This morning, we invited our grown ups in to read our very own stories! 

We have been working hard in our writing lessons to retell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We loved sharing our stories with all the adults and are very proud of our traditional tales. 

As part of our celebrations topic, year 2 had a special visitor today - one of our parents! 

They came and told us all about the history of Diwali, we learnt that it was a celebration of positivity and joy. They told us how people create their own temples in the homes filled with lots of objects that symbolise positive and joyful things. 

After that, we got to do some dancing and learn lots of fun new moves. 

We had a grat time and asked lots of thoughtful questions. 

Thank you to our special visitor! 

Elder Class had an amazing day today. We used our knowledge of Tudor housesthat burnt down in the Great Fire of London to design and create our own houses. We used our cutting, joining and concstruction skills and tried our best to include features of Tudor houses like jetty's, timber and daub. We recreated our own Pudding Lane and then watched a reenactment of how the houses caught fire and how the fire spread.

Today, we were comparing firefighters from 1666 to firefighters from 2023. We were due a visit from Stevenage Firestation but unfortunately, they had to attend an emergency. 

We still managed to learn all about being a firefighter and the special uniform that they wear to protect themselves. Sadly, in 1666 they didn't have a uniform and they weren't even trained in fighting fires! 

We saw artefacts from 1666 and they included leather buckets and fire squirts which were used to fight fires but they weren't as useful as the hoses firefighters have today. 

This afternoon, we were inspired by learning and wanted to paint our own fire engines. 

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