Year 1Spring 1 Significant Learning = London’s Burning

Key Concepts Key Facts Key VocabularyUnderstanding our own history and similarities and differences between ‘now’ and ‘then’ e.g. houses, clothes, fire safety equipment, food etc. (History)Exploring different materials, their properties and what they are used for. (Science) Using different tools and materials to plan, create and evaluate our own structures e.g. houses. (Design and technology.) Sharing our views and opinions with others. (PSHE) Special symbols and objects in our lives, in Christianity, Buddhism and Judaism. (Religious Education.)

The Great Fire of London happened between 2-5 September in 1666. The fire began in a bakery in Pudding Lane.In 1666, lots of people had houses made from wood and straw which burned easily. Houses were also built very close together.We know what happened during the fire because people wrote about it in letters and newspapers e.g. Samuel Pepys wrote about it in his diary.To fight fires during this time, people would have used leather buckets, metal hooks and water squirts.

past, present, future a long time ago then and now last year, last month, last week today, yesterday, tomorrow changes similarities, differences, impact artefacts Question words e.g. who? Where? What?

Why? How? Names of materials e.g. wood, glass, plastic,

brick, straw

Key Figure/Places Reading and Writing Links

Christopher Wren

Josephine Reynolds

Narrative – wishing story (Key Text = Toby and the Great Fire of London)

Recount (Key Text = The Great Fire of London)

Grammar and Punctuation Sequencing sentences – think, say, write, read again. Regular plural e.g. to add –s (nouns) or – es. Full stops at the end of each sentence. Finger spaces in between each word. Capital letters at the beginning of sentence, names, places, days of the week

and the pronoun I. Conjunctions – joining words e.g. and, because.

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