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Spoken Language

Animal Reporter!

Ability level: Low

The project covers a range of skills including questioning, role play and discussion, as well as empathy

Spoken Language

Animal Reporter!

Ability level: High

The project covers a range of skills including questioning, role play and discussion, as well as empathy

Spoken Language

5 Questions you must ask at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway

Ability level: Low

This is a English/Spoken Language task that enables students to practise their questioning and listening skills, as well as summarising techniques.

Spoken Language

10 Questions you must ask at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway

Ability level: High

This is a English/Spoken Language task that enables students to practise their questioning and listening skills, as well as summarising techniques.

Spoken Language

10 Questions you must ask at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway

Ability level: Mid

This is a English/Spoken Language task that enables students to practise their questioning and listening skills, as well as summarising techniques.

Spoken Language

5 Questions you must ask at Dinosaur Isle Museum

Ability level: Low

This is an English Spoken Language task that enables students to practise their questioning and listening skills, as well as summarising techniques. The task links to specific information about Dinosaur Isle museum that should be interesting and relevant to students in key stage 2.

Spoken Language

10 Questions you must ask at Dinosaur Isle Museum

Ability level: Mid

This is an English Spoken Language task that enables students to practise their questioning and listening skills, as well as summarising techniques. The task links to specific information about Dinosaur Isle museum that should be interesting and relevant to students in key stage 2.

Spoken Language

10 Questions you must ask at Dinosaur Isle Museum

Ability level: High

This is an English Spoken Language task that enables students to practise their questioning and listening skills, as well as summarising techniques. The task links to specific information about Dinosaur Isle museum that should be interesting and relevant to students in key stage 2.

Spoken Language

Planning questions for a talk

Ability level: All levels

Planning questions for the talk given by experts at Dinosaur Isle

Spoken Language

Robin Hill Apprentice Challenge!

Ability level: Low

This post-visit English activity enables students to engage with their visit to Robin Hill in a peripheral sense, once they return to class after their trip. The resource task enables them to practise their writing, planning and performance skills, and can incorporate a photography task on-site. Students will be asked to produce a speech (in small groups) to deliver to children in the year below, in order to persuade them to visit Robin Hill the following year.

Spoken Language

Robin Hill Apprentice Challenge!

Ability level: High

This post-visit English activity enables students to engage with their visit to Robin Hill in a peripheral sense, once they return to class after their trip. The resource task enables them to practise their writing, planning and performance skills, and can incorporate a photography task on-site. Students will be asked to produce a speech (in small groups) to deliver to children in the year below, in order to persuade them to visit Robin Hill the following year.

Spoken Language

Robin Hill Detectives!

Ability level: Low

Pupils will be interacting with the environment at Robin Hill in order to find out key information. They will have to find answers to questions and record the information carefully in order to carry out a mini-presentation back at school.

Spoken Language

Robin Hill Detectives!

Ability level: High

Pupils will be interacting with the environment at Robin Hill in order to find out key information. They will have to find answers to questions and record the information carefully in order to carry out a mini-presentation back at school.

Spoken Language

Spoken Announcements Study

Ability level: Low

Whilst on board, students will listen carefully to any announcements which are delivered over the public address system and record any key vocabulary which is specific to maritime travel. The resource task enables them to acquire a knowledge of the linguistic conventions of spoken language as they will later carry out a study of one of the announcements, which will have been delivered on board.

Spoken Language

Spoken Announcements Study

Ability level: High

Whilst on board, students will listen carefully to any announcements which are delivered over the public address system and record any key vocabulary which is specific to maritime travel. The resource task enables them to acquire a knowledge of the linguistic conventions of spoken language as they will later carry out a study of one of the announcements, which will have been delivered on board.

Spoken Language

Cowboy TV Challenge! Creating and sustaining roles at Cowboy Town!

Ability level: All levels

This is an English resource that engages children with their visit to Blackgang Chine. The resource task enables them to practise their performance skills, and incorporate a scene shot at Cowboy Town into a news report, which will be filmed back at school.

Spoken Language

Any Questions? Using questioning skills at the Donkey Sanctuary.

Ability level: Low

Students are asked to come up with a number of questions prior to their visit. Using their experiences at the Donkey Sanctuary as their stimulus material, they will then collect information and endeavour to ask further questions whilst on site. The students are then expected to record their collected information in an appropriate manner on their return, and complete a display or leaflet.

Spoken Language

Calling Relentless Researchers! Questioning for Information at the Donkey Sanctuary

Ability level: High

Students are asked to come up with a number of questions prior to their visit. Using their experiences at the Donkey Sanctuary as their stimulus material, they will then collect information and endeavour to ask further questions whilst on site. The students are then expected to record their collected information in an appropriate manner on their return, and complete a display or leaflet.

Reading

Understanding Railway Texts - Reading for Meaning

Ability level: Low

This is an English reading task that enables students to practise their reading and comprehension skills, as well as summarising techniques.

Reading

Understanding Railway Texts - Reading for Meaning

Ability level: Mid

This is an English reading task that enables students to practise their reading and comprehension skills, as well as summarising techniques.

Reading

Understanding Railway Texts - Reading for Meaning

Ability level: High

This is an English reading task that enables students to practise their reading and comprehension skills, as well as summarising techniques.

Reading

Comprehension of Information - Interpreting Texts

Ability level: Mid

This is an English reading task that enables students to practise their reading and comprehension skills.

Reading

Comprehension of Information - Interpreting Texts

Ability level: Low

This is an English reading task that enables students to practise their reading and comprehension skills.

Reading

Comprehension of Information - Interpreting Texts

Ability level: High

This is an English reading task that enables students to practise their reading and comprehension skills.

Reading

Comprehension of Information

Ability level: Low

Interpretation of a dinosaur-related text

Reading

Comprehension of Information

Ability level: Mid

Interpretation of a dinosaur-related text

Reading

Comprehension of Information

Ability level: High

Interpretation of a dinosaur-related text

Reading

How's your Nature Knowledge? Reading for Information.

Ability level: High

Students read an extract from Robin Hill's 'Nature Notes' on local birds and butterflies, and answer questions that demonstrate their understanding of the information contained therein.

Reading

How's your Nature Knowledge? Reading for Information.

Ability level: Mid

Students read an extract from Robin Hill's 'Nature Notes' on local birds and butterflies, and answer questions that demonstrate their understanding of the information contained therein.

Reading

How's your Nature Knowledge? Reading for Information.

Ability level: Low

Students read an extract from Robin Hill's 'Nature Notes' on local birds and butterflies, and answer questions that demonstrate their understanding of the information contained therein.

Reading

The Romans at Robin Hill

Ability level: High

Students read information on the history of Combley Villa (on the site of the Robin Hill park), and interpret information known about its features and process of excavation. They can show understanding by responding to questions on the text. An extension task enables them to use crossover History skills to produce a timeline of the villa's history and make links with Roman life in Britain generally.

Reading

The Romans at Robin Hill

Ability level: Low

Students read information on the history of Combley Villa (on the site of the Robin Hill park), and interpret information known about its features and process of excavation. They can show understanding by responding to questions on the text. An extension task enables them to create their own mosaic.

Reading

Understanding Texts - Analysing Instructions

Ability level: Low

A pre-visit English reading resource that engages students with their tree-climbing experience ahead of the visit, enabling them to understand the rules and instructions and to comprehend what they are and why they are in place.

Reading

Understanding Texts - Analysing Instructions

Ability level: High

A pre-visit English reading resource that engages students with their tree-climbing experience ahead of the visit, enabling them to understand the rules and instructions and to comprehend what they are and why they are in place.

Reading

Researchers Required! Discovering The Model Village, Godshill

Ability level: High

Students research the history of Godshill Model Village using old documents, flyers and leaflets - they answer relevant questions based on their findings. Some numeracy questions are included.

Reading

Researchers Required! Discovering The Model Village, Godshill

Ability level: Low

Students comprehend information from an old map of Godshill Model Village, some numeracy questions are also included.

Reading

Be Comprehensive! Discovering Red Funnel.

Ability level: High

Pupils will read a newspaper article about Red Funnel choosing their charity of the year for 2015. It outlines the reasons for their choice and includes comments from the CEO of Red Funnel and UKSA (their chosen charity). After reading the article, pupils will answer a range of questions regarding its content.

Reading

Be Comprehensive! Discovering Red Funnel.

Ability level: Low

Pupils will read a newspaper article about Red Funnel choosing their charity of the year for 2015. It outlines the reasons for their choice and includes comments from the CEO of Red Funnel and UKSA (their chosen charity). After reading the article, pupils will answer a range of questions regarding its content.

Reading

Read for Meaning! Sanctuary Volunteers

Ability level: High

Students are asked to read a leaflet about volunteers at the Sanctuary. They then use a combination of contextual clues and their own knowledge and experience of skills and qualities, to complete a number of tasks.

Reading

Read for Meaning! Sanctuary Volunteers

Ability level: Mid

The text has been carefully selected and is an interview with a long-standing member of staff at the IWDS. It helps to engage the pupils with their visit whilst practising their reading, comprehension and writing skills. Students are asked to practise reading the interview to achieve a realistic fluency. They then attempt to remember the answers from memory. They finally write up the information from the interview as a magazine article.

Reading

Weather Wizard! Reading & writing poetry.

Ability level: Low

Students read the Weather Wizard's poem about the weather, identify the use of rhyme, then plan and write their own weather poem.

Reading

Weather Wizard! Reading & writing poetry.

Ability level: High

Students read the Weather Wizard's poem about the weather, identify the use of rhyme, then plan and write their own weather poem.

Reading

A Short History of The Model Village Godshill - Breaking the Code!

Ability level: All levels

Students use a table of symbols to break a code - this will reveal the short history of The Model Village Godshill.

Reading

Understanding Donkey Features

Ability level: All levels

Students match descriptions of key donkey physical features with the correct terms; they also label a donkey picture using the knowledge they have gained from their reading of the boards at the sanctuary.

Reading

Read for Meaning! Adoption donkeys

Ability level: Low

It is a reading comprehension task that engages students with their visit to the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary. The resource tasks enable them to practise their reading, writing and spelling skills. Students are asked to read two short descriptions of specific donkeys. They then answer a set of questions focusing on spelling, meaning and then vocabulary.

Reading

Read for Meaning! Adoption donkeys (support version)

Ability level: Low

It is a reading comprehension task that engages students with their visit to the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary. The resource tasks enable them to practise their reading, writing and spelling skills. Students are asked to read two short descriptions of specific donkeys. They then answer a set of questions focusing on spelling, meaning and then vocabulary.

Writing (Composition)

Rainforest Leaflet Challenge

Ability level: Low

This English resource covers several stages to a finished product, starting on site at Amazon World Zoo Park, and finishing in the classroom at school. Activities are designed to appeal to students of all abilities in upper key stage 2.This English resource covers several stages to a finished product, starting on site at Amazon World Zoo Park, and finishing in the classroom at school.

Writing (Composition)

Rainforest Leaflet Challenge

Ability level: High

This English resource covers several stages to a finished product, starting on site at Amazon World Zoo Park, and finishing in the classroom at school. Activities are designed to appeal to students of all abilities in upper key stage 2.This English resource covers several stages to a finished product, starting on site at Amazon World Zoo Park, and finishing in the classroom at school.

Writing (Composition)

Writing in the Style of the Past / How Words Change

Ability level: All levels

The task links to the students' visit to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway and is relevant to students in upper key stage 2. This task links the visit with core English writing skills and allows students the opportunity to look at peripheral texts that link to the history of the railways.

Writing (Composition)

Review and Comment

Ability level: All levels

This is an English writing composition task that enables students to practise their writing skills, specifically to review and to comment.

Writing (Composition)

Review and Comment

Ability level: All levels

This is an English writing (composition) task that enables students to practise their writing skills, specifically to review and to comment.

Writing (Composition)

Recall and summarise

Ability level: All levels

After students’ planned visit to Dinosaur Isle, this activity will enable them to practise their recall and summarising skills. The task also aims to check understanding and compound learning undertaken at the museum.

Writing (Composition)

Can you design?

Ability level: All levels

Writing and designing a brochure or advertisement in the style of the Victorian or Edwardian period, for the Isle of Wight and its Steam Railway

Writing (Composition)

Robin Hill - Guide Book Challenge!

Ability level: Low

Students will be asked to produce a page for a tour guide book which encapsulates what Robin Hill has to offer a family.

Writing (Composition)

Robin Hill - Guide Book Challenge!

Ability level: High

Students will be asked to produce a page for a tour guide book which encapsulates what Robin Hill has to offer a family.

Writing (Composition)

Be Creative! Composition inspired by Robin Hill

Ability level: Low

Students are asked to write to entertain, using their experiences at Robin Hill as their stimulus material.

Writing (Composition)

Be Creative! Composition inspired by Robin Hill

Ability level: High

Students are asked to write to entertain, using their experiences at Robin Hill as their stimulus material.

Writing (Composition)

Be Creative! Tree-inspired composition tasks...

Ability level: All levels

Students respond to their visit by writing creatively.

Writing (Composition)

Dinosaur: Restricted Area 5 - Research, write and present!

Ability level: All levels

Writing (Composition)

Weather Wizard: Create your own weather-based poem!

Ability level: Low

Students read the Weather Wizard's poem about the weather, identify the use of rhyme, then plan and write their own weather poem.

Writing (Composition)

Weather Wizard: Create your own weather-based poem!

Ability level: High

Students read the Weather Wizard's poem about the weather, identify the use of rhyme, then plan and write their own weather poem.

Writing (Composition)

Board Game Bonanza!

Ability level: All levels

Students are asked to create a board game with a set of instructions, using their experiences at Blackgang Chine as their stimulus material.

Writing (Composition)

Be Creative! Composition inspired by The Model Village, Godshill

Ability level: All levels

Students respond to their visit by writing creatively.

Writing (Composition)

Creative Genius! Composition Challenge.

Ability level: All levels

This is an English resource that engages students with their journey on a Red Funnel Ferry. The resource task enables them to practise their skills of composition and encourages independent writing choices (as they will be the decision-makers in terms of the piece of writing that they wish to produce).

Writing (Composition)

Design a persuasive Adopt a Donkey Charity Leaflet

Ability level: Low

Students design and write the text for a persuasive leaflet

Writing (Composition)

Design a persuasive Adopt a Donkey Charity Leaflet

Ability level: Mid

Students design and write the text for a persuasive leaflet

Writing (Composition)

Design a persuasive Adopt a Donkey Charity Leaflet

Ability level: High

Students design and write the text for a persuasive leaflet

Grammar & Vocabulary

Nammet? Wight Dialect Challenge!

Ability level: All levels

This is a fun English resource that engages students with their visit to The Model Village, Godshill. The resource task enables them to engage with the local dialect (linked to at the model village’s ‘Nammet Hut’), and to work out what these local dialect words may mean.

Grammar & Vocabulary

Talk Like a Sailor! Understanding Maritime Terminology

Ability level: All levels

Students complete a crossword using maritime terms and phrases. They will also find out which maritime terms are seen on board, and will gain an understanding of how these words are used in context on board the ferries or at the terminals.