Mrs Armitage on Wheels: Celebrate Quentin Blake’s 90th Birthday

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The lessons are suitable for Primary 1 to 3 classes (Scotland) with First level Curriculum for Excellence links highlighted. For freewheeling joy and inventiveness, this classic picture book is hard to beat. Korky Paul, S Magazine, Sunday Express Two lessons designed to follow whole class reading of the picture book. Lesson plans and worksheets are included. I have chosen to review this book because I remember being read the story of Mrs Armitage and her bike when I was in year 2 of primary school and thoroughly enjoyed it. Share Mrs. Armitage on Wheels Identify each problem Mrs. Armitage solves. Discuss the improvements the children would make to their bikes/scooters, e.g. add a wireless speaker to play music, a TV, a seat for teddy.

Enjoy You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus. Relish the illustrations and amusing scenarios. Invite children to select their favourite and to use because to provide a reason for their opinion, e.g. A whale riding a bike because it is funny to see something so big on something so small. This story is a great one to read with children because it is a text which explores many aspects of grammar such as speech, tense and different sentence structures. Therefore, it could be used as a hook or context for further learning to take place.He was awarded an OBE in 1988, and a CBE in 2005, for services to Children's Literature. In 1990, he was voted "The Illustrator's Illustrator" by Observer Magazine and in 1999, was appointed the first ever Children's Laureate, a post designed to raise the profile of children's literature. He has also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. Blake was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours for his services to illustration. In March 2014 he was awarded the insignia of Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur at a ceremony at the Institut Français in London I remember that after listening to the story (when I was in school) we did a lot of follow up work designing our own inventive bikes, with quirky ideas from the story such as umberellas on the handles bars and ideas from our own imagination. It was great project as the book provides an innovotive way in to art and design and it's a funny book that will amuse the children too.

Fiction Plan using Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake-15 Sessions Plan aimed for a mixed Year 2/3 Class. Clear Learning Objectives relating to Age-Related Expectations and Milestones, differentiated activities, 4 short burst writes and 1 extended end of unit write.This picture book was requested again and again when my children were small. Mrs Armitage goes for a bike ride with her very cute dog, Breakspear. She finds ways to make additions to her bike, a dog seat, a mouth organ, some umbrellas, a sail.... until it goes wrong. A fun read with lots of details to look at in the illustrations. The story features Mrs Armitage and her little dog, Spearbrake. Mrs Armitage is a quirky older lady and decides to adapt and improve her bike to suit a variety of her needs. Her bike gradually becomes more and more unconventional (and ridiculous!) throughout the plot.

Read The Train Ride. Identify what the characters see on the journey. List ideas as words or phrases. Show sequencing words ( resources) and model converting the ideas into an oral recount. Maravillosas ilustraciones sueltas y ligeras de Quentin Blake. Acompañadas de un texto igualmente espontáneo y divertido. Read and choose favourite recipes, discover interesting facts and write question-and-answer information texts about food. Read and write questions and statements and produce recipes. Un magico libro illustrato dal grande illustratore per l’infanzia Quentin Blake per mostrarci un’altra divertente avventura di Mrs Armitage. Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember. He taught illustration for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, of which he is an honorary professor. He has won many prizes, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children’s Laureate. In the 2013 New Year’s Honours List he was knighted for services to illustration.Topics: problem-solving; resilience; women in STEM; positive images of older people; transport; quest stories Blake is beyond brilliant . . . I've never met a child who doesn't love Quentin Blake" - Daily Telegraph Year 2 : Today we a going to start with the 5 times table. Look at Super movers 5 times table video. You need your poshest voices today! Make sure when you answer Posh Pooch you still keep your posh voice! Add actions to the story to show what Mrs Armitage is adding to the bicycle, for example pretending to squeeze the horns and acting out washing your hands

You could bury it in a hole in your garden – but it must be in a container that will not biodegrade - and you will have to mark the spot somehow! It is really important that you continue to practise your reading at home! I have put lots of information about different ways you can keep reading at home if you have read every book you have at home. You can always read it again... you know that 3 times is best! Remember to ask your grownup to ask you questions about your book. urn:lcp:mrsarmitageonwhe0000blak:epub:7a9c907e-2788-49de-92be-f0f04032885b Foldoutcount 0 Identifier mrsarmitageonwhe0000blak Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2f85gs9g Invoice 1652 Isbn 0224024817

Choose another vehicle such as a car or a scooter. Talk about what things you would like to add, for example a basket for a cuddly toy. Have a go at drawing or making the design. You could make a life size version by using big cardboard boxes and other recycled materials. Make up a song He has illustrated nearly 300 books, and is known for his collaboration with writers such as Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken and Michael Rosen. He is the major illustrator for Roald Dahl books, including The BFG, The Witches, Matilda and Esio Trot, all of which have won major prizes. It is also be used across the curriculum. For example, in Design and Technology it could be used as a hook for a lesson where children would be exploring functional design choices. Here she sets out on an sunny afternoon's cycle but soon realises the bike needs some of her unique modifications to make things 'better'! But all does not go to plan!