The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark: as read by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge on CBeebies Bedtime Stories

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Mrs Barn Owl explains that the dark can be ‘silver or blue or grey or lots of other colours’. Can you paint a picture showing dark scenes in different colours? Write a report about owls. What is their habitat? What do they eat? What special abilities do they have?

The Duchess of Cambridge is narrating a bedtime story for BBC channel CBeebies to mark Children's Mental Health Week. cfe2-l-47a-the-owl-who-was-afraid-of-the-dark-differentiated-reading-comprehension-activity-lower.pdf Can you plan and write a story about another animal who is afraid of something that animal normally likes? We’ve included an answer key for these questions on The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark (chapters 1 to 7). There’s no need to mark them all yourself if you’re short on time! Simply have children swap their papers with a partner and mark each other’s answers. This will let you focus on other parts of the lesson.It’s such a special and relevant tale and perfectly represents this years’ Children’s Mental Health week theme. I can’t wait to see her deliver her own take on such a classic story and I’m sure our audience can’t either.” Patricia Hidalgo, director of BBC Children’s and Education, said: “I couldn’t be more proud to have the duchess read a CBeebies Bedtime Story as we mark the 20th anniversary of our CBeebies and CBBC channels. For Children's Mental Health Week this year, youngsters and adults are encouraged to consider how they have grown emotionally and try new things to move beyond their comfort zones. The author uses the phrase ‘a fountain of dancing stars sprang up from the ground’ to describe the fireworks. Can you think of other ways of describing your favourite fireworks? In case any of your pupils finish early or need extra practise, you can also print out some of these other activities:

I'm glad this resource is useful! Thanks for letting us know :) Why not fly over to this area to find even more fab resources: Plop makes an ‘EEEEEEEK’ sound for the young lady. Think about the different noises that animals make. How do they use these to communicate with each other? The duchess, who is the royal patron of Place2Be, a children's mental health charity, will appear on the CBeebies show to mark Children's Mental Health Week.

Make a timetable that shows the things that you do on a typical day. Add the things that Plop does during his day. How are they similar / different? Reading comprehension activities are essential in any literacy class, and there are many reasons why. Here are just a few of the benefits they will provide for your child: Other big names to appear on the CBeebies Bedtime Stories are Hollywood star Chris Evans, best known for playing Captain America; Foo Fighters frontman, Dave Grohl; and British actor, Tom Hiddleston. If you’re looking for materials to support teaching on The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, you’ve come to the right place. These differentiated comprehension questions are the perfect reading exercise to accommodate a range of abilities in your class.

Use these differentiated worksheets to help your children plan and write their own chapter for 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'.

Kate was seen wearing a sweater and sitting down cross-legged by a fire bowl to record her reading of the children's classic, The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson.