The Great Fire of London has been a focus for lots of our learning this week. We used drama skills to re-enact the events and pretend to be the significant people. We travelled back in our imaginary time machine to 1666. Once there, we made poses to represent the important figures of the time- Samuel Pepys writing his diary, King Charles II ordering houses to be pulled down, Thomas Fariner making bread in his bakery and Lord Mayor Bloodworthy sleeping through the chaos! We used scarves as flames and swept them around as we embodied the fire.

Having imagined what it might be like to be there in 1666, Deer Class did some descriptive writing in their English books. They thought about what they would smell, hear, see and feel as the inferno raged.

The children have also been collaborating to illustrate the events of the Great Fire. They loved drawing story boards with their friends.