Investigate why the plucky ducks turned white with this investigation into what happens when you leave things in the sunshine.
Our downloadable sea fact cards look at some of the animals featured in Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls. Children can use this template to create their own.
Our downloadable sea fact cards look at some of the sea creatures featured in Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls.
Our text only downloadable fact cards look at some of the sea creatures featured in Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls and have plenty of space for recreating the drawings.
Our downloadable sea fact cards look at some of the animals featured in Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls and are a great starting point for looking at other sea creatures.
Discuss the impact of oil spill disasters on our oceans and the wildlife that live there with our 'Oil spill disasters' resource sheet.
Let’s look at what sinks and what floats in this great (wet play) activity.
Discuss the different coastlines in this slideshow, each with its own inspiration for literacy.
This issue’s radio play All hands on deck, finds time traveller Amadeus Jones taking a trip to the 16th century where he meets Sir Walter Raleigh.
Our 'Beach hut templates' are a great way to display your summer poetry.
Reward your KS2 storytellers with this Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls themed certificate.
Reward your Early Years and KS1 storytellers with this Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls themed certificate.
These 'Storytelling prompts' for Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls come with keyword phrases from the story.
Our keyword ‘Storytelling prompts’ for Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons.
Our image-only ‘Storytelling prompts’ for Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons.
Put on some sea sounds and imagine you are sitting on a warm beach, far away. Close your eyes and listen to the sound of gentle waves lapping at the shore. Now look at our beautiful beach images.
Our ‘Duckumentary roles’ resource sheets give fictional accounts of the 'Plucky ducks' story from the points of view of some of the key players.
Use this activity sheet to help children have a better understanding of our ocean's currents.
Start your Plucky ducks lesson with the 'Plucky ducks, all at sea' poem or use as inspiration for your own poetry.
Help tell the tale of the plucky ducks with this slideshow.
Investigate Peter Adderley's paintings, which are an idealised, stylised version of reality.
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Talk to the children about what could be happening in our Sea topic's story starter image. (Also, perfect for talking about scale.)
It is important to have your own ideas about stories and sometimes there are no right and wrong answers.
A collection of poems all about the seaside from children’s writer Jenny Heap.
Use our 'Sea words' resource sheet for looking at shades of meaning with words describing different kinds of waves.
Use these 'Shell shape' templates for your concrete poetry writing.
Use this shell template for simple sewing projects. Children can cut out the shell shape, draw round it onto felt with a felt-tipped pen and cut out their felt shell for sewing.
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