Year 2 Step Back to 1666

Year 2 enjoyed a fantastic workshop about the Great Fire of London this week. It was an excellent start to the topic and really brought their learning to life! The children took part in building a typical London street alongside London Bridge before seeing how this layout contributed to the fire spreading rapidly. They found out how people tried to escape the fire as well as how Londoners attempted to put out the fire, roleplaying the use of fire hooks, leather buckets and a wooden fire truck! Samuel Pepys made an appearance to read from his famous diary to give his first-hand account of what occurred.

Afterwards, the children had fun participating in some activities including an information room with quizzes, building a street scene and playing a Fire of London board game, as well as handling (and smelling) some artefacts that would have been used at the time of the fire.  A highlight was making some pretend gunpowder and lighting it with a spark!

A wonderfully interesting morning for all of Year 2!