Great Fire of London
Bring the Great Fire of London to life with this beautifully illustrated **KS1 History and English Activity Bundle**, packed with engaging worksheets, creative writing opportunities and historical investigations for Year 1 and Year 2.
This comprehensive collection brings together **three Great Fire of London resource packs**, helping children explore the dramatic events of September 1666 while developing their reading comprehension, chronological understanding and writing skills.
**What's included in the bundle?**
**1. Samuel Pepys Diary Writing Pack (10 pages)**
Children discover who Samuel Pepys was, explore his famous diary and learn how to write their own diary entry inspired by the Great Fire of London. Includes historical information, reading comprehension, writing plans, sentence starters and differentiated activities.
**2. Great Fire of London Timeline & Sequencing Pack (11 pages)**
Explore the key events of the Great Fire through chronological sequencing, timeline activities, cause-and-effect investigations and comparisons between London in 1666 and today. Children develop their historical understanding while practising explanation and sentence-writing skills.
**3. Great Fire of London Newspaper Report Writing Pack (10 pages)**
Turn your pupils into young newspaper reporters! Children investigate the 5Ws, identify newspaper features, create exciting headlines, imagine eyewitness interviews and plan and write their own newspaper reports about the Great Fire of London.
**Designed with KS1 learners in mind**
The resources feature attractive historical illustrations, child-friendly instructions, generous writing spaces, vocabulary support and differentiated SEND/EAL activities to help children work confidently and independently.
Teacher guidance and suggested answers are also included, making the bundle suitable for whole-class teaching, guided groups, independent learning and topic-based lessons.
**National Curriculum Links**
Supports KS1 History objectives relating to significant events beyond living memory, chronological understanding and historical enquiry. Also supports English objectives covering reading comprehension, sentence construction, vocabulary development and writing for different purposes.
Ideal for a complete Great Fire of London topic, cross-curricular History and English lessons, classroom activities and home learning.
**Suitable for:** KS1 | Year 1 & Year 2
**Subjects:** History, English and Literacy
**Includes:** 3 resource packs | 31 pages of teaching materials and activities
**Format:** Printable A4 resources
Save time planning your Great Fire of London topic with a coordinated collection of engaging, differentiated activities that take children from historical discovery to independent writing.
