These Early Years and KS1 activities are based around the beautiful picture book ‘The Girls’ to help explore friendship, growing up, inclusivity and resilience in young children. Written by Early Years ans KS1 Teacher Rosie Hegarty for Little Tiger.

This resource pack is based on When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari and encourages students’ engagement with the ideas and themes of the novel, as well as creative thinking. The tasks are divided into the following categories: Personal Reading Journey - comprehension and empathy task Writing activities - a mixture of fiction activities Questions - designed to develop inference and essay writing skills Cross-curricular activities - making links between the novel and other subjects Some of the PSHRE tasks explore some of the more difficult themes in the novel. They should be handled with sensitivity and in line with the school’s safeguarding policy and PSHRE lessons. These resources were prepared by teacher, Ms. S. Santana