Over the past few weeks, we have been enjoying learning about the Great Fire of London. In literacy, we have started creating our own books where we are writing all about what we have learnt this half term. In Topic, we have looked at lots of different sources of evidence about the fire and considered what each one told us. If you’d like to explore these more, have a look at this website: https://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/browse-the-collection/.
We, of course, also had a fantastic trip to Shire Hall last week! Thank you to all of the grown ups who helped us on the day. The children learnt so much about the Great Fire of Dorchester, imagined what it would be like to roll barrels to the river and even made their own peg dolls! I was very proud of their impeccable behaviour and how much of their own learning they were able to share.
We have begun to learn about measuring length in maths. We measured lengths of string and made our own string people in class this week which the children really enjoyed.
In P.E., we’ve continued to work on developing our fitness and skipping skills. We learned how to complete circuits using different ways of moving, such as heel kicks, tuck jumps and lunges. In spelling, we have been consolidating all the different spelling rules we have been learning this term. Ask your child if they can explain some of these rules and write some examples!