Y5 have been gathering evidence from different sources about Walter Tull today to answer the question as to whether he was a significant person.

With a cheerful chimp nearly as sweet as Curious George and a text of only three words, Alborough (It's the Bear!

We explored the story further in the small world area engaging in imaginative play to act out the story.

A triptych of vignettes creates a slow-motion effect as the truck first strikes a rock, is then shown aloft, and finally hits the muck; close-up spreads focus on the exasperated characters attempting to budge the vehicle. A companion to the Reading Together series, Math Together offers young children and their parents an integrated approach to mathematical concepts. Here comes Duck in his truck, the wonderful new character soon to be the focus of a whole new series. This is an entertaining, rhyming story about a duck who gets stuck and all the other animals come to his rescue.An exceptional and endearing story set in captivating rhythmic style – making it an excellent read aloud text. This is a great story that we come back to often as it is enjoyed by most of the children and is a fun read that's not too long. In that identification, the Stillness and Love of our Original State is overshadowed by the suffering of the Personality.

We all love the attitude that we give to duck as he informs an impatient sheep that he cannot get out of the way because his truck is stuck. The web-footed fellow from Duck in the Truck drives his red pick-up through an interactive title in the paper-over-board Duck's Key: Where Can It Be?I highly recommend this book to all--its cute, funny, rhymey (which I get that some people aren't into. I thought that it had a teachable 'moral' about being kind towards people who need help, and I really liked the way that the illustrations were laid out on each page. As a movement activity, have children imagine they’re traveling through different things (mud, snow, water, air, ice, etc.

Encourage children to make their own set of animal stick puppets using these cute character pictures and lolly sticks. There are many action verbs for children to learn and it is a particularly good book to teach the verbs ‘push’ and ‘pull. Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough is an adorable book about animals being stuck and trying to help their fellow friend become unstuck. So that makes great comparison and gives us a chance to talk about different characters and personalities of people. Whilst the text could be adapted for older children to emphasise the use of rhyme, at the simplest level it was a real joy to participate in reading the story aloud together with the youngest readers.Kids really enjoy the suspense of finding out how duck will get out of the mud and offering their own suggestions to solve duck’s problem. He gets excited in anticipation of what's to come and it's a lovely opportunity to use different voices. Retelling Duck in the Truck Retelling Duck in the Truck 2 Please share your favorite books in the comments below. There were too many undesirable characters in the book: the sheep was rude and unhelpful, the duck was ungrateful and obnoxious. I think I can finally understand the addictiveness of this book and discover its charm after the numerous reading sessions with little-AJ.