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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:

familyfun@finhampark.co.uk 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:

familyfun@finhampark.co.uk 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:

familyfun@finhampark.co.uk

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:

familyfun@finhampark.co.uk

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 familyfun@finhampark.co.uk

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-

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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

familyfun@finhampark.co.uk

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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