Today marks a significant anniversary from the second world war.
It is the 80th Anniversary of the D Day landings and today we remember all those who helped to create peace in Europe all those years ago.

The Second World War started in 1939. Britain was at war with Germany. D-Day was Tuesday 6th June 1944. By this time, Britain had been at war with Germany for nearly 5 years and many people had died. By now, most of Europe had been taken over by Hitler’s army, including France. In 1944, the Prime Minister of Britain, Winston Churchill, and the American Commander, General Eisenhower, knew that it was time to try to liberate (free) those countries in Europe that had been invaded by Hitler’s forces. For months, many people worked in secret making plans so huge numbers of troops could land on the beaches in France. Normandy was chosen as the place where the Allied forces would invade France. Before the troops landed on the beaches, paratroopers were dropped from aeroplanes behind enemy lines. They were parachuted in at night. Planes also bombed targets on the ground. Just before the landings started, ships in the English Channel began firing at German army guns and defences. Early in the morning, thousands of ships arrived and soldiers from Britain, Canada, America and France landed on the beaches in a part of France called Normandy. The beaches were given special code names. These were Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. More soldiers arrived later in the day. Some soldiers put up huge barrage balloons above the beaches. These giant balloons were filled with gas and helped to protect the army from being attacked by enemy aircraft. Just after D-Day, nurses also landed on the beaches to help wounded soldiers in the hospitals in France. After fierce fighting, the Allies began to push the German army back and to take more land in France and other countries. After D-Day, the fighting still went on for many months and thousands of people died, but, D-Day played an important part in helping the Allies win the Second World War. On June 6th each year, we remember the efforts and sacrifices made by so many people on D-Day and the days that followed to bring peace to Europe.  

Find out more using these links.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/zf49rj6
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/D-Day/476249

1st March - In History, Team EO have continued our learning on the Great Fire of London. This week they have been ordering the events of the fire. They know that the fire started in a bakery shop on Pudding Lane as the oven fire wasn’t put out correctly and a spark fell onto the wooden floor. They know that it spread because the houses were close together, made out of wood and that it was windy! They also discussed the effect the fire had on London – like houses being built out of different materials and further apart!

15th March - In History, Team EO have explained about how they know about the Great Fire of London. They discussed the different sources of information and know that cameras were not invented in 1666. They identified sources which are most and least helpful such as dairy entries and paintings or coins.

12th April - ​In History, They have looked at the changes that were made in London after the fire. They know streets were made wider, houses were built further apart and that they were made out of brick.

Team JD had a jam packed day experiencing how the Ancient Greeks lived.
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They looked at Ancient Greek puzzles and designed their own Greek shields using the laptops to research designs and implement them to their shields. They investigated the Greek flag, spent the afternoon food tasting and doing their very own Greek Olympics!

They created a taster table and marked each food out of ten. They got to try eight different Greek foods such as, olives, figs and feta cheese.
Looking at their photos they weren't very sure of some of the food they tried!

Team JD really enjoyed dressing up and spending the day doing lots of exciting learning.