Mrs Armitage on Wheels: Celebrate Quentin Blake’s 90th Birthday

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I remember that after listening to the story (when I was in school) we did a lot of follow up work designing our own inventive bikes, with quirky ideas from the story such as umberellas on the handles bars and ideas from our own imagination. It was great project as the book provides an innovotive way in to art and design and it's a funny book that will amuse the children too. It is really important that you continue to practise your reading at home! I have put lots of information about different ways you can keep reading at home if you have read every book you have at home. You can always read it again... you know that 3 times is best! Remember to ask your grownup to ask you questions about your book.

This story is a great one to read with children because it is a text which explores many aspects of grammar such as speech, tense and different sentence structures. Therefore, it could be used as a hook or context for further learning to take place. humorous....reminds me of the same concept as If you give a mouse a cookie....there is always something more needed to make it perfect. In the case of Mrs. Armitage, she needs just one more thing to make her bike ride perfect. British Council complies with data protection law in the UK and laws in other countries that meet internationally accepted standards. This picture book was requested again and again when my children were small. Mrs Armitage goes for a bike ride with her very cute dog, Breakspear. She finds ways to make additions to her bike, a dog seat, a mouth organ, some umbrellas, a sail.... until it goes wrong. A fun read with lots of details to look at in the illustrations.

Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember. He taught illustration for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, of which he is an honorary professor. He has won many prizes, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children’s Laureate. In the 2013 New Year’s Honours List he was knighted for services to illustration. Un magico libro illustrato dal grande illustratore per l’infanzia Quentin Blake per mostrarci un’altra divertente avventura di Mrs Armitage. For freewheeling joy and inventiveness, this classic picture book is hard to beat. Korky Paul, S Magazine, Sunday Express He was born in 1932, reading English at Cambridge, then studying teaching at the University of London, and life classes at Chelsea Art School. He has always made his living as an illustrator, as well as teaching for over twenty years at The Royal College of Art, where he was head of the Illustration department from 1978 to 1986. His first drawings were published in Punch at the age of sixteen, and he continued to draw for Punch, The Spectator and other magazines for many years, while entering the world of children's books with his first book as an illustrator, A Drink of Water and Other Stories by John Yeoman, in 1960.

Mrs Armitage is a character full of bright ideas about how to improve her bike. On her journey, she encounters various difficulties involving her bike so she goes above and beyond to make her bike bigger and better than before. However...she does end up going a bit too far in the end. As well as all the above, Quentin Blake is a wonderful author who provides many hidden details within the illustrations. The lessons are suitable for Primary 1 to 3 classes (Scotland) with First level Curriculum for Excellence links highlighted. Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA18256 Openlibrary_edition Talking to your baby or child when out and about Read Talking to your baby or child when out and about NowYear 2 : Today we a going to start with the 5 times table. Look at Super movers 5 times table video. You need your poshest voices today! Make sure when you answer Posh Pooch you still keep your posh voice! Talk about what Mrs Armitage might add to the roller skates and whether it will work better than the bicycle. Invent your own vehicle Enjoy You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus. Relish the illustrations and amusing scenarios. Invite children to select their favourite and to use because to provide a reason for their opinion, e.g. A whale riding a bike because it is funny to see something so big on something so small.

Read and choose favourite recipes, discover interesting facts and write question-and-answer information texts about food. Read and write questions and statements and produce recipes. Mrs Armitage on Wheels is a pleasure to read aloud with a class. The prose flows smoothly off the tongue, and the refrains get children joining in. They love the onomatopoeia (crash, crunch, thud!) and the listing of bike modifications which are used with comic effect. The language, which seems simple at first, builds increasingly into adventurous words and phrases which mirror the growing complexity of Mrs Armitage’s bike: don’t be surprised if your class start to speak of ‘complete tool kits’, ‘faithful dogs’ or of things needing ‘a bit of extra oomph’ after repeat readings! I would like you to create a time capsule to remember this extraordinary time we are living in now. It is also be used across the curriculum. For example, in Design and Technology it could be used as a hook for a lesson where children would be exploring functional design choices. Share books, information, photos and ideas about people who help us; police, firefighters, doctors, nurses, teachers, sports coaches etc. Have fun role playing some of these. Learn to punctuate sentences and write a thank you letter. Create factsheets and a class non-fiction book.Here she sets out on an sunny afternoon's cycle but soon realises the bike needs some of her unique modifications to make things 'better'! But all does not go to plan! urn:lcp:mrsarmitageonwhe0000blak:epub:7a9c907e-2788-49de-92be-f0f04032885b Foldoutcount 0 Identifier mrsarmitageonwhe0000blak Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2f85gs9g Invoice 1652 Isbn 0224024817 Fiction Plan using Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake-15 Sessions Plan aimed for a mixed Year 2/3 Class. Clear Learning Objectives relating to Age-Related Expectations and Milestones, differentiated activities, 4 short burst writes and 1 extended end of unit write. Choose another vehicle such as a car or a scooter. Talk about what things you would like to add, for example a basket for a cuddly toy. Have a go at drawing or making the design. You could make a life size version by using big cardboard boxes and other recycled materials. Make up a song Share Mrs. Armitage on Wheels Identify each problem Mrs. Armitage solves. Discuss the improvements the children would make to their bikes/scooters, e.g. add a wireless speaker to play music, a TV, a seat for teddy.

In Mrs Armitage on wheels, assistiamo al genio della protagonista che, progressivamente, modifica la sua bici per renderla adatta ai suoi viaggi e alle sue esigenze. Il lettore non può che assistere divertito, osservando una nuova bici prendere vita, che assume sembianze sempre più creative, fino ad arrivare ad un finale inaspettato.The energy and mischievous humour of Quentin Blake’s art, as well as its compassionate social awareness, are evident in his award-winning children’s picture book Clown (1995). When should my child be able to write their name? Read When should my child be able to write their name? Now