “lava” replicate the building of layers of solidified lava (igneous rock) over time after each eruption.
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