Message in a bottle

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Oceans and Seas Fantasy Islands

Objectives

Geography

  • Develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places, both terrestrial and marine.
  • Interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, globes and aerial photographs.
  • Name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans.

English

  • Recognise simple recurring literary language in stories and poetry.
  • Develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by writing poetry.
  • Consider what they are going to write before beginning by planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about.
  • Write down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary.

Lesson Planning

Write a ‘fantasy island’ poem inspired by a message in a bottle.

Teaching Outcomes
To understand that an island is an area of land that is completely surrounded by water.
To plan, edit and write poetry with theme of a shipwrecked sailor.

Children will:

  • Use the theme of shipwrecks as a stimulus for writing poetry.
  • Plan, edit and write poetry on the theme of being shipwrecked.

Provided Resources

  • Ten things found in a shipwrecked sailor’s pocket presentation
  • Message in a bottle
  • Scroll
  • Ten things found in a shipwrecked sailor’s pocket

You Will Need

  • An old bottle
  • Large sheets of sugar paper
  • Marker pens