Samuel
Pepys was born on 23rd February 1633 in London. He was the fifth child of
eleven. His father was a tailor. He was very clever and studied at Cambridge
University.
He
started to write his famous diary when he was 27 years old. During the Great
Fire Samuel Pepys was angry because so many people fled and didn’t try to help
put out the fire. Pepys famously buried his best cheese and wine in a box in
his garden. He visited King Charles ll and told him what he should do. “Pull down
the buildings,” he said. “Then there shall be gaps which will stop the fire
from spreading.” His diary tells us a lot of information about what happened during
the fire and is one of the ways that we can learn about what happened in the
past.
Please
spend time this week discussing:
- What Samuel Pepys would have seen during
the Great Fire of London?
- What would he had heard?
- What would he have smelt?
- How would he have felt?
- What would he have been thinking?
Feel
free to make notes in your treasury if you wish.
Please
could all treasuries be sent into school on Friday also.
Spellings
for this week are: my, has, old, her, school.
