Vlad and the Great Fire of London (A Flea in History)

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Year 2 children, you should aim to write four-six sentences for the beginning of your story. I would like to see some expanded noun phrases, for example, ‘the delicious breadcrumbs’, or ‘the warm, cosy floor’. Remember to begin your sentences with capital letters and end with a full-stop, question mark or exclamation mark depending on the type of sentence you use. Starter: Let’s think about verbs. What is a verb? What job does it do? Use your learning from yesterday’s starter to help.

Here is another video filmed by your friends with some new makaton signs to practise. First you can watch the alphabet. There is a link below that you can use to practise to learn this further. We used this to then sign the names of some significant people from the GFOL. To sign a name you sign the first letter of their first name and the first letter of their last name. Once you have practised the alphabet, could you make a video signing your own name? Building on from last week when you designed your own Tudor house, this week we would like to to have a go at building one.Building on from yesterday’s lesson looking at significant people we are going to think more about Samuel Pepys and why he was so important. We know that Samuel Pepys kept a diary and it is this diary that allows us to know so much about the Great Fire of London. It is a great source of evidence. Can you spot the verb? Try exchanging it for one of the verbs below. We are going to swap the verb ‘ate’. Boxton is trapped! – help Boxton escape from Pudding Lane through the maze of streets to the fields. This is not a lesson resource book, but was written as a fun activity book, which could be used as homework - the contents are listed below and the interior can be seen on the attached video.

Almost four-hundred years ago, there lived a grey rat called Boxton and a cheeky flea named Vlad. They were the very best of friends. Boxton loved to feast on delicious food and Vlad enjoyed biting people. This is how they spent most of their days. Today we will be completing some phonics on zoom. We will be recapping on what has been learnt so far this term. Like last time, I would like you to have a piece of work that you are proud of to share with the rest of the class. You will also need a piece of paper and a pencil. If you are teaching a topic about Florence Nightingale this will give you the key information on the history, context and curriculum learning. Here is the link to the BBC Bitesize learning which can be used each day alongside or instead of the White Rose resourcesStarter: Just like yesterday, we are going to try substituting the verb in our sentence for a more interesting verb, a verb that gives precise information to the reader. Which liquids will you test? (salt water, sugar water, lemon juice, lemonade…. test any liquids that you like) Here is a link to the White Rose videos (the link is to all 4 lessons, Monday’s lesson is lesson 1 – Measuring length in cms)

There are lots of famous artists who are known for their self portraits. Your challenge this week is to research an artist that is famous for self portraits and try to complete your own in the style of that artist. This lesson builds on Tuesday’s session where children were comparing length. Today they will use visual representations to show they understand whether objects are heavier or lighter when compared to each other. Make a prediction – which liquid do you think will work best at stopping the apple from turning brown? Why do you think this? Instead, a plan was suggested to blow up houses in the path of the fire, so that there would be an area with no houses to act as fuel for the fire to keep growing. These were known as fire breaks. When we are changing a word from singular to plural you don’t always add an ‘s’. Look at the following information and watch the video that explains the different rules for changing a word from singular to plural. I want you to focus on the rules for adding just ‘s’ or when the singular ends in a ‘y’.

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Firefighting was much more basic in 1666, and people didn’t know nearly as much about stopping fires as we do today.

Following the new format the blog continues to be split into days which reflect exactly the learning that is taking place in school. You are going to write the beginning of the story today. Introduce the reader to Boxton and Vlad and tell them about their arrival at the bakery on Pudding Lane. Begin by saying your sentence three times before you begin to write. This will help you to remember it. Now have a go at writing your sentence, listening carefully for the sounds and leaving spaces between words. A good poster has a mixture of information and facts along with pictures. It will need to be bold and bright to grab your readers attention and include a snappy title. Read this sentence: Boxton ran through the streets of London. Which word is the verb? It is ran. We are going to change the verb, ran, to a more interesting verb. Read the following verbs, which could we use to replace ran? Have a think and write the sentence again using your chosen verb.I would like you now to write a shopping list for some one at home which includes plurals. Look at my example to help you. Year 2 children, you should aim to write four-six sentences for the middle of your story. Think carefully about your word choices. Try to include some interesting verbs. Remember to begin your sentences with capital letters and end with a full-stop, question mark or exclamation mark depending on the type of sentence you use. Please note that the second file is the colour cover which you may not feel the need to print but has been included in case you want to) Please complete this SPAG lesson if you have finished your diary entries from earlier in the week. If they are not complete, use this time to finish them.