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Key stage 2

Activities suitable for Years 3-6

All You Need is Love! Changing the World for the Better with Georgina Stevens 

Posted on 21 August 202229 September 2022
  • Authors
  • Festival
  • Geography
  • Key stage 2
  • Science

Anisha: Accidental Detective! With Serena Patel 

Posted on 21 August 202229 September 2022
  • Creative writing
  • Funny
  • Imagination
  • Key stage 2

Choo-choo-Whodunnit! – with  
M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgeman 

Posted on 21 August 20223 October 2022
  • Authors
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 2
  • Science

Enter the Forest of Lost Things with David C. Flanagan … if you DARE!!! 

Posted on 17 August 20223 October 2022
  • 1st level
  • Authors
  • Creative writing
  • Imagination
  • Key stage 2

Lynx, Lichen and Wolves – Oh, my! Rewilding Scotland with Lindsay Littleson 

Posted on 17 August 20224 October 2022
  • Authors
  • Creative writing
  • Environmental
  • Festival
  • Geography
  • Key stage 2
  • Science

Discover and Heal your Inner Child with Nikita Gill’s ‘These are the Words: Fearless Verse to Find your Voice’

Posted on 13 August 20224 October 2022
  • Authors
  • Key stage 2
  • Poetry

DrawAlong with… your Favourite Illustrators in your Classroom!

Posted on 11 March 2021
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • DrawAlong
  • Festival
  • Illustration
  • Key stage 1
  • Key stage 2
  • Picture books

Formidable Females with Lari Don and Eilidh Muldoon

Posted on 7 October 202013 October 2020
Formidable Females with Lari Don and Eilidh Muldoon
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Feminism
  • Festival
  • Gender
  • Illustration
  • Key stage 1
  • Key stage 2
  • Sexism
  • Storytelling

Super Sleuths with Sharna Jackson and Robin Stevens

Posted on 18 August 202017 September 2020
Become a Dynamic Story Detective with the Murder Most Unladylike and High-Rise Mystery series
  • 2nd level
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 2

Voices from the Past with Patrice Lawrence and Bali Rai

Posted on 16 August 202017 September 2020
Discover unsung stories through history with Diver’s Daughter: A Tudor Story and Now or Never: A Dunkirk Story
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • History
  • Key stage 2

Awesome Science Questions Answered with Dr. Emily Grossman

Posted on 15 August 202017 September 2020
Explore your inquisitive side with Brain-fizzing Facts
  • 2nd level
  • Festival
  • Key stage 2
  • Science

Get Adventurous with Lily Dyu and Helen Skelton

Posted on 14 August 202017 September 2020
Explore the world and dream BIG with Fantastic Female Adventurers and Wild Girl
  • 2nd level
  • Feminism
  • Festival
  • Freedom
  • Key stage 2

Find out Your Superpower with Samantha Baines

Posted on 13 August 202017 September 2020
Explore difference as something to be celebrated in Harriet Versus the Galaxy
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 2

Taking Poems off the Page with Joseph Coelho

Posted on 13 August 202017 September 2020
Explore the art of poetry performance with Poems Aloud
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Creative writing
  • Key stage 1
  • Key stage 2
  • Poetry

Generating Unusual Ideas for Creative Writing

Posted on 6 May 2019
Explore different ways to kick start some creative writing
  • 2nd level
  • Creative writing
  • Key stage 2

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