The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch

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Will Mrs Grinling think of a way to stop the greedy seagulls from stealing the lighthouse keeper's lunch?

This instructions Year 2 English Planning Pack is based around the beloved story of 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch' by Ronda and David Armitage. Like most of Tina Williams’ work for the company she founded 30 years ago, Hare and Tortoise is a show full of warmth and charm, which at the opening performance had the school party of five and six year olds, which constituted most of the audience, engaged, gasping and laughing. Join us for an all new musical storytelling extravaganza to celebrate 40 years of Ronda and David Armitage's The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch.Packed with live music, audience participation, and all the sights and sounds of the sea this much loved story is brought to life for children aged 3+, their friends and families.

he's not the only one who likes a snack and the local seagulls have started stealing Mrs Grinling's tasty treats. She attended University of Auckland, 1963, 1969, and Massey University, 1965; Hamilton Teacher's College, certificate of teaching, 1963, diploma of teaching, 1969. If you require any changes to this format please indicate in 'special requirements' box at checkout. The bold and colourful illustrations take me right back to my childhood, and will put a smile on any child's face. Your Year 2 class will then design their own disgusting sandwiches to keep those pesky seagulls away!After reading our word mat students may want to learn more about the vocabulary they've read if so our PowerPoint is perfect to learn all about Lighthouses. But Mr Grinling isn’t the only one who enjoys the tasty food, so Mrs Grinling has to think of a way to stop the greedy seagulls from stealing the lighthouse keeper’s lunch. Authors / Illustrators I find it really interesting to hear what authors and illustrators enjoy reading or have enjoyed reading with children.

In this Language of Instructions Year 2 lesson pack, inspired by 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch', children will firstly look for examples of time adverbials and imperative verbs in one of Mrs Grinling's recipes. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. They try lots of ways to stop them but nothing works, they discover that the way to solve this is to send down mustard sandwiches which the seagulls hate and then leave Mr Grinling to his lunch. Stefan Stuart’s ever impatient hare, more boyish than leporine, makes for an appropriately lively contrast despite his weaker singing voice.I find the dialogue between the seagulls amusing, especially when they tease Hamish (Hamish isn’t the threat to the seagulls that Mrs Grinling hopes he will be! That is until some well-named gulls see an opportunity for a free meal and begin to hijack the parcel.

Mr and Mrs Grinling are throwing a fancy-dress party to celebrate the lighthouse's 200th birthday and everyone is invited. They will use images of how to make iced cupcakes to practise giving clear instructions to the viewers at home. They will perform their cookery shows at the end of the lesson, trying hard to include a range of time adverbials and imperative verbs.Observant children may also ask why Mr Grinling doesn't simply bring his lunch with him to work the way they may bring a packed lunch to school! This special paperback edition has been created to mark the 30th anniversary of the modern classic, beloved by children everywhere. The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch was first published in 1977 so it has been read by several generations of children (I was probably one of the first! Our word mat would look great as a classroom display or you could laminate them for a class activity and for multiple uses.