Puffins - History

Date: 9th Dec 2020 @ 12:25am

Puffins absolutely loved their surprise today! We were lucky enough to have a real firefighter come into school! He was able to demonstrate how the fire spread so quickly in 1666 because of the materials they used to build the houses and the way they were built so closely. We had wooden/straw houses, just like they used in 1666. The children couldn’t believe how quickly it caught fire! Luckily, it was a windy day so we were also able to see really clearly how when the wind changed direction, the fire did too. We linked this to when the wind changed and it avoided Samuel Pepys’ house. We have been learning about keeping ourselves safe in PSHE too so we discussed what we needed to do/did to keep ourselves safe. We then went back inside to look at the PowerPoint our fireman sent us and learned lots of things about the firefighting equipment and the damage fires can cause. We looked at some photos taken of real local fires, including the fires on Rivington. One of our Puffins said we had all become eye-witnesses, great historical vocabulary! What an unforgettable lesson!

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