We tried customising a scooter in the playground to see what would happen (it fell over, but nobody was on it), and they enjoyed recording advice to Mrs Armitage on bike customisation. Today we are going to carry on the colour pattern then we will do the shape pattern and finally there is a challenge where there is a picture pattern for you to try. Mrs Armitage is a bit of a disaster, always trying to improve things until it overwhelms or collapses. They can design and label ideas for their own bike modifications ( see Unit 2 for an image resource) and consider the character of Mrs Armitage and how she deals with problems.

Fiction Plan using Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake-15 Sessions Plan aimed for a mixed Year 2/3 Class. Explore traditional tales, Dragon Dinosaur, The House that Jack Built, Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone and Chicken Licken. His work was also a major part of the British Council's 'Magic Pencil' Exhibition which began touring the world in 2002, and there are apparently future plans for a Quentin Blake Gallery. Among his significant book illustrations have been those for Russell Hoban, starting with How Tom Beat Captain Najork and his Hired Sportsmen (1974), and the late Joan Aiken’s Arabel and Mortimer (1980), responding especially to her bizarre fantasy elements, horses with eight folding legs and magical motor cars. Inference can be introduced by drawing thought bubbles for Breakspear the dog with children speculating how he thinks and feels at different points.

They use it to rescue a talking stork, then some vulnerable children from persecution, and pick up Magda and her baby from a war zone. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, sell user information, or run ads. Humorous stories about animals, including The Day Louis Got Eaten and I am a Tiger stimulate reading and writing. The continuous thread in the story is her saying ‘What we need here is …’, and she proceeds to accumulate beach items and rescues a young girl, before finally riding a big wave. He has won the Whitbread Award, the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, and the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Share Dreams of Freedom by Amnesty International and discuss the idea that we should all have the freedom to be ourselves and to learn. Children discuss which vehicles they have tried; they share their reason for travelling and describe how it felt. I've never met a child who doesn't love Quentin Blake" - Daily TelegraphQuentin Blake is one of Britain's best-loved and most successful author-illustrators, and was made the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Explore how you can look after the planet using Charlie and Lola: Look After Your Planet as inspiration. Using How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffries, and other stories and poems about space, this block helps children to express themselves through painting, modelling, dance and marbling as well as writing.Mrs Armitage is a quirky older lady and decides to adapt and improve her bike to suit a variety of her needs. week fiction plan and resources, 2 week non-fiction plan and resources, talk-4-writing short story and story map. The energy and mischievous humour of Quentin Blake’s art, as well as its compassionate social awareness, are evident in his award-winning children’s picture book Clown (1995).