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Key stage 2

Activities suitable for Years 3-6

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

Powerful Forces with Emily Dodd

Posted on 28 January 201930 January 2019
Learn more about the awesome power of nature with author and science communicator Emily Dodd
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Authors
  • Key stage 2
  • Science

Pure Dead Brilliant: Scots Language

Posted on 15 January 201916 January 2019
Celebrate Burns Night as you explore Scots writing
  • 2nd level
  • Creative writing
  • Key stage 2
  • Language
  • Poetry

Get into Nature with Julia Green & Elizabeth Laird

Posted on 10 December 2018
Authors Julia Green and Elizabeth Laird show you how to let nature inspire your writing – and your life!
  • 2nd level
  • Authors
  • Environment
  • Key stage 2

Graphic Novel Draw-Off with Alexis Deacon & Joe Todd-Stanton

Posted on 21 November 201821 November 2018
Two awesome graphic novelists take part in an illustration battle
  • 2nd level
  • Graphic novels
  • Illustration
  • Key stage 2

Draw Along with Tom Morgan-Jones

Posted on 22 October 201815 November 2018
Top illustrator and author Tom Morgan-Jones shows you how to draw his comical character, Norman the Norman, from Philip Ardagh's book series.
  • 2nd level
  • Authors
  • Illustration
  • Key stage 2

Fantastical Fiction with Ade Adepitan and Gill Arbuthnott

Posted on 24 September 201816 November 2018
Learn how to write wacky, fantastical stories based in reality with top tips from two brilliant children's authors
  • 2nd level
  • Authors
  • Creative writing
  • Key stage 2

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