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Use this resource with The codebreakers lesson from our Codes topic.

Get on the road to cracking code with Ben Waldram's fantastically satisfying maths lesson.

Use alongside the ‘Cracking codes’ lesson from the Codes topic.

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A Thumping Great Rabbit ebook

‘Be quiet!’ said Badger. ‘Keep it down!’ grumbled Hedgehog. ‘Stop banging!’ pleaded Owl. Poor Rabbit, it seemed that no-one appreciated his drumming. But when trouble
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Thumping Great Rabbit spellings

Use these words from the story to practise the tricky spellings from A Thumping Great Rabbit.

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Woodland assembly – closing thought

Our closing thought helps us think about how noise affects us and lets us consider where we can go to escape from the hustle and
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Woodland images

Use this slideshow for inspiration when telling woodland stories or reciting or creating woodland poetry.

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Woodland textures

Use these word cards to give children inspiration for their woodland writing.

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A Thumping Great Rabbit story map

Use the map on your whiteboard to help children visualise the key events in A Thumping Great Rabbit.

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Hansel and Gretel teachers’ notes

Learn about children's book illustrator Emma Chichester Clark and find exciting ways to use traditional tales to look at sentence construction.

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Woodland poetry

Poems for learning by heart, poems for performance but, best of all, poems to inspire.

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It’s good to be different

Use this planner as a scaffold to help create your own story using the same structure as A Thumping Great Rabbit.

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Foxes slideshow

In some cultures foxes are often depicted as symbols of deceit and cunning. Why do the children think that foxes are thought of in this way?
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A Thumping Great Rabbit playscript

Use our editable playscript in drama activities or for a full-scale production.

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Production planning

Use these planning resource sheets to help keep your class’s film productions on track.

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Sticky caterpillar

Cut out the caterpillar cards and place a piece of double-sided sticky tape across each caterpillar. Ask the children to sticky tiny samples of woodland
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A Thumping Great Rabbit video

Nikky Smedley tells the tale of A Thumping Great Rabbit in front of a Year 2 class from Brookhurst Primary School in Warwickshire.

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Deck the halls

For centuries people have been using woodland plants to decorate their homes at Christmas time. Find out why with this resource that accompanies our ‘Deck the
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The Christmas Elf image

Use The Christmas Elf as a festive story starter or see how many woodland creatures children can spy in this adorable poster (©StoryWorld – illustrated by Tomislav Tomic.).

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Wanted: For crimes against trees

Arm your class with magnifying glasses, notebooks, cameras and viewing jars and head out and about with these sheets to find out if your local
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My tree

Choose a tree, head out with pencils, crayons and a measuring tape and fill in the boxes to create a record of it.

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Woodlands storytelling certificate – EY and KS1

Reward your Early Years and KS1 storytellers with this A Thumping Great Rabbit themed certificate.

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Woodland fact cards

Our downloadable woodland animal fact cards teach us about foxes, hedgehogs, rabbits and deers and will help start children off on their voyage of discovery
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Woodlands fact card template

Our downloadable woodland animal fact card templates make great class displays and are perfect for children to use when presenting their findings to the class.

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Woodlands fact cards – text

Our woodland animal fact cards are ready for children to add their own pictures of four of our favourite characters from A Thumping Great Rabbit.

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Woodlands fact cards – image

Our woodland animal fact cards are ready for children to add their own facts for four of our favourite characters from A Thumping Great Rabbit.

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All about minibeasts

Bel Deering takes us through some useful minibeast basics – very useful for when you are out and about on your bug hunt.

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Storytelling prompts – images

Our image-only ‘Storytelling prompts’ for A thumping great rabbit are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons.

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Storytelling prompts – phrases

Our ‘Storytelling prompts’ with keyword phrases are the perfect accompaniment to your A Thumping Great Rabbit storytelling lessons.

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Storytelling prompts – keywords

Our keyword ‘Storytelling prompts’ for A thumping great rabbit are the perfect accompaniment to your storytelling lessons.

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Healthy tree certificate

Give your local trees a clean bill of health with these official-looking, class-issued 'Clean bill of health' certificates.

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Woodland characters data sheet

Use these data sheets with the woodland animal shapes resource.

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Woodland character outlines

Use these outlines of the woodland animal characters in A Thumping Great Rabbit to work out water rationing.

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Leaf it out, son

Amadeus’s search for his father has taken him from chip shops to Sherwood Forest and now to infinity and beyond. Is he really going to
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