Ideas for Class Lessons

English:

• Write a character description of Spike and Prickles.
• Write a newspaper article of the events that took place.
• Create a chronological report of events in the story.
  

Maths:

• Create your own Great Oak Tree using 2D or 3D shapes.
• Create a scale for the map of Oakwood Forest
• Calculate the area of the forest
• Calculate the distance from The Great Oak to Willow Waters
• Calculate the height of HillTop
• Calculate the inclines of HillTop and Short Hill
  

D&T:

• Design a safe home for Spike and Prickles.
• What materials will you use? How could you improve your design?
  

Art:

• Find or create a template of a hedgehog, use a fork to print different coloured spikes on the hedgehog’s back.
• Create different characters from the story using clay to sculpt the creatures.
  

Science:

• Create a weather map detailing the different weathers experienced in the story.
• Record your own weather report.
• Draw a diagram of a food chain using some other animals in the story, eg. foxes, deer.
  

Geography:

• Draw an aerial view map of Oakwood Forest.
• Label Eastwood, Westwood, Southwood, Northwood and The Great Oak Tree.
  

PE:

• Rabbit hole: Some children are rabbits, some are foxes. Rabbits and foxes run in designated area, but rabbits can find a safe zone in a ‘rabbit hole’ (hoop and cones). When caught by a fox, a bunny becomes a ‘bouncing bunny’ and must hop on their hands and feet until another bunny tags and frees them.
  

Music:

• Create different types of music for the parts of the story, eg. dramatic loud music for the storm, fast energetic music for when the animals are playing.