In Year One, we have started our history based learning all about The Great Fire of London – a significant event from the 17th century. 
Throughout this exciting topic, the children will discover how people lived in the past and the changes and consequences brought about following this catastrophic event. They will also continue to build on learning from the Foundation Stage, exploring changes in their own lives and the way of life of their family or others around them.
We began our lesson with two questions.
What is history?
What is the past?
Cavemen are history.
Dinosaurs lived a long time ago.
I think it is something old.
My dad was born in the past.
Next, we had great fun looking at (and trying on) some different costumes. The children were asked whether they thought the outfits were from the past or not. Also, we discussed whether they had ever seen each costume.
Below, we have a fashion show – new and old- presented by Year One!
We had some fantastic responses.
