On Thursday 28th September, we had a visit from Tony, Andy, Dale and Dave who are firefighters from Smethwick Fire Station on Stony Lane. They led a presentation about The Great Fire of London and Fire Safety. We learnt about how people dealt with fire in the past and what we should do nowadays.They had told us in detail about all of the amazing and important jobs that firefighters do. They gave lots of great advice about how to stay safe, what to do in an emergency such as ringing 999, knowing your address, how important smoke alarms are and when to ‘STOP! DROP! ROLL!’… We even acted that out and somebody had to dress up in all of the heavy kit that firefighters wear…!
If you would like advice on fitting smoke alarms, parents can ring Smethwick Fire Station – General Enquiries on: 01213807533 
Take a look at our photos…

On Friday 29th September, we visited the stunning Aston Hall. We had a fantastic guide called Laura who helped us learn while we explored the beautiful building. There was dressing up, discovering different kinds of rooms and things to make. Take a look at the photos. Try to name the rooms and what you learnt about the Great Fire of London in each one. See if you can name the famous people the children dressed up as…

Year 2 were able to use measuring equipment to help weigh out ingredients and then kneed their bread rolls.

We have been finding out about an important man from the past called Samuel Pepys. 

He helped us with facts about the Great Fire of London by doing something very important… Can you remember what that was..?

Find information and facts about Samuel Pepys by clicking on this link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/samuel_pepys/
Watch the Magic Grandad clip about Samuel Pepys:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VarSSAwiimU

This is a link to a game about the Great Fire of London:

http://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/game/

Thank you so much to everyone who celebrated the children’s hard work and effort in creating the pieces of 2D or 3D art for our gallery this week. Take a look at some of the work…

Kelly from Thimblemill Library did an assembly today and told us how much she loves to tell stories. She told us how she and Julie, the head librarian are looking forward to the Summer Reading Challenge 2017 called ‘Animal Agents’. She showed us a trailer that got us really excited! Take another look at it by clicking on the link below:

https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk