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This week Team CH have been learning about some of the different jobs that people had in 1666. They had the opportunity to talk about each job and time to think about if it is or was a job they would like to have.
Jobs in the 17th century they learnt about included; Chimney sweeps Blacksmiths Rat catchers Gong farmers (one of the smelliest jobs!) Musicians Cooks Some of the children were a little upset to learn that they couldn’t be fire fighters as there was no organised fire brigade in 1666!
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In History, Team EO learnt that the year 1666 was over 350 years ago and they know that this is the year that the Great Fire of London broke out. They looked at photographs of modern London and with their talk partners they discussed what they could see including; houses, buildings, transport and people. Next, they thought about why they don’t have photos of what London was like in 1666 (17th century) and discovered that this was because cameras had not been invented! For their main task, they worked as a group to sort picture of past and present London. Team EO discussed how the buildings were different in the past and how the people travelled differently. In team JD this term they are learning about World War One. This week they identified the countries and their roles at the start of World War One. They looked at the dates, the alliances and the triple Entente. Their work shows their map skills and also details the key knowledge and vocabulary they will be learning and using over the next few weeks. The children are excited for their WW1 day on Monday 5th February. Today Miss Clementson led a whole school history assembly and spoke about the importance of history and why we need to understand history to help us navigate our future.
Miss Clementson shared different types of evidence that we could use to learn about the past and brought in some items to show. The items in question were an iron from the early 1900's, a vintage tin opener from WW1, a cassette tape and a CD. The children were very good at guessing what the items were, what materials they were made out of and how they worked. They did need reassuring that the CD and cassette tape were from very recent history though! The Spring focus in Team JD is Ancient Greek pottery. During the last two weeks Team JD have investigated the patterns found on the pots and vases. They have recreated the geometric patterns and have applied them onto a Greek vase design. During this term they are going to create their very own Greek Vase, using recycling materials and Mod rock! They can't wait to keep us up to date with their designs! This week in Team CH they travelled back in time to the year 1666. They looked closely at present day London and highlighted some things they found interesting such as the bright lights, cars, buses, planes, helicopters, brick buildings and the Tube. They questioned why they couldn’t compare these pictures of present-day London, to the London of the 17th century and that is because there was no way of capturing images of London in 1666 as cameras were not invented until 1816. Additionally, they looked very closely at present day London at night and thought hard about what London in the 17th century would look like at night and more specifically how people would move around, see in the dark and build their homes. Finally, they completed a task to help visualise the similarities and difference of present-day London and London of the past. |
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June 2025
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