How To Use Boardstories in Other Subjects

Varied and exciting lessons
- A story is often the perfect springboard for many lessons, not just literacy. Introducing a new subject or topic with a story is, especially for younger pupils, a great way to get them inspired!
- Our Boardstories deal with a wide range of topics and are ideal for creative, cross-curricular lessons.
Teach Science and More with Harry and the Jaggedy Daggers
- Use this Boardstory as the springboard for a science investigation into floating. First, identify all of the boats in the story and what they are made with. Then, predict whether they would float or not. Test out these theories using a water tray. Why not get pupils to design their own boats to carry Harry to safety?
- Make sailors hats in art to wear whilst reading the story!
- Use Harry and the Jaggedy Daggers as the stimulus for a geography unit on the sea, shipwrecks or tsumnamis.
Teach DT and Numeracy with Mr Wolf's Pancakes
- Why not spice up your numeracy lesson by cooking pancakes? Focus on using scales, identifying and choosing different units of measurement. You could even take a class trip to the supermarket to purchase the ingredients and practice important money handling skills.
- After making the recipe, write it down as part of a literacy lesson.
- In DT, set pupils the challenge of creating a sturdy bag for Mr. Wolf to carry home his things from the supermarket. You could even test these out in your own supermarket trip!
Boardstory Themes
Adventure
Animals
Behaviour
Birthdays
Body
Boys
Brothers
Castles
Cats
Christmas
Courage
Cows
Culture
Days of the week
Different Cultures
Dragons
Education
Environment
Fables
Fairytales
Familiar Settings
Family
Fantasy
Farms
Fear
Feelings
Food
Football
Friendship
Fun
German
Ghosts
Girls
Halloween
Holidays
Horses
Islands
Jealousy
Jungle
Knights
Knowledge
Learn the time
Learning
Lies
Loneliness
Love
Magic
Maths
MFL
Nature
Outsiders
Pets
Phonics
Pirates
Poem
Poetry
Princesses
Rhyme
Routine
School
Science
Scotland
Scottish
Seasons
Ships
Siblings
Sisters
Spectres
Sport
Suspense
The Ocean
The Ogglies
Time
Transport
Travel
Weather
Witches
Animals
Behaviour
Birthdays
Body
Boys
Brothers
Castles
Cats
Christmas
Courage
Cows
Culture
Days of the week
Different Cultures
Dragons
Education
Environment
Fables
Fairytales
Familiar Settings
Family
Fantasy
Farms
Fear
Feelings
Food
Football
Friendship
Fun
German
Ghosts
Girls
Halloween
Holidays
Horses
Islands
Jealousy
Jungle
Knights
Knowledge
Learn the time
Learning
Lies
Loneliness
Love
Magic
Maths
MFL
Nature
Outsiders
Pets
Phonics
Pirates
Poem
Poetry
Princesses
Rhyme
Routine
School
Science
Scotland
Scottish
Seasons
Ships
Siblings
Sisters
Spectres
Sport
Suspense
The Ocean
The Ogglies
Time
Transport
Travel
Weather
Witches