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Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

The Bitterns have been learning about Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot in history. We started our learning  by thinking about why we celebrate bonfire night on the 5th of November each year. The children listened very carefully as I told them about the gun powder plot and were able to discuss key events.  Once they had heard the story they were able to recall events and facts about the plot. They were very interested in the two groups of Christians and why one group didn’t like King James.  Once we had learnt about why the plot happened and why it failed, the children demonstrated their understanding by ordering the events of the story. They also produced some amazing writing about the plot, detailing all they had learnt. 

‘ I learnt that Guy Fawkes and all his friends planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder.’  (Year 1 child) 

Diwali

After learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali the children were inspired by the bright and vibrant rangoli patterns. They used coloured sand and a template to carefully create their own rangoli patterns. Some children choose to mix the sand to create new colours whilst others preferred to use the primary colours. The children also created their own Diva lamps using clay. They carefully rolled out the clay and used their fingers to mold it into the shape of a small bowl. Many of the children then added patterns to their Diva lamp, using a variety of tools to create a design. Once the clay had dried out, they used paint to add colour to their lamps.  

‘I liked using the clay because it was squishy. I made my diva lamp is round and colourful.’ (Year 1) 

‘I wanted my lamp to be orange and bright. I wanted to make it this shape because I knew it would be a good shape for holding a candle.’  (Year 2).  

Kingfisher Shadows

Kingfishers have been exploring how shadows are made. They created their own investigations in order to discover what materials will and won’t create a shadow, where the source of light needs to be and how to change the shadow – making it larger and smaller.

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