Brick Lane

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We have started our new topic- learning about 'Food in London'! Last week, we found out about Brick Lane, in East London. We learned that it is a perfect place to help us learn about some of the groups of people who have immigrated to London since the 1700s. We learned about many of these groups of people and some of the reasons why they might have chosen to move to East London. We used some old photographs and looked at some maps to be 'detectives' and see what we could learn about Brick Lane.

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We discovered that London has such a marvellous mixture of foods because we are lucky to live in such a multicultural city. As people move to London from countries all around the world, they bring their food and recipes with them. This has made London a city rich with variety.

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We learned about the restaurants that were on Brick Lane in the past and about some which are there today. We even made posters persuading people to visit!

On Friday, we tasted some new foods from around the world! The variety of food we tasted included; dates from Tunisia, plantain from Jamaica, pretzels from Poland, cake from Somalia and chapattis from India.

What was your favourite food? Did you try anything you hadn't had before?