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Big Time Boogie Band Activity Sheet

The Big-Time Boogie-Woogie Animal Band – Activity Sheet

Topic: Art, Maths

Age Range: 3-6

Related Book: The Big-Time Boogie-Woogie Animal Band

Book Creator: Giles Andreae, Nick East

Get your nursery class counting and jiggling along to this rhyming celebration of music and rhythm from stand-out pairing Giles Andreae and Nick East. 

Themes: Music | Counting | Rhyming

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Emily Brown and the Not-Very-Spooky Event Kit

Emily Brown and the Not-Very-Spooky Halloween – Event Kit

Topic: Art, English, Growing up

Age Range: 3-6

Related Book: Emily Brown and the Not-Very-Spooky Halloween

Book Creator: Cressida Cowell, Neal Layton

Help your class find their brave this Halloween with this reassuring take on Halloween for pre-schoolers, featuring Emily Brown, her sidekick, Stanley, and a not-so-spooky ghostie. From bestselling author Cressida Cowell. In this kit, you’ll find a range of resources for running a Not-Very-Spooky Halloween event, including activity sheets, a craft starter, costume inspiration and some simple comprehension questions to accompany a book reading. There’s even a poster to help you advertise the event.

Themes: Halloween | Bravery | Overcoming nerves | Crafts

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Art School (in a Book) Creativity Pack

Topic: Art, Non-Fiction

Age Range: 7-11

Inspire budding artists with Art School (in a book), a guide to 38 contemporary artists and their key artwork, with engaging prompts to encourage kids to get creative! These resources take inspiration from the book with creative art prompts and activity sheets for children aged 9+

Themes: Art History | Creativity | Art | Activities

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How To Catch An Idea Activity Sheets

How To Catch An Idea – Activity Sheets

Topic: Art, Growing up

Age Range: 3-6

Related Book: How to Catch an Idea

Book Creator: Forest Xiao

Take your class on a unique and colourful hunt for ideas to help them channel their creativity and teach them that ideas big and small can come from anywhere and anything! 

Themes: Creativity | Imagination | Discovery

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How to Train Your Dragon School Classroom Resources

How to Train Your Dragon School – Teaching Notes

Topic: Art, English, History, Maths, Modern Classic, PSHE & Citizenship

Age Range: 7-11

Related Book: How To Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing

Book Creator: Cressida Cowell

How to Train Your Dragon School is a new spin-off series from no.1 bestseller Cressida Cowell, starring Hiccup, Toothless and friends as they embark on their training at the Isle of Berk’s Training School for Vikings and Dragons. These books feature standalone, action-packed, comedic adventures with low word count and a high level of illustration, designed to be accessible to developing readers.

This pack, based on the content of book 1, Doom of the Darkwing, contains a variety of engaging activities suitable for classroom or library sessions. Children will imagine that they are Viking warriors attending the training school. They will complete crosscurricular challenges such as making their own Viking ship, designing their own dragon and creating a comic strip adventure story. The activities are designed for lower key stage two but can easily be adapted for younger or older students and differentiated to suit the needs of your class.

Themes: Dragons | Fantasy worlds | The Vikings | Heroes | Adventure Stories

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Boss of the Underworld Resources and Activity Sheets

Topic: Art, English

Age Range: 7-11

Related Book: Boss of the Underworld

Book Creator: Tor Freeman

The first book in a hilarious and quirky full-colour graphic novel series by the award-winning Tor Freeman. Discover the five simple steps that Shirley takes to go from normal girl to boss of the Underworld and how exactly a cockroach named George was involved . . . Perfect for 7+ fans of Jamie Smart’s Bunny vs Monkey and Dog Man.

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The Girl at the Front of the Class Art Project

The Girl at the Front of the Class – Collaborative Art Project

Topic: Art, Empathy

Age Range: 3-6, 7-11

Related Book: The Girl at the Front of the Class

Help young children understand and empathise with the refugee experience, with this moving picture book from Onjali Q. Raúf, the bestselling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, and illustrated by Pippa Curnick. Told with heart and humour, this story of friendship and kindness provides an early conversation starter to the topic of refugees for children in Key Stage 1 and 2.

This pack contains everything you need to make a classroom display welcoming everyone into your class and highlighting your classes values.

Key Themes: PSHE | Art

Also Available: Teaching Resources, Welcome Poster and Welcome Sign

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KS1 and KS2 Resource Pack - The Girl at the Front of the Class

The Girl at the Front of the Class – Teaching Resources

Topic: Art, Empathy, English, PSHE & Citizenship

Age Range: 3-6, 7-11

Related Book: The Girl at the Front of the Class

Help young children understand and empathise with the refugee experience, with this moving picture book from Onjali Q. Raúf, the bestselling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, and illustrated by Pippa Curnick. Told with heart and humour, this story of friendship and kindness provides an early conversation starter to the topic of refugees for children in Key Stage 1 and 2.

This pack includes discussion questions, activity sheets and everything you need to make a kindness display

Key Themes: PSHE | Art | English | Empathy | Creative Writing

Also Available: A Collaborative Art ProjectWelcome Poster and Welcome Sign

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Forest of Forbidden Magic – School Resources

Topic: Art, English

Age Range: 7-11

Related Book: Forest of Forbidden Magic

A dark enchanted forest, a mysterious letter and sinister secrets combine in this spine-tingling mystery, from Eve Wersocki Morris, author of The Bird Singers and The Wildstorm Curse.

Themes: Friendship | Mysteries | Spooky Stories | Adventure | Fairytales

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Rainbowsaurus – Activity Sheets

Topic: Art, Empathy, English, LGBTQ+

Age Range: 3-6

Related Book: Rainbowsaurus

Book Creator: Steve Antony

Bring the rainbow into your classroom with these fun activity sheets for kids to get stuck into. Rainbowsaurus is a joyful and fun read-along tale of one family’s quest to find the Rainbowsaurus. This inclusive picture book introduces ten colours to children as well as animals and the sounds they make, encouraging little ones to join in the story telling. Rainbowsaurus is created by Steve Antony, the bestselling author-illustrator of The Queen’s Hat.

Themes: Dinosaurs | Colours | Rhymes | Phonics | LGBTQ+ |

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A Tricky Kind of Magic – Teaching Notes

Topic: Art, Empathy, English, Growing up, Life changes

Age Range: 7-11

Related Book: A Tricky Kind of Magic

Book Creator: Nigel Baines

An action-packed graphic novel about finding magic when you need it the most, filled with humour and heart.

Themes: Grief | Humour | Graphic Novel

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Elephant Me – Teaching Notes

Topic: Art, English, PSHE & Citizenship, Race & identity

Age Range: 3-6

Related Book: Elephant Me

From the creators of modern classic Giraffes Can’t Dance, Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees, Elephant Me is a wonderfully empowering picture book celebrating being YOU. This resource pack can be used with children from EYFS through to Key Stage 1.

Themes: Confidence | Identity

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