Secondary Year 6 leavers - Covid-safe transition activities and ideas It's been a chaotic year but Year 6 children still deserve the best ending to their primary journey The toys and the Hoctopize are very different, but they probably have some things in common. Talk about what they may share, as well as some of the differences.

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While searching for his Cuddles, the Hoctopize takes toys that don’t belong to him. What is right for the Hoctopize is wrong for everyone else, but the Hoctopize finds it difficult to empathise and see the world from somebody else's perspective. Use ‘Touch and Tell’ as you move around the room to capture ideas and thoughts. Now ask children to wake up slowly, stretching and showing surprise at finding themselves in such a strange place. How do they feel, so far from home? Make sure everyone understands the idea of a ‘story within a story’, and draw their attention to the way the toys help shape the tale as it happens. What do your class think about the ending? Was the Hoctopize real, after all? 1 | Writing opportunities My view, your view In searching for his Cuddles, the Hoctopize kidnaps toys that don’t belong to him. What is right for the Hoctopize is wrong for everyone else, but – in common with many children – the Hoctopize finds it difficult to empathise with others and see the world from their perspective. The story takes place over the course of one night and into the next morning. Can you explain why we have day and night?

This is a three-session spelling seed for the book Toys in Space by Mini Grey. Below is the coverage from Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum 2014. The Hoctopize first appears as a silhouette, which increases the tension. Use a white screen and spotlight to explore the silhouettes cast by different shapes. Look at the spread showing the Hoctopize meeting the toys. What is the Hoctopize thinking and feeling? Write this inside your outline. There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root. Coverage: Word List Words Why is it difficult to understand another person’s point of view? Could we do better? How? Come up with ideas and test them in real life.

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Look at the spread showing the Room of a Thousand Lost Toys. What do the words mean on the Sleep-o-meter? Can you think of other words to describe the sleeping toys?

Make sure everyone understands the idea of a ‘story within a story’ and draw attention to the way the toys help shape the action. Did Wonderdoll invent everything? Or did the adventure really happen? Read the story aloud to your child and enjoy it together stopping to talk about what happens when your child wants to discuss the pictures or what is happening. Talk about the story Create your own illustrations / paintings that show the stars at night. Could you create your own pictures of different constellations?

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Left outside in the garden one summer night, a group of toys - Blue Rabbit, Pink Horse, Small Sheep, Cowboy, Dinosaur, Robot and Wonderdoll - begin to feel worried in the dark. To pass the time until morning, Wonderdoll decides to tell them a story. In a large, clear space, ask children to copy the postures and expressions of these toys. How do we know they’re sleeping? What do people look like when they’re asleep?

Look at the spread showing the ‘Room of a Thousand Lost Toys’. What do the words mean on the Sleep-o-meter? Can your class think of other words to describe the sleeping toys? What do you think his home planet looks like? What grows there? What’s the weather like? What kind of houses do Hoctopizes build? How are the toys introduced? Note the words describing them. What kind of comments does each toy make as the story progresses? Do they have distinctive characters? Which toy would you choose as a companion in a crisis? Why? In this book, the Hoctopize first appears as a silhouette, which increases the tension. Use a white screen and spotlight to explore silhouettes cast by different shapes.

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Organize thoughts with graphic organizer - Students can summarize, with drawings or words about the story, to understand the story better.Write the story of how one of these toys was kidnapped by the Hoctopize - or tell it as an exciting first-person narrative! Mini Grey is a significant illustrator and author who has won the Kate Greenaway Award and written an array of well-known, much-loved children’s stories. Toys in Space is a fun story that can open up discussion about space, the possibility of alien life and space exploration. It could also link with learning about the history of toys and looking after and sharing toys. Links and themes: Invite your class to create all sorts of different stories and provide special storytelling areas where they can tell or read them to an audience. Where could the Hoctopize come from? What might his planet be like? Generate ideas as a class and model note-taking for your children, as well as collecting good words to describe imaginary worlds. What did your children think about the book and the way it was illustrated? Did it remind them of anything else they’ve read? Did anything surprise them?