He travels all over the UK and abroad talking to people of all ages at literary festivals, telling his stories and encouraging them to tell theirs. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion which ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten. Our lovely teacher and design teams have solved the issue and the new version is now available to download.

The Butterfly Lion KS1 and KS2 teaching resources - BBC Teach

The book was adapted into a stage play by Daniel Buckroyd of the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, which toured the UK in 2014. To touch the lives of children, to witness their listening and reading silence, is reward enough in itself. It is a story told in the first person by a young boy who runs away from his school lonely and sad and meets the old lady who relates the story of her husband from long before.There are so many benefits from listening to a story in any format, from developing listening skills and quite concentration to fostering imagination and visualization techniques. The children will need to think about the key messages to get across to the lion to help him survive - such as how to hunt, how to live with other lions and a lion’s daily routine - to include in a survival manual for lion cubs. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. Wales - Progression Step 2/3 Languages, Literacy and Communication: Literature fires imagination and inspires creativity. I feel that this book is very effective in introducing the serious emotions that children may experience.

The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo, Christian Birmingham The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo, Christian Birmingham

The KS2 SATs style reading material covers his early life, his involvement with charities and his many achievements. African Savannah Diorama: Provide materials for children to create a 3D diorama of the African savannah, including lions and other wildlife, as well as the landscape, to help them understand the ecosystem better. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Yes he does and the adventure continues, a heartwarming tale which jumps from the present to the past effortlessly. As readers, we never learn the name of this boy, whose main role is to be our advocate inside the narrative, asking the questions we would like to ask and delving further into Bertie’s life.Exploring the parcel will allow opportunities to make predictions about the boy, discussion of how it would feel to be away from home and the pros and cons of boarding school.

The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo | Goodreads

It turns out that is not the case and that it is an actual real force of nature, though the twist at the end ( I don't want to spoil it for you) makes you question this yet again. It is, perhaps, my favourite Morpurgo which covers much the same familiar territory over which he often flys. With his wife Clare, he set up the charity Farms for City Children, which offers children and teachers from inner-city primary schools the chance to live and work in the countryside for a week on one of the charity’s three farms in Devon, Gloucestershire and Wales. To begin it would be useful to look at examples of survival guides available to humans, both written and TV based. Question 4 of the 1 and 2 star version of the questions have the first number in the correct box to demonstrate to children how to complete the question.

Morpurgo is really good at telling stories of friendships between children and animals, often while also telling of war. This picture book tells the story of 16-year-old Sydney’s decision to join-up in 1914 and the effect it has on him and his family. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Children will enjoy developing their reading skills and answering the questions included which may spark a love of reading that will last a lifetime! This award is given every year by Action for Children’s Arts to a “children’s arts practitioner” whose lifetime’s work has delighted children and will stand the test of time.