KS2 aligned teaching resources for The Dog Who Saved the World by Ross Welford.

Task: Choose one of the characters from the story and create a character profile for them. Use information from the text and your own imagination to create the profile. Ideas to think about: • What does he/she look like? • What does he/she do? • What is his/her personality like? • What are his/her favourite foods or hobbies? • What are the things that he/she doesn’t like? • What family does he/she have?

These KS2 Pages & Co. resources include tasks on creating your own poster, writing a character interview, filling out a police report, a quiz and more! For children aged 9+.

Boy Giant is a stunning story of hope, humanity and high-seas adventure for children and adults everywhere from Sir Michael Morpurgo, the nation’s favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestselling author of WAR HORSE. This Teach Primary KS2 teaching resource pack includes an article full of inspiring teaching ideas for Boy Giant, as well as FIVE worksheets with suggestions for how to use these in lessons!

There are roughly 10,000 stars that are visible to our human eyes. However, only a few hundred stars have been given proper names in the history of astronomy. Play a guessing game with a friend. Look at all the words in the grid. Can you guess which ones are the names of star constellations? Draw a star next to the names you think will be the true constellation names. Then research each name and tick off the correct answers. The winner is the person who guessed the most correct answers.

Pax was only a kit when his family was killed and he was rescued by “his boy,” Peter. Then Peter has to move in with his grandfather. and must leave Pax behind. This is the story of Peter, Pax, and their independent struggles to return to each other in the face of war. This discussion guide leads the reader through the key themes and ideas, craft, and structure of Sara Pennypacker's novel Pax. The guide includes extension activities to research the issues raised in the book in more detail, and an interview with author Sara Pennypacker.

A set of KS2-aligned resources for David Baddiel’s road trip rollercoaster novel for 8-12s, The Taylor Turbochaser!

Activity sheets for David Walliams’ brand new book Slime!

Dr. Seuss loved playing with words and rhymes to create fun, imaginative and engaging poetic stories. We hope these lesson ideas help to encourage a love of performance poetry in children. Here is a two-part lesson plan. Firstly, exploration and recital of The Cat in the Hat, and then suggestions on how you can support your class in planning and developing their piece of Dr. Seuss inspired performance poetry.