London`s Burning! - St Paul`s Cathedral

Schools & Families Department
London’s Burning!
A Self Guided Trail
for Upper Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2.
Find out about
the Great Fire of London
NOTES FOR TEACHERS/LEADERS
Welcome to St Paul’s!
Here are some tips about using this ‘self guided’ trail with your
children. Preparation is vital to ensure your visit is successful.
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Please prepare for your visit thoroughly. We recommend that you visit the Cathedral before the visit to check out the route round the Crypt and Cathedral
floor, to do your risk assessment and to find out where everything is. Ask us for
a teacher pass to come and do this free of charge.
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Please ensure that you have sufficient adult helpers to walk round with small
groups and decide before the visit how they are going to move around the building
Remember it gets very busy and crowded, so do not send everyone off in the
same direction at once!
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Please tell the children about moving around quietly and respectfully in this place
of prayer and worship. Groups must be fully supervised by adults at all times.
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Please remember that your self guided visit must be pre-booked with the
Schools Department in advance. There is a charge per pupil. Contact the office
for prices/dates.
Tel: 0207 246 8353.
Email: [email protected]
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We hope your pupils will enjoying learning about how the Great Fire affected old St
Paul’s back in 1666 and that they will have a wonderful time in the present day Cathedral.
Have a look in our KS1-2 brochure online—there are some amazing guided visits that span many curriculum areas! Why not give one a try!
Janet Marshall
Head of Schools & Families
OBE Chapel
Wren’s Tomb
Stairs to Cathedral
floor (you go up the
stairs on this side!
Schools Centre, Oculus,Timeline and inner
crypt are in this area
Stewards’ desk—
where you check in
on arrival.
Lavatories
Café area
Entrance
Plan of the Crypt
Plan of the Cathedral Floor
The East
Window
Henry Moore’s
Mother & Child
sculpture
The famous Victorian
‘Light of the World’
painting by Sir William
Holman Hunt .
Icons with prayer
candles to light by
the Great West
Doors. The Font is
also in this area.
The Golden Tijou gates
are here that lead you to
the High Altar with its
enormous Chino canopy!
You can look into the
Quire from here too.
John Donne’s
statue
Come and find out
about the Great
Fire of 1666!
Old St Paul’s
Start in the Crypt. Go
through the tall, metal Churchill gates. Turn left.
Find the model of old St Paul’s
Cathedral. It was bigger than the
Cathedral you are in now!
Old St Paul’s Cathedral was on a hill. When the Great Fire
started everyone thought it would be safe. It stood high
above the city and it was made of stone. But the fire soon
spread up the hill and the Cathedral started to burn!
Can you fill in the missing words in these sentences?
The houses and shops in London were made of dry w_ _
they burned quickly . The buildings were c_ _ _ _ together.
_ so
The c_ _ _ _ _ _ inside the roof was made of wood and so were
the prayer stalls (seats) in the Quire.
When the f_ _ _ got to the cathedral the w_ _ _ soon caught fire
and the fire spread through the building.
Now walk to your left, round the corner to the timeline on
the wall.
Look at the timeline on the wall. Can you find a painting of the
Great Fire of London? What can you see?____________________
When was the first Cathedral built on this site?___________
Why not go into OCULUS,
the new film room? Sit on the
carpet and watch four short films.
There is one about the Great
Fire.
Now find this statue nearby.
He lived before the Great Fire
and his name was Nicholas Bacon.
It was in the old Cathedral that
burned down.
There are many famous people buried or
remembered in this
Crypt. Walk round to
your right into the middle of the Crypt and
find these tombs.
How can you tell that this statue
got burned in the Great Fire?
________________________
This is Admiral Lord
Nelson’s tomb. What is
on the top of it?_______
Now find this one!
Have a look at the wonderful tiled mosaic floor
in the Crypt!
Which animals and birds can
you find?
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
It is the Duke of Wellington’s tomb How
many lions are there?
________
Carry on walking ahead into the OBE Chapel. There are lots of
chairs because Christians meet together here to worship God.
Can you see the OBE badge on the
railings?
This is a special award that is given by the
Queen to people who have served their
country or helped others in their lives.
What do the lamp shades hanging from the
ceiling remind you of? __________________
After the Great Fire a new Cathedral was designed. It took 35
years to build it. A clever man called Sir Christopher Wren designed
it. He was a mathematician and a scientist.
Walk to the front of the Chapel and stand near the rope that
divides the main part of the Chapel from the Sanctuary area,
then turn to your right.
In the corner you will see a large, dark, marble
tomb stone. This is Sir Christopher Wren’s
tomb, where he is buried, deep under ground.
Look at Wren’s tomb stone. Find the Roman numerals that
tell you how old he was when he died and write them down.
___ ___ ___ This means he was 91 years old!
Which word on the stone is not spelt correctly? __ __ __ __
Name two stone masons who helped build St Paul’s
_________________
___________________
Can you find the names of other members of Wren’s family who are
buried or remembered near him?__________________________
___________________________________________________
It’s time to go upstairs now!
Stay in the aisle where Wren’s tomb is and walk back out of
the chapel until you get to the steps on your left. Go upstairs
and be prepared for a fantastic surprise!
WOW!
Just look at where you are
now.
Turn right and go stand under the enormous dome.
This is the most famous
part of St Paul’s. Look up
into it!
You could draw what it looks
like up there in this box.
Now walk to the right and
into the side aisle. Keep going until you find this statue
on the wall.
CAN YOU
BELIEVE
THIS?
The statue survived
The Great Fire! It
was in the old
Cathedral!
Can you see the burn marks
on it?
This is John Donne. Can you
write down some of the things
he did in his life? ___________
________________________
When was he the Dean (priest
in charge) of old St Paul’s Cathedral? ____________________
Can you see which bit is broken?
________________________
It fell through the cracked floor
into the Crypt below during the
fire!
This Cathedral is
huge isn’t it? Have a
think about where
you’d like to go next!
If you carry on walking,
you can go through the
golden gates into the
Sanctuary area at the East
end.
This is a special, holy place.
Can you see the white marble
High Altar?
Look behind the rope into the Quire.
This is where the Choir sings every day, when
worship is offered to God here.
Can you spot this special seat for the
Bishop of London? It is called a Cathedra.
This is what makes St Paul’s
a Cathedral instead of a
church!
Look up at the ceiling.
What can you see?
______________________
______________________
Can you spot these patterns? What are they?
___________________
This is a special table where
Christians worship Jesus and
remember him by sharing
bread and wine together.
Have a walk around
the building and see if
you can find these
things…
These designs are made from thousands
of tiny glass tiles. They are mosaics.
WELL DONE!