Rosa Franklin (namesake of famous female DNA scientist Rosalind Franklin) wants to fit in at school, but who should change, her or her friends?
Can the children sequence the story events in the right order?
Look back at two extraordinary women, mathematician, Ada Lovelace and her portrait painter Victorian artist Margaret Sarah Carpenter.
Use this short story as an example of the Spy plot plan resource in action.
Working out a plot for a spy story might feel daunting but a good plan will keep children on track.
These spy profile sheets will help children think about what qualities make a great spy hero and conversely the antagonist sheets will help hone their villains.
Demonstrate to children that human bodies are 'perfect' with these 'Golden ratio' resources.
Rosa’s code has some truly tricky spellings – use this list of words from the story to help master them.
Get on the road to cracking code with Ben Waldram's fantastically satisfying maths lesson.
Use these experiment write-up sheets when doing any hands-on science work.
Use this handy semaphore reference when transmitting your long-distance communications across the playground or sports field.
Can the children work out the hieroglyphic characters names on their 'Who am I?' sheets?
A spy theme is perfect for your avid and reluctant readers. Get them thinking like a spy with this spy questionnaire.
Explore how some characters in a story stay the same all the way through and how some characters change and grow.
Perfect for road safety assemblies or use alongside ‘Codes rule’ from the Codes topic.
Our editable playscript in drama activities or for a full-scale production.
Our codes fact card templates make great class displays and are perfect for children to use when presenting their fact findings to the class.
These fact cards are a great start to any research project. Use them to investigate DNA, Alan Turing, the Rosetta Stone and Ada Lovelace.
These image-only fact cards will help with investigating DNA, Alan Turing, the Rosetta Stone and Ada Lovelace.
Our image only ‘Storytelling prompts’ for Rosa’s code are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons.
Our ‘Storytelling prompts’ for Rosa’s code are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons. These prompts come with keywords.
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Our ‘Storytelling prompts’ with keyword phrases for Rosa’s codes are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons.
Celebrate the joys of individuality and talk about some of the issues arising from Rosa's Code.
Get children investigating numbers with this Alphabet number decoder resource.
Use this Codebreakers-themed 10x10 multiplication grid.
A partner resource, to be used in conjunction with the 'Hieroglyphic puzzle slideshow'.
Can you tell a story without using words or letters and without telling the story out loud? This tricky but fun activity will demonstrate the limitations of only using images to tell a story.
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Everyone wants to be in Miss Wacky’s class – she is a-ma-ZING! She’s really good at surprises but no one could ever have guessed what
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A simple story structure sheet for Space Story.
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Cut out the sentences and arrange the main events of Space story: Miss Wacky's day out in the correct order.
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Read through the closing thought with the children and talk about the ideas in it.
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Let the children demonstrate how well they’ve understood Space Story: Miss Wacky’s Day Out with these comprehension questions.
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Teach personification in poetry with this charming poem from Joshua Seigal.
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Talking about the size of the universe is a great time to improve children’s vocabulary relating to size.
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Develop children’s understanding of the main characters in Space Story with these fun crew profile sheets.
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Write the character’s own thoughts and ideas inside the outline; write other people’s thoughts and ideas about the character on the outside.
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Play this fun game to help with the concept of position and movement.
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Practise number skills with these space-themed activity sheets for KS1.
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Use this sheet to develop children’s subject vocabulary and support writing activities.
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Story starter: Marcus Bole is left on the Moon but what happens next?
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Learn about the Father of Science, Sir Isaac Newton with this short biography.
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Our space fact cards are packed with information about all of the planets in our solar system.
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Our downloadable space fact card templates make great class displays and are perfect for children to use when presenting their findings to the class.
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These image-only space fact cards are ready for children to add their own facts. Use on the whiteboard or on tablet computers.
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Reinforce number bonds with these space-themed activity sheets for KS1.
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This collection of nebulas will be great inspiration for music, art and poetry.
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Show the children the risk assessment form you use for school visits.
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Reward your Early Years and KS1 storytellers with this Space Story themed certificate.
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Introduce children to Isaac Newton’s discoveries and develop listening skills at the same time with this entertaining radio play.
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Reward your KS2 storytellers with this Space Story themed certificate.
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Our ‘Storytelling prompts’ for Space story: Miss Wacky's day out are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons. These prompts come with keyword phrases from the story.
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Our ‘Storytelling prompts’ for Space story: Miss Wacky's day out are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons. These prompts come with keywords.
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Our ‘Storytelling prompts’ for Space story: Miss Wacky's day out are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons. These pictorial prompts come without any text.
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Use our step-by-step guide to setting up a Twitter account.
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Marcus met a new friend on the moon. This profile picture can be used when setting up a Twitter account for an alien that you
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Recreate our Space Story adventure with this editable playscript.
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Information and activity ideas based on Add Hox: Spaceman Scientist by Cleo Mussi.
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Introduce children to Isaac Newton’s discoveries and develop listening skills at the same time with this entertaining radio play.
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The transcript of Episode 2 of Amadeus Jones' radio play to use alongside ‘The fall guy’ from the Space topic.
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