Carleton Green Primary School Homework Menu Key Stage 1
Autumn 2
Topic: Fire Weekly Homework
Reading: Daily
Spellings: Weekly
Talk Homework: Weekly
Learning Opportunities Literacy & Communication
Science & Outside Environment [science, PE, Healthy lifestyles, Eco issues]
Humanities & Citizenship [Geography, History, R.E, PSHE, Economic Awareness]
Creative & Arts [Music, Art, Design Technology, Dance, Drama]
Pretend you are a news reporter in 1666. Write a newspaper report. This could be handwritten or typed on the computer. Remember to make your newspaper report look old! Think of what materials would be best to build a house to ensure that the Fire of London doesn’t happen again
Write and illustrate a poem inspired by ‘The Great Fire on London’
Write a list of describing words to describe fire.
Create a map of London in 1666 showing the location of the River Thames, Pudding Lane bakery and where the fire spread. This could be drawn or collaged. Alternatively, you could create a 3D map with miniature buildings e.g. Houses of Parliament, Pudding Lane bakery etc.
Find out about important people Research Guy Fawkes and the from this famous event – for example Gunpowder Plot. Samuel Pepys, the mayor, Elizabeth Pepys, the King.
Create or reproduce a picture depicting a scene from London during the great fire. You could draw, paint, collage, use chalks or use a computer paint package to create your picture.
Make a model or drawing to show how you would have redesigned the city following the Great Fire.
Draw a picture of a Tudor or modern day London house and label the materials that have been used.
Choose how to present your findings.
Collect a selection of materials in a shoebox of things that you find around the home and label
Choose no more than 3 from different areas. Homework is to be completed and ready to present to your teacher on Friday 5th December 2014. Please do not bring homework in until this date even if you have done it!