This week, we reinforced our learning in history with a day long series of activities focussing on the Great Fire of London. We all looked tremendous dressed up in our 17th century outfits and our teacher for the day, Mistress Sophie taught us many things about how people lived 350 years ago. As the day progressed, we learned more about how the fire developed and what the people of London would have done to try and stop the fire. During the afternoon, we explored artefacts collected from the fire, and considered what they told us about the owner and their life.
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Leather working using leather, a nail and a hammer 
Making our own bread 
We had fun catching those pesky rats! 
Using a hammer and nail was great fun when creating a pattern on a piece of leather. 
Using a pestle and mortar to grind down dried flowers 
Creating our own ink 
We used the ink that we had created to write our own message. 
Leather work 
Weaving was tricky 
In 1666, people thought that you could cure a headache if you put a rope on your head! 
Collecting water from the River Thames 
Passing buckets of water to put out the fire. 
Using firehooks to pull down a building. 
We looked at a huge map of London and tracked the movement of the fire. 
We were archeologists and talked about our findings. 
At the end of the day, even though we were tired, we were still ready to find out more about the Great Fire of London.
We could not have run the day without the support of ten tremendous adults from Year 2 and Year 3 and we are very grateful for their invaluable help and enthusiasm. Thank you!