Look at the illustrations of the circuit boards on the inside covers. Could you create similar illustrations? Today we have read No-Bot The Robot With No Bottom! Afterwards the children have done lots of different activities, such as writing lost posters, making story maps, making junk model robots and writing their own stories. Joshua has retold the story and used his small world characters to act it out.

The book is beautifully illustrated and the story is guaranteed to have you and your child laughing… I can't recommend any of the Sue Hendra books highly enough, seriously if you've never read any of her books then you MUST!' Knees Up Mother Brown The description for the "Ghost Protocol" quest uses male pronouns for the droid and states that he wandered the streets of Mos Espa aimlessly, with no one knowing why he was there. It also says there are many rumors about the droid, with the only thing known for certain being that something was not right with Nobot. [2] Appearances [ ]We have created seven different activity sheets for this resource so you can choose which best suits your KS1 class, depending on ability and time of the year. Disconsolate, Bernard feels like he’s not a robot, but a ‘No-Bot’. Then, at the beach, he spots some rabbits, sailing off in something… Despite his shouts, they disappear. But what is that oddly shaped sandcastle? Could it be his lost bottom? A story about a robot called Bernard, who goes to the park to play on the swing. While on his journey home he realises that he has lost his bottom. He begins an adventure to find his bottom and seeks help from friends who have seen items that are of similar shape and colour, but no, to his dissapointment they are not his bottom! They work as a team to continue to search. Bernard later spots a funny shaped sandcastle and discovers it's his bottom. Pre-school children find bottoms hilarious and so there's no doubt they will find plenty of entertainment in this picture book. Bold, bright illustrations, and a simple text with plenty of repetition make this great fun to share and read aloud. Look at Bernard’s facial expressions at different points in the story. Can you explain how he is feeling?

In this activity linked to the No Bot The Robot with No Bottom book, we focus on some of the lovely vocabulary used in the story. Fans of Barry, Norman and Keith will absolutely adore this new wonderfully eccentric new character.' Mumsnet Count the number of full stops / commas / speech marks / exclamation marks etc. Use the results of this survey to create graphs and charts. Can you explain why some types of punctuation are more common than others? Your Ks1 class will use the words or pictures from the mat to complete the sentences linked to the story.The book is beautifully illustrated and the story is guaranteed to have you and your child laughing… I can't recommend any of the Sue Hendra books highly enough, seriously if you've never read any of her books then you MUST! This book is aimed at key stage 1, personally i feel nursery or reception would enjoy this book. This story explains to children that friend's are there to help and to work as a team to solve problems. It explores different emotions as Bernard starts off happy on the swing, then later is crying when he struggles to find his bottom and finally to end with a happy ending of him finding his bottom. The park where Bernard plays has swings, slides and other rides. Can you explain how they work? Can you describe the forces involved? It's a story of friendship and how everyone comes together to try and help Bernard find his bottom. In this activity your class will use the information provided in the answers to write appropriate questions.