Wriggle and Crawl
Our Summer 1 topic is 'Wriggle & Crawl'. This unit has a science focus and is based around hunting for minibeasts in their habitats. Why not try some of the exciting activities below:
- Use the web to research a weird and wonderful minibeast. Perhaps find out about the Borneo walking stick or the Goliath beetle. Make a poster to display amazing facts that you can show your friends at school.
- Watch Antz, A Bug’s Life or Epic with your family. Make a comic strip that shows part of the film or write a review and include a star rating.
- Write a list of adjectives to describe what spiders look like and a list of verbs to describe what spiders do. Use the lists to write six facts about spiders and make up a story about a spidery adventure.
- Create a table to collect information about minibeasts, including their name, body parts, legs and wings. Identify whether or not each minibeast is an insect.
- Create a minibeast word search containing all the minibeast names you have learnt. Give it to your family and friends to solve!
- Download and print a large image of an insect and label each body part.
- Make a non-fiction book about minibeasts. Include a title, headings, a contents page, an index, downloaded images and drawings.
- Make a minibeast game. Allocate each body part a number: head = 6, body = 5, leg = 4, antennae = 3, eye = 2, mouth = 1. Take it in turns to throw the dice and collect the part of the body that corresponds to the number. The winner is the person who builds the beetle first.
- Read James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, then write a description of the main characters.
- Write a letter to Miss Muffet and explain why she shouldn’t be scared of spiders. Look for information online and in non-fiction books to support your ideas.
- Make your own bug hotel using natural materials to attract the minibeasts.
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