Vlad and the Great Fire of London (A Flea in History)

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You could also use these craft houses as part of your small world set up and ask children to role-play what happened in the fire, following the sequence of events to really solidify their understanding of the tragedy. It includes a set of lesson plans linked to the literacy curriculum, templates for making notes and crib sheets if you want to focus on the letter writing rather than note taking. Another fun idea for a KS1 provision area, is to ask children to create these houses – or do them as part of your Art or DT lesson. If you’re lucky enough to still have provision areas in KS1, then you could use our Great Fire of London colouring sheets as a great introduction to the topic. If you want any further information on the book or the first book Vlad and the Great Fire of London please visit www.

He kept a diary and wrote about the fire, this gives us a lot of first-hand information about what happened. Dr Phoebe Chapple was an Australian doctor who paid to travel to England and join the medics serving in the First World War. Both could have been awarded the Military Cross, but prevailing attitudes discriminated against them. A mixture of images of materials and clues from 1666 and now that lead to discussion about things that caused the Great Fire to spread. 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 the attached video demonstrates some of the activities.Leave out in your provision area, alongside colouring and felt tips, and see what children come up with! The plan is 12 lessons long, although some of these will probably take more than one session to complete. 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 lessons support writing a letter to persuade the Ministry of Defence to award them posthumously.It was created so teachers could use the resources in class and this version would be easier to copy for your own use, in your class.

We know that some teachers have done a controlled experiment where they set these alight – to show children how the flames spread, but do check your health and safety policy first as it is not without risks. Samuel Pepys also wrote how he buried his cheese and wine in the ground to keep it safe from the fire. It contains all the information you need to teach the topic to a greater depth, whether it is the first time or if you want to refresh your knowledge and find out some fun facts to keep the subject lively. I recently published my first picture book (Vlad and the Great Fire of London) and I go into schools and libraries running activities around the Great Fire of London.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.