David Attenborough - Update Jan 2020
Sir David Attenborough Class • Jan 24, 2020
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Taking a closer look at insect life on earth... but from a fictional point of view...
This week in Sir David Attenborough Class, we have been inspired by the great man himself to take a closer look at insect life on earth... but from a fictional point of view.
Our class story book; ‘ Beetle Boy ‘ by M.G Leonard, has us hooked. It tells the story of a Scientist who mysteriously disappears in a vault filled with insects, at the Natural History Museum in London. His son, Darkus, vows to track his father down and, with the help of his friends, an eccentric uncle and a small rhinoceros beetle( which can somehow communicate with him) the adventure begins ! The plot has triggered lots of questions from our class which we have gathered on post-its and will try to answer, in an attempt to help solve the mystery ourselves...
Alongside the fiction we have also been formal, factual and hard-at-work, creating our own non-chronological reports about invented bugs and beasties. Starting at the drawing board, with pictures of what they look like, the class has been adding technical language to describe their appearance, habitat and behaviour. Amazing facts are completing the reports; who could have known that one fly does a front crawl kick as it moves through the air, or that another beetle can dislocate its abdomen to fit through small spaces?
We can’t wait to read all of the finished reports.
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