Resources for Schools, Home Learners, and Libraries
Key Stage 2 Resources for Beetle Boy
Chapter by chapter resources created by teacher Scott Evans.
Key Stage 2 Resources for Beetle Queen
Chapter by chapter resources created by teacher Scott Evans.
Key Stage 2 Resources for Battle of the Beetles
Chapter by chapter resources created by teacher Scott Evans.
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Classroom Activities For The Beetle Collector’s Handbook and Beetle Boy
Click on the article image to enlarge it. It is from TEACH Writing and Reading magazine and contains a wide variety of Classroom Activities embracing fiction and non-fiction.
Making a Beetle Hotel with M. G. Leonard
In this short video, made for Blue Peter, M. G. Leonard shows you how to make a Beetle Hotel using easy to find materials.
Beetle Quiz
Take one of these Blue Peter quizzes to see how well you know your beetles.
Beetle Boy Lesson Plan for years 5 & 6
This lesson plan was created by the National Literacy Trust for World Book Day resources on the topic of UNLIKELY HEROES.
Teaching Sequence for Beetle Boy
To celebrate 20 years of the Branford Boase award, the CLPE created a teaching sequence for Beetle Boy.
The sequence supports teachers in reading aloud, talking about the book with their children, allowing children to respond to and understand the text in greater depth.
Cross-curricular activities inspired by Beetle Boy
These activities were and created by the Scottish Book Trust and include: designing a museum exhibition, building a bug hotel, creating beetle inspired jewellery and making a book trailer
Bug Poems
M. G. Leonard wrote a poem called The Billion Bug Road. You can download it and read it with your class. Then challenge the children to write their own poems about mini-beasts.
Listen to M. G. Leonard read the poem
A host of resources for home learning including a brilliant printable activity book.
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Top Tips for Befriending a Beetle
Click on the image (right) to enlarge and discover some top tips for helping your beetle friends.