Teachers' Notes
Furry Vengeance Curriculum Links
These activities are designed to be completed in class, or at home as a fun 'homework' project. More classroom and homework activities can be found on the accompanying poster.
This resource is suitable for children between the ages of 5 – 11 years. Here are some general guidelines on how each activity fits into the curriculum:
Trailer Activity
English Speaking and Listening
Having carried out this activity, pupils will:
- focus on the main points
- remember specific points that interest them
- listen to others' reactions
- take turns in speaking
- use language and actions to explore and convey situations, characters and emotions
Furry Facts and Make a Dwelling
Science: Life Processes and Living Things
Pupils will be taught:
- that animals move and feed
- that animals need shelter, food and water to stay alive
- how to treat animals with care and sensitivity
- about the senses that enable animals to be aware of the world around them
- to find out about the different kinds of animals in the local environment
- to care for the environment
Science: Materials and their Properties
- to find out about the uses of a variety of materials (for example, glass, wood, wool etc.) and how these are chosen for specific uses on the basis of their simple properties
Make a Poster
Personal, Social and Health Education / Citizenship
Preparing to play active roles as citizens.
Pupils will be taught what improves and harms their local, natural and built environments and about some of the ways people look after them.
Art and Design
Investigating and making art, craft and design
Pupils will be taught to represent observations, ideas and feelings, and design and make images and artifacts.
ICT
Developing ideas and making things happen
Pupils will be taught:
- to use text, tables, images and sound to develop their ideas
- how to select from and add to information they have retrieved for particular purposes
Please note, any posters / animal dwelling designs created can be printed using the 'print page' option.
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