Features for Teachers: Porridge the Tartan Cat

Are you looking for some MOG-nificent classroom activities? Ones that will make your pupils say Me-WOW? Then look no further than the Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Brawsome Bagpipes Learning Resource Pack.

Created by author Alan Dapré, the pack brings together a range of activities to help literacy, creativity, problem solving and more. Alan is a former Deputy Headteacher and Literacy Co-ordinator, Alan is purr-fectly placed to create engaging, entertaining guides for teachers. All of the activities are closely linked to Curriculum for Excellence Outcomes.

Your pupils can try their hand at:

• Exploring homophones and tongue twisters
• Inventing with Gadget Grandad
• Becoming one of the McFun family through character creation
• Creating their own Porridge adventure

Plus, pupils can learn more about the books themselves by thinking about book covers, titles and the illustrations, created by Yuliya Somina.

Download the Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Brawsome Bagpipes Resource Pack.

More about Porridge the Tartan Cat

Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Brawsome Bagpipes from Alan Dapré is available now! Other books in Alan Dapré’s Porridge the Tartan Cat series include …the Bash-Crash-Ding, …the Kittycat Kidnap, …the Loch Ness Mess and …the Unfair Funfair.

We can offer special deals on class sets. If you’d like more information, please get in touch.

Also available: this a-MEOW-zing Porridge the Tartan Cat Word Play poster. Click on the image to download, or email us to get a poster for your classroom.

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