Hello Squirrels

I hope you all had a good bank holiday weekend.

English

This week we are going to be looking at The Great Fire of London.

Have a go at reading the story and answering the questions.

In 1666 there was a huge fire in London. About 350,000 people lived in London just before the Great Fire, it was one of the largest cities in Europe. It started in Thomas Farriner’s bakery in Pudding Lane. Thomas was a baker to the King. Samuel Pepys saw it all happen and wrote about the fire in his diary which has become very famous.

At 1 o’clock in the morning of Sunday 2nd September 1666 a spark flew out of one of ovens starting a fire. The bakers shop burned quickly and the fire spread along the narrow street.

Later that morning the King was told. He had an idea to knock some of the houses down which would make a gap in the street and would stop the fire from spreading. The King’s plan didn’t work. The fire got bigger and bigger.

By Monday morning many people had paced up their things and had left the city. by 9 o’clock in the morning the fire had reached the Tower of London. Luckily it didn’t catch fire.

On Tuesday the fire continued to spread and had burnt down many streets. By 8 o’clock in the evening the fire reached St. Paul’s Cathedral which caught fire and burnt down several hours later.

On Wednesday morning the wind blew the fire towards the river. By 7 o’clock in the evening the fire reached the river and could go no further.

By Thursday the fire was under control and solider helped to clean the streets and put out smaller fires.

The fire burnt a huge area - the same size as 247 football pitches.

Why do you think the fire spread so quickly?
How did the fire start?
Where did the fire start?
Who started the fire?
Which buildings were destroyed in the fire?
Who was the diary writer who wrote about the Fire of London?
How was the fire eventually stopped?

Maths

Today we are going to be looking at odd and even numbers.

An even number is a number that can be shared into two equal groups. An odd number is a number that cannot be divided into two equal groups.

You can use these rhymes to help you remember odd and even numbers.

When you are looking at two digit numbers, look carefully at the second digit. If the number ends in 0, 2 ,4, 6, 8 then it is a even number. If the number ends in 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 then it is an odd number.

For example - 27 is an odd number because it ends in a 7 which is an odd number.

Have a go and spotting the odd and even numbers.

Sound of the Week.

This weeks sound is ‘oo’ - look at a book. (It looks the same but make a different sound to last weeks ’oo’).

Have a go at sounding out these words.

took, book, look, shook, cook, foot.

Word of the Week.

This weeks word is ‘are’. Can you think of three sentences and three questions which use this red word?

Fact of the Day

Over 300 different languages are spoken in London.