A strry moonlit dventure Bsed on the beutiful picture book by Oliver Jeffers Techers Pck A must-see for smll people ged 3-7, nd grown-up strgzers!
Contents 3 - Hello from boy 4 - All bout boy 5 - About the uthor 6 - The Music 7 - Wht we bring your clssroom 8-22 - Activity sheets (printer friendly with low colour) 23 - Foundtion Stge Lesson Pln 24 - Foundtion Stge Communiction, Lnguge nd Litercy 25 - Foundtion Stge Expressive Arts nd Design 26 - Foundtion Stge Mthmtics 27 - Foundtion Stge Physicl Development 28 - Foundtion Stge Personl, Socil nd Emotionl Development 29 - Foundtion Stge Understnding of the World 30-31 Key Stge 1 - pics covered 32 - Key Stge 1 Lesson Pln 33 - Min ctivity
Pg3 Hello ry Friends My nme is Boy nd I love strs very much. Every night I wtch them from my bedroom window nd wish I could hve one of my very own. So, I m going ctch myself the biggest, brightest str you hve ever seen nd I would like invite you nd your clssroom full of little strs join me on my journey cross lnd, se nd sky. Becuse I don t wnt the dventure end, I hve temed up with Blunderbus Thetre Compny nd we hve creted this str-tstic ACTIVITY PACK! It s chock--block full of cretive ides, lesson plns, strter ctivities nd fun things do, both before nd fter my visit. I love receive sries, pictures nd poems lmost s much s I love strs! Plese keep in uch nd let me know wht you ve been getting up fter I ve been see you. You cn post your work the Blunderbus office nd I ll pop over in my rocket pick it up, or you cn even emil me directly t hello@blunderbus.co.uk I promise tht my str nd I will red every single letter! Hppy strgzing! Your friend, Boy
Pg 4 All About Boy Once there ws boy nd the boy loved strs very much... Every night he wtched strs from his bedroom window nd wished he hd one of his own. One dy, he decided he would try ctch str of his very own... but first he hd think of pln. Join Boy on his quest ctch himself the biggest, brightest str; journey tht will tke you soring through str-filled skies, cross shimmering, ses nd lnds little minds cn only drem of. Bsed on the bestselling children s picture book by Oliver Jeffers, this funny, gentle sry comes life with n irresistible blend of music, puppetry nd srytelling - must-see for smll people ged 3-7, nd grown-up strgzers!
Pg 5 About the Author Oliver Jeffers is the clever uthor who creted me nd sent me on my wonderful dventure! He is n rtist, illustrr nd writer from Belfst, Northern Irelnd who now lives nd works in Brooklyn, New York. He grduted from the University of Ulster in 2001. His beutiful nd unique style of rtwork hs tken him on mny dventures of his own, including being the rtist of 10 commissioned rtworks for London br nd n lbum cover designer. Oliver loves pinting nd uses wide vriety of medi. He begn writing nd illustrting children s sries (just like the ones tht I m in) when he relised tht people didn t believe wht he did with his time. His debut picture book, How, ws inspired by moment sitting on the end of jetty in Sydney, looking t the strs nd wishing tht he could find one of his very own. Whilst Oliver wrote bout my serch for str, HrperCollins knew they hd found one! They published How in 2004 nd since then its populrity hs grown rpidly. It ws shortlisted for the Booktrust Erly Yers Awrd for Best New Illustrr on its relese nd in 2005 it won Merit Awrd t the CBI/Bis Book of the Yer Awrds. After the interntionl success of How, Oliver hs gone on write nd illustrte lots more bestselling picture books for children some with me in! - including Lost & Found, The Wy Bck Home, Up & Down nd his newest picture book, Stuck.
Pg 6 Music in the Show A few words from Frnk Goodhind, our Musicl Direcr & Composer The sry of the boy nd his quest find str of his very own is one tht mny people cn relte ; I think we ve ll tken prt in similr dventure t some point in our lives nd hve felt the immense joy of chieving our gol. When thinking bout creting the music for production such s this, my first inspirtion lwys comes from my own children, both of whom hve gone through everything tht the boy is going through broken-down rockets nd everything! So when I first met the boy nd red his sry, I tried remember wht things I hd experienced s Dd nd lso from when I ws the boy s ge. For exmple, when I ws younger, I vividly remember wnting dog so bdly; imgining us being the very best of friends, plying gether nd curling up gether on my bed t night time. After wht seemed like n emotionl rollercoster of wtching birthdys nd Christmses come nd go nd begging my prents, I got my wish nd becme the proud owner of Smrtie, the Jck Russell! So tht s how I get the emotion in the music, not by forcing my own emotions on the chrcter or the sry, but by finding something within the sry tht I cn empthise with. From there, the music often writes itself, in mnner of speking. There re lwys clues in the sry s how prticulr piece of music should sound nd they often dictte rhythm or style. I hope you enjoy our lovely show! Frnk Goodhind Musicl Direcr & Composer
Pg 7 Bring the fun of How in your clssroom Me gin! I ve temed up with the clever techer-types t Blunderbus nd we ve come up with some ides for bringing little bit more of the mgic of How in your clssroom! You obviously know your little strs very well nd know wht sorts of ctivities mke them shine. For tht reson we hve tried include wide vriety of ctivities linked different res of the curriculum. We ve split our ides in the following res of the Foundtion Stge nd Key Stge 1 curriculum: Foundtion Stge (Nursery & Reception) Communiction nd Lnguge Physicl Development PSED Litercy Mths Understnding of the World Expressive Arts & Design Key Stge One Litercy Mths Science Humnities Art nd Design Technology PSHE Expressive Arts & Design We hope you find these ides useful. Remember, we love her wht you ve been up nd cn think of nothing better thn receiving some of your lovely letters, pictures, sries or poems! Write me t: Blunderbus, The Old Pinter s Sre, Cliff Nook Lne, Newrk, Nottinghmshire, NG24 1LY hello@blunderbus.co.uk
Pg 8 Activity Sheet 1 Sheet 1: Design -ing Contrption I tried ctch my str in ll sorts of different wys, but none of them worked! Do you think tht you could design me str-ctching mchine? You ll need think bout the different mterils tht you could use nd lbel ech prt so tht I know how it ll work. Drw nd lbel your design in the box below nd write list of wht you ll need build it. Wht I need My str-ctcher
Pg 9 Sheet 2: Adding Adjectives Adjectives re wonderful words they describe things! Adjectives cn describe how something looks, wht it sounds like, how it tstes or even how it feels. Tke look t the picture below of me nd my best friend, nd dd some djectives describe both of us.
Pg 10 Sheet 3: Sounds Phonics is fun! I love listening different words nd thinking of others with the sme sounds in them! The word hs the /r/ sound in it. How mny words cn you think of tht hve the sme sound in them? Write them in nd round the str shpe below. I ve thought of couple strt you off... cr prk shrk
Pg 11 Sheet 5: Wht m I thinking? I ws so hppy find my str t the end of the sry, but my dventure wsn t lwys so wonderful... Tke look t the two pictures of me below nd write down some djectives (remember, they re those fbulous describing words!) describe how I might ve been feeling.
Pg 12 Sheet 6: A of your very own I hd ll sorts of exciting things plnned for me nd my str do, like going on long wlks nd plying hide nd seek I just couldn t wit! Imgine tht you hd str of your very own wht would you do with it? Write list of fun things you would like do. With my str I would like..
Pg 13 Sheet 7: Trying ctch str I tried so mny different wys ctch str tke look t them in the pictures below: Hng on minute...these pictures re in the wrong order! Cn you remember which order I tried them in? Cut them out nd rrnge them in the correct order on sheet of pper. You could even dd sentence below ech picture describe wht I m doing.
Pg 14 Sheet 8 Best Bits My dventure ws mgicl nd there were so mny different prts of it tht I enjoyed, but wht ws your fvourite prt? Drw picture below of your fvourite prt of the sry nd write couple of sentences describing why you enjoyed it so much.
Pg 15 Sheet 9: Mke your own Boy! Help I m ll in pieces! Cn you put me bck gether nd help me move? Stick this sheet on thin piece of crd nd cut out the different prts. Use split pins join me gether nd hve fun mking me move!
Pg 16 Sheet 10 Adventure in my bot Ahoy there! When I set off in serch of str in my bot, I hd mke sure tht I hd ll of the correct equipment with me: my telescope, my pcked lunch nd of course, Ted! Imgine tht you re going on your very own dventure in bot. Where would you go? Wht would you do? Most importntly: wht would you tke with you? In the bot below, drw picture of yourself nd drw nd lbel some of the things tht you would tke with you.
Pg 17 Sheet 11: Blst off!...5......4......3......2......1...blast OFF! Look t me I m heding for the strs in my bright red, shiny rocket! It s so beutiful up here in the twinkling night sky, but I cn t see nything below me! In the spce below, drw wht you think I ll be ble see from my rocket. I could be hovering bove wns, cities or even the seside give me something pretty look t!
Pg 18 Sheet 12: Der Diry... Setting out ctch str ws one of the most wonderful dys of my life! It ws hrd work, with few disppointments long the wy, but wht dy! Imgine you re me: the boy who cught str. Using the sheet below, write my diry entry for the dy. Think bout the different wys in which I tried ctch my str nd try include some of my thoughts nd feelings. Der Diry...
Pg 19 Sheet 13: Wordserch Cn you find these words below? AURORA BOAT BOY ROCKET SEAGULL STAR TED
Pg 20 Sheet 14: Wordserch nswer
Pg 21 Sheet 15: Perfect Poetry I love poems! Wht wonderful wy use fntstic verbs nd djectives describe things in beutiful wy! Using the word STAR, (written down the side of the pge below) try nd crete n crostic poem bout me nd my dventures. If you wnt dd rhyming words, then tht s fntstic, but don t worry poems don t hve rhyme! S T A R
Pg 22 Sheet 16: Food for thought It s very importnt keep yourself well fed when you go off on n dventure cn you remember wht food I pcked in my lunchbox for my journey? My fishy, cheesy, bcony, chocoltey sndwich ws yum-tstic! Wht foods would you pck if you were going on n dventure? In the lunchbox below, drw nd lbel the foods tht you would tke with you. Remember mke helthy choices, but don t forget pck couple of trets!
Pg 23 Foundtion Stge Lesson Pln Communiction, Lnguge nd Litercy Length: 45 minutes 1 hour Resources Copy of How book; lrge phocopied illustrtions; sticky notes; scissors; glue; pper ter Activity Discuss vrious prts of the performnce, pying prticulr ttention the different wys in which Boy ttempts ctch str. How mny different wys does Boy try ctch str nd wht re they? (jump up nd grb it; climb the p of the tllest tree; lsso it with his dd s life belt; go up in his rocket; sk segull help) Split the children in smll groups nd encourge them ct out the vrious different wys in which Boy tries ctch str. Introduce enlrged illustrtions from the book which show the different wys in which Boy tries ctch str. Ensure tht the imges re in the wrong order tht of the book nd performnce. As clss, sequence the events in the correct order, lbelling ech picture with simple sentence. Min Activity Provide children with copy of the ctivity sheet titled Trying (Pg 13) In supported groups, sk children cut out ech picture of Boy s ttempts ctch his str nd stick them in the correct order on sheet of pper. Encourge higher bility pupils write sentence or key words relting the picture below ech one.
Pg 24 Foundtion Stge Communiction, Lnguge nd Litercy Children imgine themselves s one of the chrcters from the ply nd devise questions sk ech other bout their experiences for use in hotseting ctivity. Tlk bout wht the children would like hppen if they went on journey in rocket wht might they see, her, smell or who might they meet? Sequence events from the sry nd use digitl recording devices record their own recounts of the sry. Use pictures of vrious chrcters encourge discussion nd feed in chrcter descriptions using djectives. Mke clss srybord detiling the beginning, middle nd end of the sry nd disply on lrge str, bot nd rocket shpes.
Pg 25 Foundtion Stge Expressive Arts nd Design Mke slt dough strs nd decorte with glitter hng round the clss room. Mke str-shped biscuits decorted with edible glitter. Use wtercolours nd colour-wshing crete some of your children s fvourite scenes from the book nd performnce. You could even use this s bckground for How -themed disply! Pint or collge pictures of Boy s rocket. Use blck pper nd pstels or chlks drw night-time scenes dd bit of glitter for extr twinkle! Use crdbord tubes, tissue pper nd vrious other bits nd bobs mke rockets. Mke str mobile using 2 pieces of dowel, fishing line or cotn nd decorted crdbord strs.
Pg 26 Foundtion Stge Mthemtics Prctise counting with colourful wshing line number lines full of rockets, strs, pictures of Boy nd his bot. Crete night-time scenes with removble strs. How mny strs would there be if we dded one or ok one wy? Use gummed pper shpes (circles, tringles, rectngles, etc) crete rocket pictures. Use key chrcters from the sry nd performnce encourge counting nd problem solving.
Pg 27 Foundtion Stge Physicl Development Give the children opportunities move in different wys round the room: Imgine tht they re Boy blsting off in his rocket, or siling wy in his bot. Wht kinds of movements cn we mke? Encourge the children imgine tht they re strs. t off in crouched position, pretending tht it s dytime nd then, s night p proches, children slowly grow in lrge, twinkling strs, with rms out stretched nd on their tipes. Use tringles nd glockenspiels crete twinkling sound effects or use other suitble music. Ask the children imgine tht they re Boy trying ctch str. En courge them work t different levels, reching up s high s they cn grb the str; pretending climb the p of very tll tree nd im gining tht they re trying lsso the str with life belt.
Pg 28 Foundtion Stge Personl, Socil nd Emotionl Development Use two contrsting illustrtions from the sry: when Boy is sd nd lter, when he is hppy t finlly ctching his str. Discuss Boy s feelings with the children nd use sticky notes lbel lrge versions of the illustrtions. Ask children suggest wys in which they could help Boy smile. Discuss the theme of friendship with the children nd role ply how we mke friends. Tlk bout why Boy wnts ctch str so much. Wht do the children wish they could hve tht might be seemingly out of their rech? Wht dvice could we offer Boy help him chieve wht he relly wnts? Communiction nd Lnguge Physicl Development PSED Litercy Mths Understnding of the World Expressive Arts nd Design
Pg 29 Foundtion Stge Understnding of the World Crete pictures of str shining over different lndscpes wn or city; the countryside; the seside; mountins, etc. nd discuss their different chrcteristics with the children. Compre night nd dy pictures nd tlk bout sources of light. Use tringles nd glockenspiels crete twinkly, strry sounds tem with certin prts of the ply. Reserch the night sky nd find out fcts bout the moon nd strs. Mke strgzing telescope from kitchen roll tube nd decorte it with sprkly strs. Secure piece of blck sugr pper over the end nd pin-prick str or simple constelltion in it. When the children hold it up the light they ll be ble gze t their very own str! Mke helthy pcked lunch for Boy tke with him on his journey.
Key Stge 1 Pg 30 Litercy Write chrcter profile for Boy or nother chrcter from the performnce. Crete Wnted poster for the unhelpful segull. Write set of instructions for ctching strs. Think bout wht hppened fter Boy found his str devise new dventure for them both. Sequence events from the sry nd use crete srybord. Mths Encourge counting on nd bck with colourful pictures of Boy, strs nd rockets. Use chrcters nd scenrios from the sry form problem solving ctivities. Crete picgrm of the clss fvourite sndwich fillings (hopefully they ll be bit tstier thn Boy s!). Use gummed pper shpes (circles, rectngles nd tringles) crete pictures of Boy nd his rocket. Sequence events from the sry using ordinl numbers. Science Reserch strs using the Internet or librry books. Crete clss fct file or PowerPoint presenttion bout the fetures of the night sky. Investigte light sources, both dy nd night-time. Discuss the properties of mterils tht we could use in our own str-ctching contrptions. The boy sw reflection of str in the wter wht is reflection nd wht different surfces cn we see reflections in?
Pg 31 Key Stge 1 continued Humnities Look t different lndscpes nd their geogrphicl differences. Discuss the settings from the book nd performnce nd suggest similr rel-life plces. Lern bout the bsic principles of the wter cycle. Investigte spce explortion who ws the first humn in spce nd wht ws the first niml? Crete clss timeline of mjor events in spce explortion. Art nd Design Technology Mke puppets of vrious chrcters from the performnce using rnge of junk mterils. Pint scene from the sry using wtercolours try nd recrete Oliver Jeffers style. Use blck pper nd pstels or chlks crete night-time scenes. Design nd mke bot or rocket for Boy. Use ir-drying cly crete hnging strs decorted in twinkly, glittery pint. PSHE Discuss Boy s feelings t vrious points of the sry. How could we cheer him up when he s feeling sd? Tlk bout friendship nd how importnt it is. Ask the children if they ve ever wnted something s bdly s Boy wnted str. How did it mke them feel? Wht dvice could we give the segull help him be more friendly? Who would the children tke on n dventure of their own nd why?
Pg 32 Key Stge 1 Lesson Pln Litercy (with links Science nd Design Technology) Length: 45 minutes 1 hour Resources Copy of How book; whitebord or lrge sheets of sugr pper nd mrkers; sheets of A3 pper; sticky lbels; pencils; colouring pencils or pens. ter Activity Discuss the performnce with the children in how mny wys does Boy try ctch str? (jump up nd grb it; climb the p of the tllest tree; lsso it with his dd s life belt; go up in his rocket; sk segull help) None of these techniques relly worked for Boy why not? Ask children discuss with tlk prtners nd then shre with the rest of the clss why Boy s prticulr methods for trying ctch str filed. Cn the children think of wy of ctching str tht might be more successful? Tke ides nd note on whitebord or lrge sheet of pper. Suggest the ide of building some sort of str-ctching mchine or contrption. How might this work? Wht components could we use? Tke suggestions nd discuss the suitbility of certin mterils, tking bsic mteril properties in ccount. On the whitebord or nother lrge sheet of pper, compose list of suggested mterils nd components.
Pg 33 Min Activity Using sheets of A3 pper, sk the children design str-ctching contrption of their own or print off pg 8 ctivity sheet. Lower bility children could drw their design nd discuss its fetures; middle bility children could dd simple lbels their design nd higher bility children could be encourged lbel their design nd write few explnry sentences underneth. Plenry Invite children present their inventions the rest of the clss, sking them explin the vrious prts nd the mterils tht they hve selected. Encourge the rest of the clss sk questions bout other designs nd prise the good points. Do the children think tht these contrptions would work? Why/why not?