This afternoon, the children of Cedar class were transported back to 1666. They found themselves on Pudding Lane the day before the Great Fire of London began. Whilst shopping at the market, they were surrounded by rats. The children acted out the market scene of the day before, moving into the night before. They all slept whilst the baker on Pudding Lane left the oven on. They woke up to embers all around, the children helped the fire spread across London by pretending to be the wind. They then passed a bucket of water around to try to get the fire out. Eventually they worked together to blow the houses down using gun powder to stop the fire from spreading further.
They memorised a rhyme:
"Up high like flames in the sky,
Down low like embers that glow."
They also learnt the customs of how to greet King Charles, how to escape the plague and how to become the easterly winds which made the fire spread. All the children thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and certainly consolidated what they already knew and learnt some new facts about the fire!
"King Charles was on the throne at the time of the Great Fire of London", Ruben.
"The wind made the the fire spread", Indie.
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