No-Bot, the Robot with No Bottom: A laugh-out-loud picture book from the creators of Supertato!

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This resource focuses on punctuation and your class must add in the capital letters and full stops to complete the sentences.

In this activity linked to the No Bot The Robot with No Bottom book, we focus on some of the lovely vocabulary used in the story. Today we have read No-Bot The Robot With No Bottom! Afterwards the children have done lots of different activities, such as writing lost posters, making story maps, making junk model robots and writing their own stories. Joshua has retold the story and used his small world characters to act it out.Fans of Barry, Norman and Keith will absolutely adore this new wonderfully eccentric new character. Disconsolate, Bernard feels like he’s not a robot, but a ‘No-Bot’. Then, at the beach, he spots some rabbits, sailing off in something… Despite his shouts, they disappear. But what is that oddly shaped sandcastle? Could it be his lost bottom? In this activity your class will use the information provided in the answers to write appropriate questions. Fans of Barry, Norman and Keith will absolutely adore this new wonderfully eccentric new character.' Mumsnet It's a story of friendship and how everyone comes together to try and help Bernard find his bottom.

This activity encourages your class to expand on the quality of their writing by focusing on how adjectives tell us more within writing. A story about a little robot who has lost his bottom at the park. An excellent little adventure as the robot and his friends try to find where his bottom has gone. Excellent illustrations. An enjoyable read. This book is aimed at key stage 1, personally i feel nursery or reception would enjoy this book. This story explains to children that friend's are there to help and to work as a team to solve problems. It explores different emotions as Bernard starts off happy on the swing, then later is crying when he struggles to find his bottom and finally to end with a happy ending of him finding his bottom. This is a phonics resource that covers Phase 3, Phase 4, Phase 5 and Phase 6. We have also included two blank copies so you can choose which best suits your class. The book is beautifully illustrated and the story is guaranteed to have you and your child laughing… I can't recommend any of the Sue Hendra books highly enough, seriously if you've never read any of her books then you MUST!' Knees Up Mother Brown

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Look at Bernard’s facial expressions at different points in the story. Can you explain how he is feeling? Pre-school children find bottoms hilarious and so there's no doubt they will find plenty of entertainment in this picture book. Bold, bright illustrations, and a simple text with plenty of repetition make this great fun to share and read aloud.

Use art software to colour a picture of a robot. Can you use different shades of one colour like the illustrations in the book? (see Resources below)We have also include a resource that allows your Year 1 / Year 2 class to cut out the questions and answers and match them together.

After discussions exploring the words, your class will complete the activity by adding the word into context of the story. Next they will look at the meanings of the words by finding a synonym. Your Ks1 class will use the words or pictures from the mat to complete the sentences linked to the story. The description for the "Ghost Protocol" quest uses male pronouns for the droid and states that he wandered the streets of Mos Espa aimlessly, with no one knowing why he was there. It also says there are many rumors about the droid, with the only thing known for certain being that something was not right with Nobot. [2] Appearances [ ] Your class will then either create their own adjectives to describe No Bot in the picture of choose adjectives from the list provided.The park where Bernard plays has swings, slides and other rides. Can you explain how they work? Can you describe the forces involved? Look at the illustrations of the circuit boards on the inside covers. Could you create similar illustrations? Look at the use of punctuation in the story. Can you choose one type of punctuation and explain why it has been used in that place?