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Bonfire Night

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Beyond Living Memory: Commemorating History Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes

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Objectives

History

  • Develop an awareness of the past, through finding out about changes within living memory.
  • Develop an awareness of the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.

English

  • Give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives for different purposes, including for expressing feelings.
  • Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates.

Lesson Planning

Find out more about the details and chronology of the gunpowder plot. Children will use their learning to inform their drama work.

Teaching Outcomes
 To understand the significance of Bonfire night & the Gunpowder Plot.
To describe and discuss their experiences of Bonfire night.

Children will:

  • Understand why we celebrate Bonfire night.
  • Reflect upon the Gunpowder Plot.
  • Describe their experiences of Bonfire night.

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