A simple set of worksheets focussed on The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge that help your child practice their writing skills including captions and speech marks to help them build up to writing a newspaper report.

A whole unit of work based on the Fantastic Beasts by J.K. Rowling. The children will design a set of instructions on how to look after a beast of their imagination. The children I have taught at my school SJA have been really engaged in the learning which lasts approximately 2 weeks (10 teaching sessions). All objectives come from the Year 3 English National Curriculum. Resource includes: Lessson PowerPoint with learning objectives, Grammar Geek (How to use this is below), lesson activities and planning. Some resources are editable to suit your class. How to use Grammar Geek: Introduce the session slide, read out each objective. The colours focus on different parts of grammar: vocabulary, structure and application. Give children 5 minutes to complete as much as they can. Support can be given. We complete ours in silence and adults support children across the class. After 5 minutes, invite individual children to read the objective and give their answer with explanation e.g. I have put a comma here and full stop at the end because it has two clauses in this sentence. After children’s responses, show the ‘teacher’ responses and discuss reasons behind each answer. The aim of Grammar Geek is to increase the children’s knowledge and understanding of grammar whilst engaging them in the unit of work. There are spelling sessions weaved in to encourage this skill in students. I hope you enjoy, please leave a review once you’ve downloaded the resources.

Cover lesson for KS3 exploring the stippling drawing technique. The worksheets instructs students to complete the drawings of 3 mini beasts, as well as a practice grid.

This interesting and highly-stimulating lesson enables students to make important inferences and interpretations regarding ‘the beast’ that is referred to by the boys on the island throughout William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. In particular, students form opinions of what the beast may represent, based upon key evidence throughout the text. The lesson follows a clear, logical, bite-size learning journey, which guides students towards differentiated learning objectives. Over the course of this journey, they become able to: - Establish, sketch, evidence, and share their initial interpretations of the beast; - Collaborate with others to form rational and substantiated opinions; - Read and understand Chapters Six and Seven of the play, with a particular focus upon how Golding utilises the beast to depict other concepts and notions; - Analyse key quotations which refer to the beast in relation to each of the characters; - Give appropriate and sustained interpretations and inferences regarding altering views towards Golding's use of the beast; -Peer assess each other's learning attempts. This resource pack includes: - A visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation; - Detailed worksheet; - A scaffolded essay template; - Links to the extracts of the text needed for the lesson (Chapters Six and Seven in this case); - A detailed lesson plan, complete with what the teacher and students should aim to achieve at each stage of the lesson. All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the PowerPoint.

A student-led exploration and analysis of significant moments in Chapter 6 of LOTF. This lesson uses jigsaw work, enabling students to work in groups to share and discuss their explorations. The lesson can be adapted for online learning through the use of collaborative breakout rooms in Teams.

A list of resources to help with a minibeast topic. Includes fiction books, non-fiction books and websites. Suitable for FS and KS1.

Mythical beast character description unit linking to Ancient Greece, myths and legends, Medusa etc…

A lesson on the causes and impacts of the Beast from the East (2018). It explores the causes of the Beast from the East, with the aid of a short video and gives students a written activity based on explaining this. The second part of the lesson focuses on some of the impacts - with an activity on categorising the impacts into social / economic / environmental and then an extended written piece using a PEEL structure to explain the impacts. The extended written task also includes a model example before students are expected to complete their own independent explanation. Designed to last 1 hour.

Our early years plans are designed to encourage a joy of movement and allow children to discover what can their bodies do. We cleverly integrate basic skills that develop their physical literacy into fun and imaginative dance activities. To deliver our plans, you need NO experience of dance. The Mini-Beasts pack features some of the loveable bugs we find in the garden! Caterpillars – scrunch and stretch, then float as butterflies Spiders – scuttle and weave, then catch some dinner! Worms – wriggle under, over and inside We’re often asked how long each lesson plan should last for…and really it’s up to you and your class! There’s enough content included on each plan to last for one 45 minute session, but you might find that you all love it so much that each plan could extend over two or three sessions. That’s why we’ve added in lots of different activities into each pack. JumpStart Dance resources always include… • Fun, easy to follow activities • Opportunities for the children to learn, create, perform and appreciate • Ideas to develop dance content into performance • Music suggestions for each activity (downloadable / playable via iTunes, Spotify, other music providers) • Topic-linked warm ups and cool downs For a wider range of topics, please visit primaryschooldance.co.uk/early-years

Children have to read the clues to match the pictures up, easy and harder levels for differentiation

Children love investigating their environment and the great outdoors. Why not take your children on a minibeast hunt? This resource is ideal to attach to a clipboard and to go on a minibeast hunt around your setting. Children can use the pictures to help find different minibeasts.

In this lesson, students learn about Greek mythological creatures. Twelve of the main Greek beasts, creatures and monsters are explored in listings, Centaur, Cerberus, Chimera, Cyclops, Harpy, Hydra, Medusa, Minotaur, Pegasus, Phoenix, Satyr and Siren. Each listing features an original illustration, facts and a short myth. The introduction includes interesting facts about ancient Greek mythological beasts including heroes, natural phenomena, animal attributes and powers. There is also a page exploring three constellations named after mythological beasts. Activities include differentiated reading response, create a monster activity, match the beast activity, constellation task cards and a printable memory card game. Pages: 38 (including 7 answer sheets) Contents: 12 Illustrated Listings Research a Beast Activity Constellation Page Constellation Task Cards Star Charts Create a Monster Activity Match the Beast Activity Printable Memory Card Game Questions / Multiple Choice / True or False (Differentiated Reading Response) Questions or comments? Contact me at admin@primarytopicshop.co.uk All text and illustrations are by Christa Galloway, Primary Topic Shop.

Here are VIPER questions and a mixture of other activities from potato sculptures, comic book creations and quizzes. My class loved this book and were hooked. I would recommend getting the audio version of this book, having David Walliams read the story really helped engage.

This activity was created soon after the Beast from the East struck the UK in February/March 2018. An excellent example of a recent extreme weather event. Course content is relevant to the AQA GCSE specification. Student activities: In pairs annotate your map to describe the impacts of the extreme weather event. Find the answers around the room and use the Atlas to help you locate the impacts accurately. Can you find examples of social (people), economic (money) or environmental impacts? Challenge Are the impacts of extreme weather always negative?

Identifying mini beasts using a key with an included extension activity. The tasks are leveled, differentiated and include a literacy element.

KS2 Mythical beasts powerpoint. 16 slides of facts and interesting information about mythical creatures. Includes Basilisk, Unicorn, Werewolf, Vampire, Loch Ness Monster, Goblin, Dragon, Demon, Hydra, Yeti, Minotaur, Mermaid, Troll, Griffin, Kraken and Sphinx. Can be used to support units of work on myths and legends, writing folklore, Ancient Greek and Roman topics and inspiring creative writing and book making. Useful for paired and individual use on laptops as a story writing stimulus. I printed the slides and made a class book which my Y5 children loved reading in their ‘quiet time’.

Powerpoint on Mrs Beast from The World's Wife. You can find a clip of Beauty and the Beast on youtube.

Enjoy this Perrault fairytale with this audio resource from Storynory.

Beauty and the Beast Story Handout

In this lesson, students learn about Roman mythological creatures. Twelve of the main Roman gods are explored in listings, Centaur, Cerberus, Chimera, Cyclops, Faun, Harpy, Hydra, Medusa, Minotaur, Pegasus, Phoenix and Siren. Each listing features an original illustration, facts and a short myth. The introduction includes interesting facts about ancient Roman mythological beasts including the influence of the Greeks, heroes, natural phenomena, animal attributes and powers. There is also a page exploring three constellations named after mythological beasts. This PDF includes information handouts, differentiated reading response, create a monster activity, match the beast activity, constellation task cards and a printable memory card game (24 cards). Pages: 36 (including 7 answer sheets) Contents: 12 Illustrated Listings Constellation Page Constellation Task Cards Star Charts Create a Monster Activity Match the Beast Activity Printable Memory Card Game (24 cards) Questions / Multiple Choice / True or False (Differentiated Reading Response)

PowerPoint with different Sp&L activities based around Fantastic Beasts. Encourages children to explain their opinions and range from simple ‘Would you rather…?’ questions to more detailed challenges. Ideal for use as starters or as part of Guided Reading.