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Understanding the story

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Let the children demonstrate how well they’ve understood How the platypus got his shape with these comprehension questions.

Display them on your whiteboard and use them for group work or whole-class discussions, or print them out and use individually as extension work.

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Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls ebook

An evil black liquid is stopping the sun from shining on Aliikai’s Kingdom of Pearls. She has to find a way to rid the sea
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Kingdom of Pearls spellings

These words from the Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls are often misspelled.

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Order the story

Cut out the sentences and arrange the main events of Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls in the correct order.

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Sea assembly – closing thought

Read through the 'Up above and down below' closing thought and talk about the ideas in it during your class or school assembly.

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Kingdom of Pearls quiz

Use this activity sheet to help children devise their own questions in a class quiz on Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls.

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Character match

Match the Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls character to their personality trait.

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Character reflections

Help children to build up a fuller picture of the characters in Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls.

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Hunting for pearls

A treasure hunt maths activity. Use with the 'Spirals and pearls' maths lesson or use with your own maths sequencing activities.

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Synonyms for cold

Look at how colours can be linked to words and talk about the shades of meaning.

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Story planner

Use this story planner to help with story structure when writing or telling stories.

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Stitch a shell

Sewing with embroidery silks onto felt gives great results for beginner sewing projects. Use the techniques demonstrated to create simple shell cushions.

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Stitch patterns

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
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Shell shape templates

Use these 'Shell shape' templates for your concrete poetry writing.

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Sea words

Use our 'Sea words' resource sheet for looking at shades of meaning with words describing different kinds of waves.

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Sensational sea poems

A collection of poems all about the seaside from children’s writer Jenny Heap.

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What do YOU think?

This activity sheet investigates how it is important to have your own ideas about stories.

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What lies beneath?

Talk to the children about what could be happening in our Sea topic's story starter image. (Also, perfect for talking about scale.)

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Peter Adderley – artist

Investigate Peter Adderley's paintings, which are an idealised, stylised version of reality.

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Plucky ducks slideshow

Help tell the tale of the plucky ducks with this slideshow.

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Plucky duck poem

Start your Plucky ducks lesson with the 'Plucky ducks, all at sea' poem or use as inspiration for your own poetry.

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Understanding ocean currents

Use this activity sheet to help children have a better understanding of our ocean's currents.

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Duckumentary roles

Our ‘Duckumentary roles’ resource sheets give fictional accounts of the 'Plucky ducks' story from the points of view of some of the key players.

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Beach image slideshow

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
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Storytelling prompts

Our image-only ‘Storytelling prompts’ for Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons.

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Storytelling prompts – keywords

Our keyword ‘Storytelling prompts’ for Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons.

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Storytelling prompts – phrases

These 'Storytelling prompts' for Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls come with keyword phrases from the story.

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Sea storytelling certificate – EY and KS1

Reward your Early Years and KS1 storytellers with this Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls themed certificate.

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Sea storytelling certificate – KS2

Reward your KS2 storytellers with this Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls themed certificate.

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Beach hut template

Our 'Beach hut templates' are a great way to display your summer poetry.

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All hands on deck – audio

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.

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Comparing coastlines slideshow

Discuss the different coastlines in this slideshow, each with its own inspiration for literacy.

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Sink or float

Let’s look at what sinks and what floats in this great (wet play) activity.

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Oil spill disasters

Discuss the impact of oil spill disasters on our oceans and the wildlife that live there with our 'Oil spill disasters' resource sheet.

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The sea fact cards

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
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The sea fact cards – text

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
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The sea fact cards – image only

Our downloadable sea fact cards look at some of the sea creatures featured in Tao and the Kingdom of Pearls.

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The sea fact card template

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
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The power of the Sun

Investigate why the plucky ducks turned white with this investigation into what happens when you leave things in the sunshine.

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