Where the Forest Meets the Seaby Jeannie Baker

My father knows a place we can only reach by boat.

Not many people go there, and you have to know the way through the reef.

When we arrive, cockatoos rise from the forest in a squawking cloud.

My father says there has been a forest here for over a hundred million years.

My father says there used to be crocodiles here and kangaroos that lived in trees. Maybe there still are.

I follow a creek into the rain forest.

I pretend it is a hundred million years ago.

On the bank of the creek, the vines and creepers try to hold me back. I push through. Now the forest is easy to walk in.

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I wonder how long it takes the trees to grow to the top of the forest!

I find an ancient tree. It is hollow. Perhaps aboriginal forest children played here, too.

I climb inside the tree. It is dark, but the twisted roots make windows. This is a good place to hide.

It is time to go and find my father. I think I hear the sea. I walk towards the sound.

My father has made a fire and is cooking the fish he caught.

I like fish cooked this way. But then I feel sad because the day has gone so quickly. My father says we’ll come here again someday.

But will the forest still be here when we come back?

Week 1 Monday Word reading 1

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Where the Forest Meets the Sea

Why did the cockatoos fly, squawking into the air when the boy arrived?

How would you describe the forest?

How many different animals can you see in the book?

How would you group them?

Which animals have you seen in real life?

What were they like? Can you describe them?

Where would you hide in the forest?

Week 1 Monday Word reading 1

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Driftwood by Celia Warren

Forest flotsam in the sea,A sun-bleached severed bole floats free.Salt preserves the sapless coreAs, lifeless now, it drifts ashore:Smooth, naked heart of tree.

The highest tides of winter steeredWhitened wood, its branches cleared,To leave it lying stranded, dry.And does the empty forest cryFor trees the sea has thieved?

But no, the foresters came firstFor timber trunks – no driftwood thirst.The trees they felled were shaped and floatUpon the sea, each one a boat.O jungle, tell me, which is worse

The licking waves or lumberjacks –The ocean or the axe?

Week 1 Tuesday Word reading 2

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Lumberjacks and Logging Activities

Week 1 Tuesday Word reading 2

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Driftwood Verse 2

Take a yellow pencil and highlight the pairs of words that rhyme.

The highest tides of winter steeredWhitened wood, its branches cleared,To leave it lying stranded, dry.And does the empty forest cryFor trees the sea has thieved?

Here is a selection of words found in verse 2. Underneath each word write another that rhymes with it!

Week 1 Tuesday Word reading 2

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wood lying dry trees sea

stood prying sigh

hood trying

should

Driftwood Verses 3 and 4 Take a yellow pencil and highlight the pairs of words that rhyme.

But no, the foresters came firstFor timber trunks – no driftwood thirst.The trees they felled were shaped and floatUpon the sea, each one a boat.O jungle, tell me, which is worse

The licking waves or lumberjacks –The ocean or the axe?

Chose three words from these two verses. Underneath each word write another that rhymes with it!

Week 1 Tuesday Word reading 2

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How Deep is the Ocean? by Celia Warren

Imagine a mountain upside down,Picture it under the waves,Now hollow it out and imagine the climb,As you dive in its lofty caves.

The Nature of the Ocean by Celia Warren

The sea holds all the answers,It understands the moon,It smooths and cools the pebble,It feeds the gentle dune.The salty sea is healing,Too wise and deep to chart,The sea will tide us overAs we mend a broken heart,For, with lyric and with music,The sea is Living Art.

Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1

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Yr1 - How do you feel about the sea?

Think about the times you have been listening, watching, on and in the sea. Write each emotion at the start of a line and use a capital letter.

Why did you feel like that?

Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1

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Yr 2 - How do you feel about the sea?

Think about the times you have been listening, watching, on and in the sea. Write each emotion at the start of a line and use a capital

letter. Why did you feel like that? Use as many descriptive words as possible!

Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1

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Why are My Tears so Salty?by Celia Warren

Why are my tears so salty? You must have swallowed the sea.

Why are my legs so heavy? To stop you floating free.

Why do I feel as empty as a shell that’s prised apart?

Because, when you left the sandy shore, you left a bit of your heart.

Week 1 Thursday Grammar 2

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Why Are My Tears so Salty?by Celia Warren

  

Week 1 Thursday Grammar 2

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Why are my tears so salty?

Why are my legs so heavy?

Why Are My Tears so Salty?by Celia Warren

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Why Are My Tears so Salty?

Why can I not see my feet?

Why can’t I hear the seagulls?

Why do I feel like I’m being pulled under?

Why does it feel so rough on my feet?

Why can I not breathe the air?

Why is my face wet?

Why has my footprint gone?

Why does the rock move?

Week 1 Thursday Grammar 2

You must have swallowed the sea.

Why are my legs so heavy? To stop you floating free.

Why do I feel as empty as a shell that’s prised apart? Because, when you left the sandy shore, you left a bit of your heart.

Week 1 Thursday Grammar 2

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Sea Urchinby Celia Warren

My shell is thin and brittle andI’m littler than small;Like a roly-poly cactusI’m a spiky kind of ball;I’d like to stick my tongue outIf I had one at all:I’m a sea-urchin butIf you give me a rinseAnd kiss me I’ll turn intoA handsome Ocean-Prince.

Can You Charm a Barnacle?by Celia Warren

Can you charm a barnacleOr pick its limpet lock?Can you charm a barnacleRight off its rock?

I’d never harm a barnacle,It’s just I’d like to seeWhat sort of glue it usesTo stick so rigidly.

Week 1 Friday Comprehension 1

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Sidewaysby Andrea Shavick

You walk forward but I walk sidewaysScampering along, fast and freeMy left legs pull and my right legs pushIf I’m lucky, you won’t see me

You look forwards but I look sidewaysScuttling along in the sprayMy right legs push and my left legs pullAs the sand shakes. You’re coming my way

You have two legsI have eightMine go sidewaysYours go straight

Your house is dryMine is wetYou are safeI’m under threat

From the gulls and the turtlesAnd children like youWho like snatching little creatures From rockpools so blue

You run forwards but I run sidewaysScurrying along, fast and freeMy left legs pull and my right legs pushAs I sprint for the safety of the sea

Week 1 Friday Comprehension 1

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Similarities and Differences

Read the poems Sea Urchin, Can you charm a Barnacle? and Sideways. What do you notice that is the same about them (similarities) and what is different (differences)?

Similarities Differences

Week 1 Friday Comprehension 1

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Similarities and DifferencesAll the poems are about animals you find at the sea-side.

Each line begins with a capital letter.

All of the animals have a hard shell.

Not all of the poems include question marks.

The poems describe what the animals look like.

There isn’t always punctuation at the end of a line or verse.

They have a different number of verses.

Two of the poems are written from the animal’s point of view.

There are rhyming words.

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Weightlessnessby Andrea Shavick

A path leading down and the wind on your faceA backpack to throw and your shoes to unlaceThe crunch of the sand as it sticks to your toesLike bright yellow sugar, so golden it glowsAnd the crash of the waves and the wind in your hair And your friends’ piercing shrieks - let’s go in. Do we dare? So you run to the edge of the foam and the swell The impossible blueness, the salty sea smell And the crash of the waves and the shock of the cold And the pushing and pulling with nothing to hold And the spray stings your skin and there’s salt on your tongueAnd the wind rushes in and goes whoosh round your lungsAnd the sun beats on down with a merciless heatAnd there’s something sharp underneath, biting your feet It’s a shell. See it sparkle, reflecting the skyInside is a creature. You stare, eye to eyeAnd just for a moment the whole world stands still The crashing has gone, and the voices so shrill It’s just you and the wind and the sand and the sea And a feeling of weightlessness setting you free

Then the world rushes back and its time to depart As you trudge up the beach there is peace in your heart Turn around, one last look. Stretch your arms out to reach But the ocean was hungry – it’s swallowed the beach.

Week 2 Monday Composition 2

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Shockby Andrea Shavick

Running with a huge grinCharging down the beach, hurling yourself inNot noticing the windNot noticing its howl And then...

Temperature suddenly dropping to zeroRocketing up the beach faster than a super-hero Blue skin and shivery goose bumps under a soaking wet towel

Week 2 Monday Composition 2

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Seaside Funby Celia Warren

I have built a castle entirely out of sand,I have held a pebble, smooth in my hand,I have tasted candy floss, melting in my mouth,I have heard the wind blow softly from the south,I have smelt the seaweed and salt in the airBut I’ve never seen a mermaid with long yellow hair.

I’d love to sail my own boat, far across the sea,I’d love to find a message in a bottle meant for me,I’d love to eat an ice-cream that’s bigger than my head,I’d love to find some treasure on the deep sea bed,But most of all I’d like to hear a song so sweet and rareAnd hear a mermaid singing as she combs her yellow hair.

Week 2 Tuesday/Wednesday Spoken Language 1/ Grammar 3

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Seaside Fun by …………………………………….

I have

I have

But I’ve never

Week 2 Wednesday Grammar 3

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by ……………………………………..

I’d love

I’d love

But I’ve never

Week 2 Friday Composition 3

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