1. The Great Fire of London.
What happened?
LO_ to be able to sequence the main events of the GFL
SC- I can sequence the main events of the GFL

2. It had been a very dry summer in London
It had been a very dry summer in London. On Sunday 2nd September, A bakery in London that was on Pudding Lane caught alight. Thomas Farrinor forgot to clean out his oven properly. The embers caught on some firewood and caused a large fire to erupt.

3. Fortunately, His family managed to escape
Fortunately, His family managed to escape. However it was a windy night and the fire began to spread across the narrow streets, burning everything in its way. Close together houses carried the fire across London.

4. As the flames spread across London, residence began to flee.
What sorts of things are they trying to save?

5. Fire fighters and residence used leather buckets to pour water onto the fires, hooks to pull off roof tiles to try and prevent it spreading further and also watersquirts to try and put out larger flames.

6. Unfortunately, the flames were too big and the people of London ran from the flames.

7. The fire spread towards London Bridge.
The Duke of York decided to and stop the flames from spreading further by destroying a paper house that separated the flames from the rest of London. Luckily his idea worked!

8. What happened?
Draw pictures in order of what happened in The Great Fire of London.
Use the labels to show what the pictures are.
Discuss what you can see.
What do you think it would have been like to be living in London when the fire spread?

9. Write in your diary…
What happened?
What did you see?
What did you hear?
What could you smell?