If you want to help your class understand more about the Great Fire, you can use our Great Fire of London information PowerPoint– this contains all of the key information in an easy to digest format. This is not a lesson resource book, but was written as a fun activity book, which could be used as homework - the contents are listed below and can be seen on the attached video. The images are taken from my picture book Vlad and the Great Fire of London and information about this and my school visits can be found on www.

This is a three week talk for writing unit plan based on the book ‘Vlad and The Great Fire of London’ by Kate and Sam Cunningham. Samuel Pepys also wrote how he buried his cheese and wine in the ground to keep it safe from the fire. Use our Great Fire of London Information PowerPoint to explain the sequence of events, then ask children to pretend to be just like Samuel Pepys, and create their own first-hand account with a couple of diary entries.Both could have been awarded the Military Cross, but prevailing attitudes discriminated against them. The lessons include a ‘warm-up’ game/ activity, the main teaching session and independent work, and a plenary. The aim is to share materials that encourage children to read and bring interactive experiences into the classroom. This could be included as homework or in reading records to extend the reading experience between parents and children.

During the drama session, ask the children to go to sleep, they hear noises; screams andcrackling awake them.This is a set of 5 lessons which focus on the personal testimonies of those caught up in the First World War.