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Fun Filled Family Pack
July 2020
Summer Special!
Competition Time 50 Things to Try
Go on a
Virtual Tour Science at Home
Produced in collaboration with our partners
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Welcome from Mr Bailie
Hello!
I hope, if you are reading this, that life at home is
treating you well and that you and your loved ones are healthy!
All the schools in Finham Park Multi Academy Trust, and some of
our new partner schools, have been searching far and wide to bring
this ‘Fun Filled Family Pack’ to you in time for the Summer holidays!
Hopefully there will be something inside to tempt almost everyone
to have a go…and there are also several competition opportunities.
Whether you are a budding author, artist, scientist or even a Joe
Wicks!!! These can be used by anyone – even your parents if you let
them! We have also produced two Literacy Packs, for Primary and
Secondary, which also have lots of ideas to stop you from being
bored , develop your skills and be creative at the same time. Please
do have a look at them.
I do hope you enjoy your Summer holiday – it may feel very differ-
ent from those you have had in the past – but whatever you end up
doing with your time – make sure you have a rest from your subject
studies; enjoy yourself; try something new and above all else, care
for those around you – for we will hopefully never have so much
time on our hands ever again when the World returns to normality!
Happy Summer holidays!
Mr Bailie
Executive Headteacher
Finham Park Multi Academy Trust
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Note to parents: Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this Summer Special! We hope that you will find some fun activities and ideas to complete over the Summer Holidays. This Fun Filled Family Pack has a wide range of activities for children of all ages—please do check the suitability for your children and families. These activities have all been selected with the most recent Government Guidance in mind. We would ask you to follow any local or national guid-ance, maintaining appropriate social distancing. We have also selected activities which are mainly free or should require minimal resources which you may already have at home. The aim of the Fun Filled Family Pack is to help families enjoy the time at home together, be creative, have fun and keep safe. We would love to see your photos and hear about how you have completed some of these suggested activities. We are always look-ing for new suggestions too! Email your pictures , competition entries and ideas to:
[email protected] or on Twitter: @FinhamMAT
Remember to include: Your name, age and school
By sending, you are confirming you are happy for your work to be shared
by us in future publications, social media, websites and news articles
I hope you have a Fun Filled Summer break!
Mrs Pettman Senior School Improvement Leader
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Contents: Page:
• Introduction…………………………………………………….……….2
• Competition Time………………………………....………….…....6
• Things to try at home….……………………………………….....8
• James Dyson Foundation Challenge Cards……………….10
• Go on a virtual tour…………………………………………........16
• Beautiful Butterflies...………………………………….………….18
• Nocturnal House.………………………………………….…….....20
• Endangered Animals……………………………………………….22
• History Summer Fun..……………………………………………..24
• Great Geographers………...……………………………………….26
• Desert Island Living…………………………………………………28
• Summer Challenges…………………………………………….....30
• Science experiments to try at home………………..………34
• Book Worms..……………………………………………………..….40
• Mindfulness..............................................................42
• Puzzles ……………………..…………………………………………...44
• Recipes……………………………………………………………………50
• Summer Drama Challenge……………………………………...54
• National Bible Minecraft Competition……………………..60
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Why not try our Literacy Summer Packs?
Please check the suitability of these activities for your
children and family
Email your pictures , competition entries and ideas to:
[email protected] or on Twitter: @FinhamMAT
Remember to include: Your name, age and school
By sending, you are confirming you are happy for your work to be shared
by us in future publications, social media, websites and news articles
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Competition Time!
Competition Time! A) Using any of the images above as a prompt, produce
your own drawing. Be creative—it can be black & white or colour. You can use pencil, paint, ink, chalk
B) Using any of the images above as a prompt, create a 3Dpiece of art. You can use any medium.
C) Using the title ‘Summer’, produce your own drawing. Be creative—it can be black & white and any material.
Send your entries to:
Include your name, age and school
By sending, you are confirming
you are happy for your work to
be shared by us.
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Writing is good for you in so
many ways:
Let’s you express your feelings
Your imagination can be released
You can share your writing with
others
It can broaden your vocabulary
The more you write, the better
writer you become
Creative Writing
Why not:
Keep a diary
Write a letter
Produce an information leaflet
about your favourite hobby or interest
Create a fact file for your favourite
music artist or group
Create characters
Write a story
Write a poem
Write new lyrics for a song
Competition Time!
Send your entries to:
Competition Time! A) Using the image above as a prompt, create a piece of
descriptive writing in 250 words
B) Using the image above as a prompt, write a short story in 500 words
C) Using the title ‘Freedom’, create a piece of writing in any style that expresses your feelings
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Things to try at home
On these pages you will find a range of fun activities to try whilst at
home.
Make some music following the simple instructions
here: https://learningmusic.ableton.com/
Make a cake or a loaf of bread and take a picture of it,
send it to [email protected]
Keep a diary or scrapbook of your summer
holiday. You can record what you have got up
to and what you have seen
Go for a walk once a week. You can use a free app
to track your distance. You could also take photos
or write about what you see.
Produce a playlist of all your favourite music.
You could share it with friends and family.
Create a Top 5 Films list. You will have to watch
them, write a film review and then rank them
order.
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https://www.duolingo.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/free-courses
Learn a new language! There are lots of free apps available to
help you.
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James Dyson Foundation – Challenge Cards
Fancy yourself as an Engineer or Product Designer…
Or just enjoy problem solving STEM challenges?
Why not have a go at some of the STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Maths) activities that can
be downloaded from this website:
https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/resources/
challenge-cards.html
Dyson engineers have designed these challenges
specifically for children. Ideal for home, they encour-
age inquisitive minds to get excited about engineering.
There are 44 STEM challenges that you can have a go
at some of the examples on the next few pages.
Please have appropriate adult supervision for some tasks
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Go on a virtual visit
https://www.equityschooltravel.co.uk/virtual-school-trips?
utm_campaign=EQ-Jul-2020-
1a&utm_medium=email&utm_source=CMA_EQUITY%
20INSPIRING%20LEARNING%20LTD&u
With the help of this website, you can now visit some
amazing places without leaving the comfort of your own
home! Why not check them out?
There are 9 virtual tours available:
Live tour of Chester Zoo
Virtual Reality 1800 Tour of Chernobyl
A Day in Pompeii
A 3600 View of Windsor Castle
Virtual School Trip to NASA
No Man’s Land, Verdun, France
Iceland in 5K
Journey to the Edge of Space
4—Day virtual school trip to Washington DC
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Join David Addis as he embarks
on a private tour of Chernobyl,
the site of the world’ most
infamous nuclear accident,
which took place in 1986. Visit
some of Chernobyl’s most pho-
tographed sights including the
abandoned apartment blocks
and amusement park of Pripyat.
This realistic animation gives stu-
dents a feel of the drama and
tension of the Mount Vesuvius
eruption, which engulfed the
ancient town of Pompeii in ash in
79AD. Witness the different stages
of the eruption—from the first
faint rumbles to the eventual
destruction of the town.
Make your way around the Kennedy
Space Centre in Florida and answer a
variety of interactive multiple choice
questions along the way. Learn about
some of the first astronauts to set foot
upon the moon.
A whistle stop tour of Iceland’s breath-
taking natural landscape. Stop off at iconic
sights including Hallgrimskirkja Church in
Reykjavik. Seljalandsfoss Waterfall, the
humongous Skogafoss Waterfall, Black
Sand Beach and the Blue Lagoon.
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Beautiful Butterflies
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Nocturnal House
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Endangered Animals
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Why not create your own Animal Fact File?
You could pick either endangered animals, nocturnal animals or any other of your choice. You could include pictures and maps too.
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Why not create your own ‘virtual’ museum? You could either do this on a computer, or produce a booklet which gives a tour of a museum.
What would be in your museum?
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Great Geographers
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Why not create your guide to the World? You could either do this on a computer, or produce a booklet which gives a tour of our amazing World.
Which is your favourite country? Name 10 facts about it.
Which do you prefer—Mountains? Lakes? The Coast?
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Summer Challenges
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https://www.youtube
Stomp – Bags!
Try learning these ‘bag’ percussion routines in-spired by the stage show 'Stomp'! What other resources could you use to enhance the performance?
.com/watch?v=IDvIo_LRIZ4
The Cup Song!
Have a go at learning the lyrics and actions to this classic song from a few years ago. Use the tutorial link to support the development of your new and impressive skills. Who will be the first person to perform the whole song, in time with actions?! Be sure to first ask your parents/carers which cups are OK to practise with!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmSbXsFE3l8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Y5kYLOb6i5I&t=93s
Hand Clap Skit!
Have a go at learning this highly entertaining body percussion routine from a few years ago. Who will be the first person/family to perform the whole routine, in time with actions?
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Bottle Xylophone
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How many of these can you complete?
Write a story about a fox, without mentioning the word fox.
Choose a song that exists and change the words to make it a song
about a historical Coventry person.
Create a mosaic of Coventry using pictures of Coventry and the
people who live there.
Create a piece of music about the environment using only recycled
materials.
Create a comic book inspired by a play written by Shakespeare.
Create a history display about where you live
Create a ‘dream holder’ using a large jar. Fill it with your dreams
using colour and different textures to represent the dreams, then
share the dreams with other people.
Design a city for the future using only card and paper.
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Science Experiments
to Try at Home
On the following pages you will find a wide variety of fun activities that are sure to be a hit with your kids. They will have a blast exploring Science over the summer holiday!
Follow the link to have access to the STEM activities and videos to help you along the way: https://funlearningforkids.com/summer-science-experiments-stem-
activities/
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Book Worms
Why not try one of these book
recommendations. Many books are
now available on line free
Audible app – Free story books for children https://stories.audible.com/discovery
Further KS3 booklist by topic
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kh09a39zzh3vt99/AAAvqVSd1BAu-Uk-q4m-AYjBa?
dl=0&preview=KA+Y7+and+8+reading+list+2019-2020.docx
Further KS4 booklist by topic
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kh09a39zzh3vt99/AAAvqVSd1BAu-Uk-q4m-AYjBa?
dl=0&preview=KA+Key+Stage+4+reading+list+2020.docx
Listen to a David Walliams audio book together.
He is releasing a free book every day on the
internet
(https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/
elevenses/)
Books for KS4/KS5
A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
13 Minutes – Sarah Pinborough
Atonement – Ian McEwan
Looking for Alaska – John Green
The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin
Books for KS3
Madame Doubtfire – Anne Fine
Welcome to Nowhere – Elizabeth Laird
Watership Down – Richard Adams
The Goldfish Boy – Lisa Thompson
Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
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Make a power point presentation about a famous character from history.
Keep a journal about your days at home. Think about things that have happened that are funny and write them down to cheer people up.
Write and perform a monologue. There are lots of ideas to start you off here…
https://www.dramanotebook.com/monologues-kids/
Perform and record your monologue and post it to
Read a newspaper.
An excellent newspaper for teenagers is First News. An elec-tronic copy of the newspaper can be found on our Family Fun Frog site each week. It contains news, games and competi-tions.
Keep a journal about your days at home. Think about things that have happened that are funny and write them down to cheer people up.
Plan an interview with a famous person, what questions would you ask them?
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Mindfulness
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Puzzles
Matchstick Puzzles
Can you rearrange these squares so that each row and each column has exactly one of each colour and exactly one of each shape? (For example, you cannot have two red squares in a row... and you cannot have two triangles in a column.)
1) Remove two matchstick to leave two squares
2) Move two matchsticks to make six squares
3) Move three matchsticks to make three equal squares
Turn the fish
Move three matchsticks to make
The fish swim in the opposite
Direction
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The three little pigs
The three little pigs, as you know, built houses — one of straw, one of
sticks, and one of bricks. By reading the six clues, figure out which pig
built each house, the size of each house, and the town in which each
house was located. Use a chart to keep track of your information and
your logic.
TOWN SIZE MATERIAL
Patricia Pig
Penny Pig
Peter Pig
1) Penny Pig did not build a brick house.
2) The straw house was not medium sized.
3) Peter's house was made of sticks, and it was neither medium nor small.
4) Patricia Pig built her house in Pleasantville.
5) The house in Hillsdale was large.
6) One house was in a town called Riverview
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I AM _ _ _ _ _ _
Figure out the six-letter word that completes the title of this puzzle. You'll find all six letters by solving the sentences below.
This letter is in cable and babe but not in tread.
This letter is in irony and train but not in nimble.
This letter is in avocado and vacant but not in visit.
This letter is in chair and rail but not in camera.
This letter is in night and thinker but not in thick.
This letter is in xylophone and yellow but not in allowance.
Anagrams
Change these words around to make other words
LINE WENT BELOW RING CARE LOOTS ABLE TONES RULE DOOM LOAF SNAIL DAWN MITE SKIN LOOP MANOR LAME
How many are going to St Ives?
This is a very old rhyming riddle. See if you can answer it by reading and thinking very carefully.
As I was going to Saint Ives,
I crossed the path of seven wives.
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kittens,
Kittens, cats, sacks, wives,
How many were going to Saint Ives?
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What is it?
Look carefully at these closeups and decide what they are.
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DINGBATS
SUDOKU
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AMAZING MAZES
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Recipes
Chicken and veg bowl
Method
• 250g brown basmati rice 1 tbsp rapeseed oil • 1 garlic clove, crushed
2 chicken breasts, sliced
• 2 tbsp hoisin sauce
• 100g frozen edamame beans or peas, defrosted
100g frozen sweetcorn
• 100g grated carrots
• 100g red peppers, cut into small cubes
1 avocado, stoned and sliced
1 lemon, cut into quarters, to
serve (optional)
1. Cook the rice following pack
instructions, then drain and re-
turn to the pan to keep warm.
Heat the oil in a frying pan
or wok, add the garlic and fry
for 2 mins or until golden. Tip in
the chicken and fry until the
pieces are cooked through,
then stir in the hoisin sauce,
season and continue cooking
for a further 2 mins. Cook the
edamame beans and sweetcorn
in simmering water for 2 mins,
then drain.
2. Divide the rice between four
bowls and top with the chicken
slices in a strip down the mid-
dle, with the carrot, red pepper,
beans or peas, sweetcorn and
avocado down either side.
Serve with the lemon to
squeeze over, if you like.
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Spaghetti and meatballs with hidden veg
For the meatballs • 300g good quality
pork sausage (about 4 large or 8 chipola-tas)
• 500g lean beef mince
1 small onion, coarsely grated
1 carrot, finely grated
1 tbsp dried oregano
50g parmesan, finely grated, plus extra to serve
1 medium egg
1 tbsp olive oil
For the tomato sauce 1 tbsp olive oil 1 courgette, coarsely grated
• 3 garlic cloves, finely grated
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• pinch caster sugar
• splash red wine vine-gar
2x 400g tins chopped tomato
To serve
cooked spaghetti
1. Children: Squeeze all the sausage meat
out of the sausage skins into a large bowl
and add the mince. Tip all the rest of the
meatball ingredients, except the olive oil,
into the bowl and season with black pep-
per then squish everything together
through your hands until completely
mixed.
2. Children: Roll the meatball mix
into walnut-sized balls and place
them on a plate – this is a job chil-
dren as young as 2 can help with
and a great job to help teach older
children basic division.
4. Grown ups: Heat the oil in a large frying pan
and, working in batches, brown the meatballs on
all sides then pop them into the sauce – continue
to simmer the sauce for 15 mins, stirring very gen-
tly until the meatballs are cooked through. Serve
with cooked spaghetti, extra grated Parmesan and
a few torn basil leaves your child has picked and
torn.
3. Grown ups: While the children are rolling the meatballs
make the sauce. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the
courgette and garlic and cook for 5 mins until soft and mushy.
Stir in the tomato puree, sugar and vinegar leave for 1 min
then tip in the tomatoes and simmer for 5 mins. If your chil-
dren like courgettes then you can leave the sauce chunky. But
if, like mine, they hate courgettes then blitz the sauce with a
hand blender – either way continue to simmer sauce gently
while you cook the meatballs. If your child is confident with
heat, from 7+ they can cook the sauce with supervision.
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Recipes
Tomato Tart
Method
• 4 tbsp soft cheese • 1 tsp Dijon mustard 8 ripe tomatoes • 375g puff pastry
flour, for rolling out
anchovies or olives to decorate, if you like
chunk parmesan
1. Ask a grown-up helper to
turn the oven on to
200C/180C fan/gas 6. Mix
the soft cheese together
with the mustard in a small
bowl.
2. Cut the tomatoes into thick
slices.
3. Roll the pastry into a rec-
tangle on a floured surface
– don’t worry if the edges
are uneven. Lift the pastry
onto a baking sheet
4. Now trim off any really wiggly
bits. Mark a border the thickness of
two fingers around the edge
5. Spread the soft cheese inside the
border, then arrange the tomato
slices on top. Decorate with ancho-
vies or olives (if using).
6. Grate the Parmesan all over. Ask
a grown-up to put the tart in the
oven for 30 mins or until the pastry
is golden and the tomatoes are
cooked.
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Vegan Thai Green Curry
• 200g baby potatoes, halved
• 100g green beans, trimmed and halved
1 tbsp rapeseed oil • 1 garlic clove, finely sliced
• 1 tbsp Thai green curry paste (check the label to make sure it’s vegetarian/ vegan)
400g can light coconut
milk
• small bunch corian-der, chopped
1 lime, zest pared in thick strips
• 80g sugar snap peas, halved length-ways
• 150g cherry toma-toes, halved
• 100g firm tofu, chopped into small cu-bes
• small bunch corian-der, chopped
200g jasmine rice, cooked following pack instructions
1. Cook the potatoes in boiling water
for 8 mins. Add the green beans and
cook for a further 3 mins, then drain.
2. Heat the oil in a wok or pan, fry
the garlic for 1 min, add the curry
paste and cook for 1 min, or until it
starts to darken a little and smell
fragrant. Stir in the coconut milk
and bring to a simmer, drop in the
lime zest and gently bubble for 5
mins to thicken the sauce a little.
4. Cut the lime in half and
squeeze the juice into the pan,
then stir in the coriander and
serve over the rice.
3. Add the potatoes and beans fol-
lowed by the sugar snap peas and
cook for 1 min before stirring in the
cherry tomatoes and tofu.
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Drama Summer Activity Challenge
Activity 1: You have been asked to plan a new play about a group of chil-
dren who decide to break into a creepy old house one night to discover
the secret of the spooky old lady who lives there. When the old lady
catches them they realise they have been thoughtless and judged some-
one simply by how they look.
Write out a rough plan for how you bring this play to life:
Plan:
Why are the children intrigued about the old lady?
What secret does the old lady reveal at the end of the play about
her past that shows the children they had misjudged her?
Where is your play set? Is these more than 1 location?
Who are the main characters?
How does the play start?
How does the play end?
Activity 2: Once you have your
plan create a story board of
your plot – label each section to
explain what is happening (see
the next page for a story board
template)
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Writing the Script
Now you have a plan for your play you need to write the script! Write the script for
your favourite few scenes of the play (usually it’s the part of the play that has the
climax (the exciting bit that the whole play is building up to)
You should aim to write at least 1 page.
To write your script you need to use stage directions in italics and the character’s
names down the side of the page like the example below:
E.g.
Scene 4:
(The gang have entered the creepy house and are nervously searching the hallway
with torches)
Fin: Can you see anything?
Jess: No, just cobwebs and old painting.
Claire: It smells strange…
Fin: That’s just you (laughs)
Claire: Oy!
(Suddenly a clatter is heard upstairs, the gang spin around)
Jess: What was that!?
Etc
Use the template below to design the costume for 4 characters in your
play- how can the colours, fabric, style and condition of the costume help
the audience to understand more about the character’s life?
Label the character name, the colours, fabric, style and condition on each
costume to explain your decisions
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Set Design
Design a set for your character to perform in. Which location are you
trying to bring to life? What set and props will you use? Think about
colours, levels and entrances and exits to the stage. Label your design to
explain your ideas.
AUDIENCE
Design a poster advertising your play.
Remember to include:
An intriguing image that will make people want to see your play
The Title of your play
The dates, venue and time it’s on
Cost of tickets
A quote from a theatre critic E.g. “Outstanding! I was laughing one
minute and crying the next! – 5 stars!- The Times”
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Writing and performing a Monologue
Often in plays one of the main characters will perform a speech where they reveal
what they are feeling and thinking inside to the audience. This is called a mono-
logue.
Pick one character from your play and write a monologue from their perspective.
What are they thinking and feeling? What surprising information might they reveal
about themselves? What could they tell us about their past that helps us to under-
stand them more? E.g.
Old Lady: People don’t listen any more. They just make up their minds about
someone from one glance. They see an old face, on an old body living in an old
house and they think they know everything about you. “She must be a witch!”
I know you won’t believe me but I used to be a beauty! I was young and alive, al-
ways running around the town with my friends. Yes that’s right, I had friends, I
wasn’t always alone.
But 15 years ago something happened that took that all away from me. You see…
etc
Monologue:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
Challenge: Time yourself speaking your monologue- try to get it to at least 1 minute
Plan how you would perform this monologue
Think about how you will use:
Voice
Movement
Gestures
Facial expressions
Rehearse your monologue until
you are happy with it. Then either
perform it to a family member or
record yourself so you can watch
it back!
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Finham Park School Headteacher: Chris Bishop
Address: Green Lane, Coventry, CV3 6EA
Tel: 024 7641 8135
Website: http://finhampark.co.uk
Finham Park 2 Headteacher: Russell Plester
Address: Torrington Avenue, Coventry, CV4 9WT
Tel: 024 7771 0720
Website: http://finhampark2.co.uk
Finham Primary Headteacher: Sarah Bracken
Address: Green Lane, Coventry, CV3 6EJ
Tel: 024 7641 5425
Website: http://finhamprimary.co.uk
Lyng Hall School Headteacher: Paul Green
Address: Blackberry Lane, Coventry, CV2 3JS
Tel: 024 7672 4960
Website: http://www.lynghallschool.co.uk
Pearl Hyde Primary Headteacher: Theresa O’Hara
Address: Dorchester way, Coventry, CV2 2NB
Tel: 024 7661 0165
Website: http://pearlhyde.co.uk
Finham Park MAT Executive Headteacher: Mark Bailie
Address: Torrington Avenue, Coventry, CV4 9WT
Tel: 024 7641 8135
Website: http://finhamparkmultiacademytrust.co.uk
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