Primaria

Bringing thrilling Super Hero action to the English classroom.

A giant does not want to share his garden with the children of the town. He builds a big wall around the garden to stop the children getting in. After that it is always winter in the garden. Can the children find a way back into the garden and make it summer again?

Katie likes beans. They are her favorite vegetable. She gets a small jar, some tissue paper and a bean seed. Does the seed grow?

Beauty lives with her family on a farm. One day Beauty’s father visits a big house and meets a monster who is half man and half beast. He promises the Beast that he will take Beauty to live at the Beast’s house. Why does he do this?

Three bears live in a small house. When they go for a walk, Goldilocks comes to the house. What does she do there? What happens next?

There are old homes, new homes, mobile homes, “green” homes, intelligent homes, and strange homes, too! There’s a home made from bottles. A treehouse made from glass. Palaces for kings and queens. And people living in rocks! So, what is a home, and what are homes made of?

Tom is as small as a thumb. He is so small he can ride on a butterfly. It takes him to a palace where he meets a princess. What do they do there? How does Tom help her?

A hot air balloon is an aircraft. A helicopter moves in an interesting way. An A380 jet plane has 22 wheels. Let’s read and learn about flying...

Peter lives with his grandfather in a house next to a dark, dangerous forest. Peter’s grandfather tells him never to play near the forest because a hungry wolf lives there. What does Peter do? Does he see the wolf?

Three children, Wendy, John and Michael fly off with Peter Pan and Tinkerbell to Neverland. Only children live in Neverland and, of course, the pirate Captain Hook. Do Wendy and her brothers like it there? Do they decide to stay?

Amy and Jack are on vacation. They are visiting Max. It is dark. They cannot sleep. Suddenly, Amy points, Look!, she says, what are they? Bats, birds, butterflies, moths...? Learn about animals of the night!

When they are hunting, or when they are prey, lots of different animals hide in different ways. An octopus changes color, insects look like sticks. Seahorses hide in coral and lizards with two heads! Can you think of any more animals that use camouflage?

One night, away from his family, Eric finds a golden seal. People want to shoot golden seals for their beautiful fur. Eric’s father is one of those men. A stranger arrives in a boat. What does he want? Eric loves the seal. He wants her to live. But what can he do?

It’s Christmas Eve. Scrooge is an old man who hates Christmas and loves work and money. He does not want to share Christmas with anyone. But then he is visited by four ghosts. Who are the ghosts? What do they say to Scrooge? What happens next?

A witch takes Rapunzel from her parents and keeps her at the top of a tall tower. There are no doors in the tower. Rapunzel is a prisoner. The witch climbs up Rapunzel’s long hair to come inside. How can Rapunzel get out?

Hannah is a scientist and she studies animals. She wants to show you two animals with amazing life cycles: a butterfly and a frog. The Peacock butterfly lives in Europe. The Red-eyed tree frog lives in the rainforests of Central and South America. Which one hibernates? Which one is nocturnal? Let’s take a look...

Bringing thrilling Super Hero action to the English classroom.

In an old Australian story, the Rainbow Serpent opened her eyes and looked at the young Earth. There were no animals or birds, no rivers or trees. Then a Man and a Woman came, and the Rainbow Serpent was their teacher. But what did she teach them? And did they listen?

Orphan Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her cold, unhappy Aunt Polly. She plays the glad game, a game that helps her find things to be glad about. Before long, Pollyanna is helping people in the town play the glad game, and they feel happier. Then, one day, a terrible accident happens! Can it stop Pollyanna’s smile?

Hamelin has a problem. There are rats everywhere! Luckily, the Pied Piper comes to town and says he will kill all the rats for money. How does he do it? Why does he come back to the town, angry?

Tim loves his toy rabbit and plays with it every day. Then Tim gets sick and his mom puts all his toys in the garden. Poor toy rabbit! Poor Tim! Does Tim find his toy rabbit again?

A ship is caught in a huge storm. One family are able to get to an island. They find food, build a treehouse and start to enjoy their new life there. But how long wll they have to stay there?

The Emperor has everything he wants. One day he learns that there is a nightingale in his garden and he wants that too. What will he do?

Kerry is visiting her brother, Mike, for the first time in his new home. She sees a sign for a fortune teller. Mike doesn’t believe in fortune tellers, but he goes, too. What does Rosie say to him? And is she right?