Pupil Voice KS1- What the ladybird heard- Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks

I always begin the academic year with Pupil Voice lesson plans. The aim is to lay the groundwork for the year of equalities education by promoting an ethos where all children in the school are speaking up, joining in and making their voice heard.

Text: What the ladybird heard by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks Lesson plan: Andrew Moffat / www.equalitiesprimary.com

Resources: none

LI: to work as a team

Success Criteria: I can speak to everyone in my class / I can work as part of a team

Starter: What different noises do you hear on a farm? What noise does a cow make? Horse? Cat etc. What noise does a ladybird make?

Main : Read text and discuss the character of the ladybird; why does ladybird remain quiet most of the time? Is a whisper a good way to tell other animals what she heard? If ladybird was quiet for the whole story what would be the consequence? How do you think the ladybird felt at the end of the story? (proud) Role play 1 : Unseen by the class draw a shape on a small white board and give it to a volunteer who then describes it to the rest of the class. The class try and draw the shape using the instructions given. Show the shape – has anyone drawn it correctly? How could the volunteer have made the instructions clearer? Role play 2: Scatter name cards face down around the middle of the circle. Say to a child “Can you find (name of a child in the class) and they pick up a name card. If it is the name they are looking for they give the card to the person and everyone cheers. If a different name is picked, give it to the corresponding child and ask them to continue the search by saying, “Can you find…”. This is repeated till the correct name label is found by someone. The class have to work together as a team to find the name.

Activity: Draw a map of the farm and show all the different noises made by the animals by putting speech bubbles in with the corresponding noises. Heading: Everybody speaks up on the farm.

Plenary: Both of our games today needed people to join in and use their voice. The skills we used were communication and team work. If the ladybird in the story had not spoken up what would have happened? If one person in our game had not joined in, what would have been the consequence? We all have a voice! The games worked today because we spoke up and joined in. Well done, everybody!

AFL questions: Why is speaking up important? If I remain quiet all the tiime what happens?