Weslandia

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There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root. Coverage: Word List Words Is it good or bad to follow other people? When should we do as others do, and when should we make up our own minds? 5 Creating new civilisations Somehow all the colour in life remained in my childhood and the present is as bleak and dull as descriptions of life under Communist rule in the old CCCP. Now it's all laptop this and internet that. Even in children's books. Nothing seems like so much fun anymore and time runs away from me faster and the once endless days pass in the twinkling of an eye.

Kevin Hawkes’ artwork, with its vibrant colours and unusual perspectives, adds its own humour to Paul Fleischman’s honed and dryly understated text. Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments

How do we know these things? Does somebody tell us (his parents, the narrator?) or do we observe it for ourselves in the pictures?

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Words and pictures work together seamlessly to deliver a quirky and appealing tale with a depth and power that’s not easily forgotten. Weslandia is founded on a magical staple food crop: a seed that grows into a plant called swist that bears bright red flowers, magenta fruit and delicious tubers on its roots. Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing -

Allow plenty of time to debrief – and if possible, work towards some kind of realistic outcome, such as a class agreement on ‘ganging-up’ and groups. 4 Run with the herd or lead them? Introduced at upper KS2, it provides a creative way in to so many different curriculum areas, but younger children will enjoy working with it too. The story centres on a boy called Wesley, who is not like the other children in his neighbourhood; he doesn’t like football or pizza or cutting his hair in the latest style. This story was about a boy name Wesley, who didn’t fit in at school or at home. Wesley felt that he did not fit into his own culture. He embarks on a new journey of planting food crop. So he spends his summer creating food, and things he loves. Wesley plants fruits and vegetable seeds. Also, he took natural ingredients from in his garden, Wesley created unique, and comfortable clothing that were very different from other clothing worn in his culture. Wesley invites his culture-mates in because he believed the things he created were useful. Children teased Wesley in the beginning of his new creations, but eventually appreciated Wesley and celebrated him for his talent and unique ideas. Discuss the activity. Was it easy to make a choice, knowing that everyone would be looking and making comments? Talk about peer pressure and our need to belong and conform.This fantastical picture book, like its hero, is bursting at the seams with creativity. . . . a vigorous shot in the arm to nonconformists everywhere" — Publishers Weekly (starred review) How does it feel to be excluded? And how does it feel to be part of the group? Are any patterns emerging?