Self-led school trail
About this trail
KS 2 | Subject: Language and Literacy, The World Around Us, The Arts| Topic: Storytelling, Nature, Gardens| Session Type: Self led resource
The gardens at Hillsborough Castle are filled with amazing things. There are temples, an ice house, a burial ground, ancient ruins (that aren’t actually ancient at all), a lost garden, even a statue of the storyteller Ossian...and lots more!
Let the gardens inspire your pupils to come up with their own story, using this Story Starter to help them craft their own tale!
Learning Objectives
Pupils will:
- Engage and think creatively about the natural environment, using it as a stimulus to create a short story.
- Use natural materials to create a representation of a fictional character of their own creation.
National Curriculum Links
This resource supports:
Language & Literacy
- Write for a variety of purposes and audiences, selecting, planning and using appropriate style and form.
- Express thoughts, feelings and opinions through imaginative writing.
- Use a variety of stylistic features to create mood and effect.
- Begin to formulate their own personal style.
- Use a variety of skills to spell words correctly.
- Develop increasing competence in the use of grammar and punctuation to create clarity of meaning.
The World Around Us
- Pupils to use their senses to explore plants and animals in the natural environment.
The Arts
- Pupils to react to what they see around them in the natural environment and use it as a stimulus for their own creative writing.
- Pupils to visualise and express their experiences of the real world creatively, utilising their imagination.
- Express their emotions and feelings through creative writing and using natural materials to create drawings.