The children had so many lovely activities linked to the Great Fire of London in our museum trip today. Some of the children dressed up to help discuss the timeline of events surrounding the fire – I was so impressed with how much information the children had remembered from our history lessons! They then completed activities based around different jobs from the time as well as studying different artefacts. The children were all so well behaved and joined in beautifully. 🐯

During forest school we used the outdoors to practise our number skills. Children built numbers using sticks and flowers to represent tens and ones. We also used rubbings to look closely at the patterns on the bark of trees and the different shapes of leaves.

Tiger Class were very lucky to have a visit from P.C. Taylor and his colleague. They explained to the children about all the different types of work that a police officer might do, how they prevent crime from happening and most importantly that children should never feel scared when they see a police officer as they are there to keep us safe and help us. The children loved handling the equipment and uniform and asking lots of questions about it. They then got to see inside a police van and have a go at switching the blue lights on and off. Hearing the loud siren was also a highlight! Quite a few children are now dreaming of being a police officer when they are older!

As part of our topic work we have been studying the Great Fire of London. We have spoken about how different it would have been in 1666 with no organised fire brigade and lack of equipment. We were lucky enough to have a visit from a local fire brigade who spoke to us about their safety equipment and what they use to tackle fires now. We discussed how this would have been very different in 1666!

We have been learning about the structure of plants and trees in our science so in forest school this week we used our science knowledge to show the different parts of plants and trees using materials that we found in the forest. Tigers all worked so well with their groups, listening to everyone’s ideas and making sure everyone felt part of the team. I love how each group came up with very different ideas of how to demonstrate the structure of trees and plants. Well done Tigers!