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We learnt that on Remembrance Day, we think about all of the soldiers, sailors and airmen who have fought in wars to help to keep us safe. At 11 o’clock on Remembrance Day, people stay silent for two minutes. During this silence, people think about all the men and women who have fought in wars and remember what they did for us. Poppies are flowers that help us to remember all the people that have been injured or killed in lots of different wars. People wear paper poppies to show that they are thinking about the soldiers, sailors and airmen that have fought in the wars. Buying a poppy helps to raise money to take care of servicemen and women and their families. Have you seen anybody wearing a poppy? On Remembrance Day, these poppy wreaths are placed on statues and monuments. The King lays a poppy wreath at the Cenotaph, our country’s special war memorial in London. Remembrance Day parades take place in lots of towns and cities. Men and women who have served in the military march to the monuments to lay a poppy. We created an image of a poppy using a collage effect. We used our cutting and design skills with mixed media including card, tissue and coloured pencils to create our colourful display 
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This week Rainbows topic has been all about Bonfire Night. The children began the week by learning about the history of Bonfire Night and that a man called Guy Fawkes plotted with his friends to blow up the houses of parliament, the government and King James I. They know the plan was stopped, the king was safe and that every November 5th we let off fireworks as requested by the king to celebrate he was saved. There were lots of different firework activities that helped Rainbows to develop their skills. Don't their fireworks look AMAZING! Rainbows have been learning about Remembrance Day this week. They began by learning that Remembrance Day is held each year on November 11th and 11 o'clock. Rainbows know that a two minutes silence is held where we all remember the soldiers who fought so hard for a world that is better for us to live in today. They know that we also remember animals and everyone who has been affected by war in those two minutes.
Rainbows know that we wear poppies to show our support for anyone affected by war. They know that red poppies are worn to remember soldiers, purple to remember animals, black to remember Black and African people affected by war and white to remember anyone affected by war and to promote peace. There were a few different poppy activities that the Rainbows completed including colouring, completing the missing letter in the poppy within words and making their own poppies in the creative area. They wore them with pride! This week, Team EO's learning has been focused around how we celebrate Bonfire Night. They learnt about the Gunpowder Plot, which happened over 400 years ago, and discovered that this is why we celebrate Bonfire Night each year on the 5th of November. When learning about the Gunpowder Plot, they talked in simple terms about how a man named Guy Fawkes and his friends had a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament. They discussed how people now celebrate that the plan was stopped by watching fireworks, lighting bonfires, and enjoying time together with family and friends. Team EO also talked about how to keep safe around bonfires and fireworks. The children enjoyed sharing their own experiences of watching fireworks. We have been learning a song called “It’s Bonfire Night”.
Their learning activities have included; printing to create a firework picture, using creative resources to create fireworks, using black sparkly dough, making repeating patterns with the shape links and drawing and writing about Bonfire Night. During their history lesson, Team CH drew on prior knowledge that linked directly to geography. They began by discussing the continents and identifying the one shown on the map. Next, they located the country we live in, followed by Scotland and the Orkney Islands. The children explored why this location might be important, making connections to their Design and Technology project on building a prehistoric home. Finally, they looked at pictures of Skara Brae, and then transformed into archaeologists—carefully brushing away the sand to reveal the artefacts hidden beneath.  In Team CH they have been focusing on the vocabulary Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic. They know that these are the three periods of the stone age. Team CH know that each period marks a change in their lifestyle and the tools they developed enabling to change their quality of life. They ordered them chronologically and talked about the key changes in each period.
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