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6-8 MAY 2020 TEACHER RESOURCES IDEAS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM PRE-PRIMARY - YEAR 2
JUNIOR YEARS:
TEACHER RESOURCES
Scribblers Festival was created to instil The annual Scribblers Festival has
the importance of books and creativity a strong positive impact on student
in children’s lives, as tools to help them attitudes toward reading, writing
thrive in, understand, and communicate and drawing, which has been clearly
with the world around them. demonstrated through qualitative and
quantitative data.
As teachers and educators, you will
be aware that there is robust research The positive impact of participating in
linking reading for pleasure with Scribblers Festival transferred successfully
improved academic outcomes in reading to classroom contexts and improvements
and writing. A positive attitude towards were evident and maintained a month
reading demonstrably increases student later, in student writing skills, visual
motivation towards sustained learning. literacy and their creative thinking skills.
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CURRICULUM LINKS
This resource kit includes classroom Clear links to the Australian
activities and reading lists to complement Curriculum are a key focus
your excursion to the Festival. Many of of Scribblers Festival. These
our guest authors also have their own resources are designed to assist
dedicated websites with lots of wonderful with your classroom planning,
educational resources that you may like before and after the Festival.
to explore. Links are included in this pack
and the online Teachers’ Lounge. The activities promote discussion
and education around Language,
We very much hope you enjoy Scribblers Literature and Literacy. They also
Festival 2020 and that it is an enriching address other areas of learning
learning experience for your students. such as H.A.S.S and Visual Arts.
Above all, we hope they have a
memorable excursion that will spark their
imaginations and encourage them to read,
dream and delight in their own creativity. GENERAL
CAPABILITIES
• Literacy
• Critical and Creative
Thinking
• Social and Personal
Capability
• Ethical Understanding
• Intercultural Understanding
LEARNING AREAS
• English: Language,
Literacy and Literature
• HASS
• Arts
• Science
• Health
WEDNESDAY 06 MAY
PRE-PRIMARY - YEAR 2
Mackellar Hall, Scotch College
DOES MACCA NEED A MAKEOVER? VIOLET’S WONDERFUL
Matt Cosgrove WORLD OF NOTHING
Fiona Burrows
S E T TH E S CE N E S E T TH E S CE N E
Hands up everyone who knows Macca the Alpaca! Violet is a little girl who is ALWAYS thinking.
What words spring to mind when you think of this What wonderful daydream thoughts do you have?
character? Matt Cosgrove’s fantastic character When do you daydream the most? Who do you ask
drawings of Macca the Alpaca are easy to spot. He is questions about your thoughts and who always has
a talented artist and author and brings together all an answer?
his skills to create wonderful picture books. Curiosity is a strong theme in Fiona Burrows book
Watch some YouTube videos of Matt Cosgrove for Violet & Nothing. Consider exploring the idea of
some drawing tips to spark your imagination. ‘nothing’ with your students and see where it takes
https://w w w.youtube.com/channel/ them. Have you ever wondered whether nothing is
UC7iqZ9tt77aWSnjGGFU7Xaw/featured real? What exactly is nothing? Where does it live?
You will notice that Matt likes to add extra And, what is the opposite of nothing?
personality to his drawings – sometimes totally
changing the way we see them just by adding a CO LO U R YO U R WO R LD
little detail. Fiona Burrows books are filled with bright splashes
of colour. Ask your students to take a blank page of
BACK I N TH E CL A S S RO O M ‘nothing’ and fill it with colourful pictures. They
Now that you’ve met Matt Cosgrove in person you can then share their pictures with the class and
will know all his tricks to write a cool story. describe what they have created from ‘nothing’.
Can you sketch an animal character? Give it a name
and a big personality. Brainstorm lots of adjectives E X TE N S I O N
about your animal character. Is it shy/clumsy/ Further teaching resources on Fiona Burrows work
chatty/forgetful/sneak y/loud/cheek y/lazy etc..? and other Scribblers Festival authors can be freely
Do you know what a dilemma is? Give your animal downloaded from our Teachers’ Lounge.
character a funny dilemma to solve – just like
Macca the Alpaca who REALLY wants to be cool and
thinks a change of image will fix all his problems.
Revisit your pictures and see if you can use rhyming
words and alliteration to make it as catchy as
possible. Work with a group and create a small
storyboard to share with the whole class.CURRICULUM
LINK S:
GIANT STEPS: GOING TO THE MOON
D O E S M ACC A N E E D A M A K EOV E R ?
AND BACK
English: Narrative Writing - Character
Mark Greenwood
Visual Art: Comics
English: Reading & Writing
S E T TH E S CE N E
English: Visual Language
Countdown to the Moon
Have you ever built a rocket-ship or dreamed of being an Visual Art: Exploration & Experimentation
astronaut? How many days do you think it takes to travel from English: Descriptive Writing
Earth to the Moon? Find out what these words mean:
• Countdown
V I O L E T ’ S WO N D E R FU L WO R L D O F
• Lift-Off
N OT H I N G
• Mission Control
English: Personal Responses
• Gravity
English: Reading & Writing
BACK I N TH E CL A S S RO O M Visual Art: Collage
Moonwalkers is a book all about the Moon landing that Hass Skills: Questioning, Research &
happened over 50 years ago. Apollo 11 was the name of the Communication
spaceship and three astronauts made the mission. They were English: Visual Language
the first people to ever stand on the Moon.
G I A N T S T E P S : G O I N G TO
1. Plan a mission to the Moon T H E M O O N A N D B ACK
Apollo 11 astronauts had to work as a very good team to make
Health: Personal Strengths; Strengths of Others
sure their mission was a success. Work as a team with your
Science: Earth & Space
classroom astronauts to make decisions about your space
mission. English: Reading & Writing
English, Drama: Speaking & Listening
• Name your rocket ship
Visual Art: Developing Artistic Skills through
• List three things to bring from home (astronauts spend a long Experimentation
time stuck inside the rocket ship)
• What’s your favourite food to eat on the journey back to Earth?
(the astronauts really ate chocolate pudding!)
• Now sketch a rocket ship and work out how to make it using
Lego, recycled cardboard or modelling clay
2. Imagination and Emotions
Imagine these astronaut experiences. Which would you enjoy
the most and which might scare you? Why?
• Feeling weightless in Space (a bit like floating in a bath) RE ADING
• Launching at top speed (a bit like being on a really fast roller- LIS T:
coaster)
• Looking at Earth from far, far, far away (Neil Armstrong once
said [“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, Matt Cosgrove: Macca the Alpaca Series –
Macca’s Makeover
was the Earth”]
Fiona Burrows: Violet & Nothing
Would you like to travel into outer space? Why? Mark Greenwood: Moonwalkers
Why not?
Draw a picture of Earth from outer space. Be creative
and include some of your favourite natural wonders and
landmarks! Present your poster to the class and describe what
you have drawn and why.THURSDAY 07 MAY
PRE-PRIMARY - YEAR 2
Mackellar Hall, Scotch College
WILL THE MAGIC HAPPEN FOR TALES OF FRIENDSHIP AND FULFILMENT
HERCULES? Helen Milroy
Ursula Dubosarsky
S E T TH E S CE N E S E T TH E S CE N E
Hercules Quick is saving up for a box of magic The Pilbara is one of the most ancient landscapes in the
tricks! What things do you save up for and how do world and is home to the Palyku people whose Dreamtime
you earn pocket money? Do you think it’s fair that stories have been told for generations. Have you ever been to
kids have to do jobs for money? What’s the most the Pilbara? Can you find it on a map of Australia? Can you
fun odd job you’ve ever done? research a little about the animals that live in the Pilbara
– now draw a picture of your favourite one. Read the story
D R AWI N G F RO M E XPE R I E N CE of Wombat, Mudlark & Other Stories with your class. Mother
Many authors team up with illustrators to create Earth is feeling tired and sad but Wombat makes sure that
beautiful books. Are you able to put words to Mother Earth is cared for and soon she is full of energy,
pictures? Can you swap a story idea with a friend hope and happiness again. What do you do to take care of
and draw the pictures for their book. Then ask the world and people around you? Write a note to someone
them to draw the pictures for your book. you think needs some cheering up and remind them of all
the reasons you think they are wonderful.
BACK I N TH E CL A S S RO O M
Some of Ursula Dubosarsky’s most popular books • Drama & Art project
like The Terrible Plop and Brindabella are based on Choose one of the tales in Wombat, Mudlark & Other Stories
famous folktales from around the world. Can you and consider turning it into a short play for assembly.
Maybe you can paint some backdrops or scenery to make
think of a well-loved story that you could retell
the stage come alive.
with new characters. Maybe your class can work in
teams to create your own picture book. • Science & Environment
Dreamtime stories have been told for thousands of years
to teach children about the world around them and how
TE ACH E R S TI PS
people connect with their environment. Nowadays we
Many of Ursula Dubosarsk y’s books have been also use science to help explain how the world works.
staged as plays. Consider exploring this with your Choose one of the stories from Wombat, Mudlark & Other
students. Take a look at Ursula’s website for lots of Stories and learn about the scientific explanation of the
fun tips and activities. natural elements described in the tale.
http://ursuladubosarsky.squarespace.com/
BACK I N TH E CL A S S RO O M
For more in-depth lesson plans around Ursula Many of the animals in Wombat, Mudlark & Other Stories
Dubosarsk y’s book Brindabella you may like to have special personality traits that make them unique, for
explore the following link: http://www.petaa. example Wombat is a dreamer, while Frillneck Lizard makes
edu.au/imis_ prod/w/Teaching _Resources/ others laugh. What animal are you most like? Make a list of
CBCA_Guides/2019_CBCA_Guide/Brindabella/w/ all and special things that make you unique.
Teaching _Resources/CBCA2019/Brindabella.
aspx?hkey=f03a64c8-16d3-42ae-b7be-
2512e080f1c9
Further class activities and colouring sheets can be
found in the Scribblers Festival Teachers’ Lounge.CURRICULUM
LINK S:
PENCILS DRAWN! MAY THE BEST
ILLUSTRATOR WIN…
WI L L T H E M AG I C H A PPE N FO R
Craig Phillips, Matt Cosgrove, Fiona H E R CU L E S ?
Burrows and Mick Elliott
English: Fantasy Tales
English: Narrative Writing
Who’s quickest on the draw? Back by popular
English: Experimentation & Adaptation
demand our illustrators, Craig Phillips, Matt
Drama: Improvisation & Performing Skills
Cosgrove, Fiona Burrows and Mick Elliott and have
their pencils poised and ready for action. Who will
be this year’s champion illustrator? TA L E S O F FR I E N D S H I P A N D FU LFILM E N T
Geography: Connection to Place
S E T TH E S CE N E Biological Science: Living Things & Habitats
Take a look at the illustrators books, which style
English: Reading & Writing
do you like best? Which characters make you smile?
History: Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories
Which artist would you vote for in a drawing
competition? What adjectives would you use to
describe the book covers and pictures? PE N CI L S D R AWN ! M AY T H E B E S T
IL LU S T R ATO R WIN …
• Craig Phillips English: Visual Language
• Matt Cosgrove Visual Arts: Drawing
• Fiona Burrows
Visual Arts: Developing Artistic Skills through
• Mick Elliott Experimentation
Learn more about these authors and their books
by visiting the Scribblers Festival website. Further
class activities and resources can be found in the
RE ADING
Teachers’ Lounge.
LIS T:
BACK I N TH E CL A S S RO O M
Ursula Dubosarsk y: Ask Hercules Quick
Now that you’ve seen some star illustrators in
action – it’s your turn! Helen Milroy: Wombat, Mudlark & Other Stories
Craig Phillips: Aroha’s Way and Giants, Trolls,
Witches, Beasts
Create a mini-drawing competition in class. Work
in teams and vote for your best class illustrators. Matt Cosgrove: Macca’s Makeover
Fiona Burrows: Violet & Nothing
Mick Elliott: Squidge Dibley seriesFRIDAY 08 MAY
PRE-PRIMARY - YEAR 2
Mackellar Hall, Scotch College
AN INVITATION TO HEAR ALL THE 101 ON HOW TO FRIGHTEN
ABOUT MY CULTURE AND ME MONSTERS
Gregg Dreise Josh Pyke and Chris Nixon
S E T TH E S CE N E S E T TH E S CE N E
Gregg Dreise is a proud Kamilaroi and Euahlyi Lights Out, Leonard is a story about night-time
man from south-west Queensland who proudly worries that keep Leonard, and his parents, awake.
shares his indigenous culture through music and Do you ever have big thoughts that worry you at
story. He enjoys travelling across Australia to night-time? Can you draw a picture of the things
meet people and share stories of culture and land. you think about that keep you awake? What are the
best ways to get to sleep? What tricks do you have
If you travelled somewhere new, what stories for falling asleep? Do you have a favourite cuddly
would you share about your home and family? toy or a night-light that helps?
Interview your parents or grandparents to find
out more about your family’s heritage. Maybe BACK I N TH E CL A S S RO O M
they can tell you an old tale that they learnt from Now that you have heard all about Leonard’s tricks
their parents or grand-parents. to frighten monsters, work with a partner to come
Connection to place, nature and animals are very up with your own list of powerful ways to stop
important in aboriginal culture. The totem of the night-time worries. Can you create your very own
emu bird is mentioned in My Culture and Me. Find monster? Working in pairs dream up your own
out what a totem is and think of other Australian monster and give it a name. What does it look, smell
native animals that could be totems. What animal and sound like? Is it a friendly or scary monster?
would you choose as your totem?
TE ACH E R S TI PS
E X TE N S I O N Listen to some of Josh Pyke’s songs to show your
Musicality is very strong in My Culture and Me. students that there are no limits to creativity and
Consider reading the story aloud to your class that they can be talented at many things.
with an emphasis on beat and rhythm. It may
even inspire some group percussion or drumming Further class activities and resources can be found
for a fun activity. in the Scribblers Festival Teachers’ Lounge.
Further class activities and resources can be
found in the Scribblers Festival Teachers’ Lounge.CURRICULUM
LINK S:
BECI ORPIN STARTS A CONVERSATION
ABOUT LOOKING AFTER THE WORLD A N I N V I TAT I O N TO H E A R A L L A B O U T M Y
Beci Orpin CU LT U R E A N D M E
HASS Skills: Questioning, Research &
Communication
S E T TH E S CE N E
Take a look around your school and playground. What History: Personal & Family Histories
little things can you do to make it a better place for English: Reading & Writing
everyone? Work with a partner to come up with a few Arts: Exploration, Improvisation & Performance
ideas for taking care of your school environment.
T H E 1 01 O N H OW TO FR I G H T E N
R E S PO N S I B I LIT Y A N D TE A MWO R K
MONSTERS
Now that you have met Beci Orpin and learnt about
her new book Take Heart, Take Action, work with your English: Descriptive Writing
friends to create a giant collage out of natural and English: Visual Language
recycled materials. Make it as colourful and detailed Visual Art: Exploration & Experimentation
as you can! Think about all the ways you can have a
Health: Feelings
positive impact on the world and try to achieve a few
in your school. Maybe you could present the class
B ECI O R PI N S TA R T S A CO N V E R S AT I O N
collage at an assembly and ask your school community
A B O U T LO O K I N G A F T E R T H E WO R LD
to adopt better recycling, encourage students to walk/
English: Reading & Writing
cycle to school, reduce single use plastic in your
Visual Art: Collage
lunchboxes etc…
Health: Friendships
Visit Beci Orpin’s website to explore her colourful Geography: Caring for the Environment
world https://beciorpin.com/.
RE ADING
LIS T:
Gregg Dreise: My Culture and Me
Josh Pyke & Chris Nixon: Lights out, Leonard
Beci Orpin: Take Heart Take Action
and Move Your Body
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