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• Staircase House Trip

  Sat 21 Oct 2023

  What a fantastic day we had learning all about The Great Fire of London!🤩

  Throughout the day, we completed lots of different activities to support us in developing our knowledge on The Great Fire of London. We focused on: 

  🔥Retelling the story of The Great Fire of London within the 17th century rooms at Staircase House. 
  🔥Dressing up and getting involved in role play finding out where, when and why the fire broke out. 
  🔥 Exploring what Samuel Pepys wrote about the fire and find out what an eye witness it. 

  During the afternoon, we learnt all about the fire marks in London in 1666 and learnt their meaning. We then spent some time creating our own fire marks. It was important that they were colourful so they could be seen. Year 2 did a fabulous job!✨

  We also focused on what material the houses were made out of in London in 1666. We learnt that the houses were made from wattle and daub. We used clay to represent the daub. All the children worked hard to weave the wattle and mould the clay (daub) to ensure there were no gaps. They understood that by having no gaps this would stop the wind and raining coming through. Year 2 learnt that the fire spread quickly because the houses were made out of these materials. Everyone did an amazing job!🔥

  Year 2 were fantastic all day and the ladies at Staircase House commented on their politeness, behaviour and enthusiasm to learn new facts. Well done Year 2- we are so proud of you!💛

  

• Stoneage Workshop

  Mon 16 Oct 2023

  Today, we have had a fantastic time taking part in our Stone Age workshop. 

  📍We started the workshop with a bone investigation, and we examined lots of Stones Age artefacts such as the tools they used and materials they used in order to survive. 

  📍We created our very own arrows using flint arrowheads and wood. 

  📍We all took part in drawing our very own cave drawings on slate using charcoal and chalk. 

  📍This afternoon, we took part in learning about key hunting techniques from the Stone Age such as archery. All children practised their archery skills by trying to hunt the animals like they would have done during the Stone Age. 

  It has been a fantastic fun-filled day, and all of the children enjoyed it! 

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• Year 4 Fire Safety Trip

  Tue 10 Oct 2023

  Wow! Year 4 have had a fantastic and very informative day today at Bury fire training station. This was lead by two fantastic fire men. The children had the opportunity to experience many activities such as how fire workers help people and how to keep safe in dangerous situations. They experienced answering 999 calls and how to administer CPR. They looked at identifying dangers within the home and how to avoid these happening. These were all delivered in realistic settings. It was quite the experience.