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Category: Features for Teachers
David Macphail’s Top Ten (Almost Entirely True) Viking Facts
Posted on 24/04/26 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
The Vikings. Big, hairy blokes who sailed around Europe, terrifying people with their giant beards and even gianter farts… But they weren’t all blok …
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Velda’s Unicorn Name Generator
Posted on 24/04/26 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
Every unicorn needs a good unicorn name, a name that sends waves of fabulousness out into the world. What’s your Unicorn name? 1. On what day of the m …
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Features for Teachers: The Nightkeeper’s Apprentice
Posted on 24/03/26 in Features for Teachers
Are you looking for rewarding reading resources your pupils will relish? Check out Jude Reid’s brilliant resource pack for her debut children’s novel …
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Features for Teachers: Secret Agent Nessie Classroom Resource Pack
Posted on 19/03/26 in Features for Teachers
Are you looking for rewarding reading resources that your pupils will relish? Check out this great resource pack for Secret Agent Nessie by Gary Chudl …
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How to Draw Nugget
Posted on 23/02/26 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
The Fowl Fiend from Secret Agent Nessie When a gang of squabbling seagulls pull off a daring fish and chip heist, Secret Agent Nessie and her pals in …
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Features for Teachers: Firebloom
Posted on 14/08/25 in Features for Teachers
From creative writing and design challenges to research missions, sea shanties and jellyfish! Are you looking for rewarding reading resources that you …
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Features for Teachers: My Name Is Samim Teacher Resource Pack
Posted on 23/05/25 in Features for Teachers, Fidan Meikle
‘A book that should be available in every school’ – Lisa Thompson, author of Goldfish Boy Are you a teacher looking for a book to inspire your class a …
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Brilliant Beaver Facts Poster
Posted on 28/02/25 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
Looking for some fun posters to brighten up a classroom, library or bedroom? Check out this brilliant beaver poster featuring illustrations by Phoebe …
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Features for Teachers: By the Beaver Pool
Posted on 28/02/25 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
The Brilliance of Beavers In By the Beaver Pool, author Catherine Ward deftly spins together a compelling story with factual information about how bea …
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Dragon Tales: Poster Download
Posted on 04/10/24 in Features for Teachers, Kate Leiper, Posters
Looking for some fun posters to brighten up a classroom, library or bedroom? Let your imagination take flight with these free pdf posters featuring ar …
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Features for Teachers: The Edge of the Silver Sea
Posted on 29/08/24 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
Creative writing, art and environmental activities: are you looking for rewarding reading resources that your pupils will relish? Then why not try thi …
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The Edge of the Silver Sea: Character Art Activity
Posted on 06/08/24 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
Character Art Activity Sheets When you meet a new character in a book, do you immediately start to form a picture in your head or what they look like? …
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Ice Cream Boy: Teacher’s Resource Pack
Posted on 16/04/24 in Features for Teachers
Are you looking for rewarding reading resources that your pupils will relish? Then why not try this great resource pack for Ice Cream Boy by Lindsay L …
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Cloudlanders Activity Pack
Posted on 01/09/23 in Features for Teachers
Come for the giant mushroom, stay for the exciting and entertaining activity pack based on Cloudlanders! The Cloudlanders Activity Pack has been creat …
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Cloudlanders Top Trumps!
Posted on 01/09/23 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
Get to know the Cloudlanders characters with these downloadable “top trumps” cards! Print and play with the pre-filled cards featuring the six main ch …
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Spectacular Scottish Women: Poster Download
Posted on 24/08/23 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff, Posters
Looking for some fun posters to brighten up a classroom, library or bedroom? Download our free pdf posters featuring artwork by the amazing Eilidh Mul …
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Who’s YOUR Spectacular Scottish Woman?
Posted on 21/08/23 in Competitions, Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
From authors to athletes, scientists to singers, queens to campaigners, you’ll meet some of Scotland’s most spectacular women in this inspiring collec …
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Features for Teachers: Outer Space with the Museum Mystery Squad
Posted on 27/04/23 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
Do you have an out-of-this world outer space project coming up with your class? Are you looking for a fun way to introduce the topic, some engaging cl …
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Features for Teachers: Haarville
Posted on 23/02/23 in Books, Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
Creative writing, design challenges, research missions, group discussion, drama exercises, games and lots more! Are you looking for rewarding reading …
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Features for Teachers: Scotland’s Kings and Queens
Posted on 29/09/22 in Books, Features for Teachers
Test your knowledge of Scotland’s most famous kings and queens with our brilliant quiz sheets based on Illustrated Legends of Scotland’s Kings and Que …
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Timeline of the Kings and Queens of Scotland Poster
Posted on 22/09/22 in Books, Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff, Posters
Looking for something to brighten up your classroom, library or child’s bedroom? Download our free, printable Illustrated Legends of Scotland’s Kings …
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The Tall Tale of the Giant’s Causeway poster
Posted on 15/09/22 in Books, Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff, Posters
Looking for something to brighten up your classroom, library or child’s bedroom? Download our free, printable The Tall Tale of the Giant’s Causeway po …
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Features for Teachers: The Hill of the Red Fox
Posted on 19/07/22 in Features for Teachers
Are you looking for rewarding reading resources that your pupils will relish? Then why not try this great resource pack for The Hill of the Red Fox by …
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Features for Teachers: The Sky Beneath the Stone
Posted on 26/02/22 in Books, Features for Teachers
Adventures Through the Portal Nature, art, map reading and storytelling activities; are you looking for rewarding reading resources that your pupils w …
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The Sky Beneath the Stone Poster
Posted on 14/02/22 in Books, Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff, Posters
Looking for something to brighten up your classroom, library or child’s bedroom? Download our free, printable The Sky Beneath the Stone poster, featur …
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Features for Teachers: Velda the Awesomest Viking
Posted on 28/05/21 in Extract, Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff, Launches and Events
Are you ready for an AWESOME adventure? Well, ARE YOU? Velda is a small girl with a BIG axe, and a BIGGER attitude! Join her on her quest as she makes …
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Features for Teachers: Secrets of the Last Merfolk
Posted on 13/05/21 in Features for Teachers, Lindsay Littleson
Are you looking for rewarding reading resources that your pupils will relish? Then why not try this great resource pack for Secrets of the Last Merfol …
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Features for Teachers: The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle
Posted on 11/03/21 in Features for Teachers
Are you looking for rewarding reading resources that your pupils will relish? Then why not try this great resource pack for The Spellbinding Secret of …
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How to Make a Book
Posted on 27/08/20 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff, Video
Have you ever wondered how a book gets made? Our friends at Bell & Bain printers sent us this brilliant video of An Amazing Animal Atlas of Scotla …
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The Baby Red Squirrel Rescue Activities
Posted on 07/08/20 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
The Animal Adventure Club, Isla, Buzz, Gracie and Lexi are always keen to learn more about the environment and the wildlife around them. Michelle Sloa …
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Sharing Our Stories Online
Posted on 27/03/20 in Books, Features for Teachers
We recognise the need to be flexible in our approach to granting permissions to those looking to share our stories online. We are committed to finding …
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Features for Teachers: The Dangerous Lives of the Jacobites
Posted on 15/10/19 in Features for Teachers
Who were the Jacobites and what were they fighting for? Step into the shoes of siblings Rob and Aggie, young Jacobites living in the Scottish Highland …
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Features for Teachers: Kindness Butterflies
Posted on 24/09/19 in Features for Teachers, Posters, Victoria Williamson
The Boy with the Butterfly Mind Jamie Lee wants to be normal. But his ADHD makes him feel like his brain is full of butterflies. Elin Watts wan …
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Features for Teachers: The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle
Posted on 11/09/19 in Features for Teachers
Are you looking for rewarding reading resources that your pupils will relish? Then why not try this great resource pack for The Fox Girl and the White …
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Features for Teachers: Jacobite Songs
Posted on 17/07/19 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
Many songs have been written about the Jacobites and Bonnie Prince Charlie, both at the time of the Risings and afterwards, in Gaelic, Scots an …
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Features for Teachers: Guardians of the Wild Unicorns
Posted on 13/02/19 in Features for Teachers
Are you looking for rewarding reading resources that your pupils will relish? Then why not try this great resource pack for Guardians of the Wild Unic …
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Features for Teachers: Norse Code
Posted on 23/11/18 in Features for Teachers
The Museum Mystery Squad are on the hunt for a vanishing Viking in their latest case, and they’ve found a mysterious note written in strange runes… …
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Guest Post: How to Write a Mystery by David MacPhail
Posted on 15/08/18 in Features for Teachers, Guest posts
We all love a good mystery, and David MacPhail’s latest Top-Secret Grandad adventure, Death by Soup, is at the top of our to read pile. We caught up w …
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Features for Teachers: The First World War
Posted on 17/07/18 in Features for Teachers
If you’re a teacher with a First World War project coming up, we’ve got some ideas and resources that might help! There are so many different aspects …
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Features for Teachers: Roman Riddles
Posted on 23/04/18 in Features for Teachers
Looking for a fun way to introduce the Romans to your class? Mike Nicholson and the Museum Mystery Squad are here to help with a Roman Riddle! In Muse …
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Features for Teachers: Rowan the Red Squirrel
Posted on 23/02/18 in Features for Teachers
Here at Kelpies HQ, we love spotting Scottish wildlife. One of our favourite creatures is the red squirrel. Lynne Rickards’ latest picture book – Rowa …
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Features for Teachers: Organising a book sale for your author visit
Posted on 15/02/18 in Features for Teachers
If you have an author visit coming up, giving your pupils the chance to buy books is a great way to keep them reading after the event. Our authors wil …
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Features For Teachers – A Terrific Teeger Tea Party Events Pack
Posted on 24/01/18 in Features for Teachers, Scots Language
At Kelpies HQ we’re very excited to be joining in the 50th anniversary celebration of Judith Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came To Tea by publishing our own Sc …
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Features for Teachers: Scots Language Glossary
Posted on 12/01/18 in Features for Teachers, Scots Language
Bringing the Scots language into your classroom has never been easier with our range of picture books in Scots, now including a muckle, strippit new t …
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Features for Teachers: Ruby McCracken Activity Pack
Posted on 15/12/17 in Features for Teachers
Are you looking for some Ruby Mc-Cracking activities for your classroom? Then look no further than this Ruby McCracken: Tragic Without Magic activity …
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Features for Teachers: Porridge the Tartan Cat
Posted on 15/12/17 in Features for Teachers
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 Tar …
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Features for Teachers: Accidental Time Traveller
Posted on 15/12/17 in Features for Teachers, Janis Mackay
Are you looking for rewarding reading resources that your pupils will relish? Then why not try this pack for the award-winning The Accidental Time Tra …
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Design Your Own Robot with the Museum Mystery Squad
Posted on 20/07/17 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
Some people think that museums are boring places full of glass cases, dust and stuff no one cares about: wrong! In a hidden headquarters below the exh …
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Hidden Hieroglyphics Puzzle Time!
Posted on 20/03/17 in Features for Teachers, Fun Stuff
Egyptian hieroglyphics don’t have an alphabet like ours. Hieroglyphics can be symbols, or pictures of animals, people or objects. Some are easy to fig …
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Features for Teachers: Burns Night and Scots Language Week
Posted on 19/01/17 in Features for Teachers
On 25th January, people in Scotland and around the world will celebrate the birth of “Scotland’s Bard” Robert Burns. We’ve put together some fun facts …
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Features for Teachers: We’re Gangin on a Bear Hunt
Posted on 18/08/16 in Features for Teachers, Scots Language
We’re gangin on a bear hunt. We’re gaun tae catch a braw yin. Whit a bonnie day! We’re no feart. Looking for a fun way to introduce the Scots language …
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Features for Teachers: Writing Superpowered Stories
Posted on 03/06/16 in Features for Teachers
Looking for a way to encourage creative writing with your class? We asked The Superpower Project author Paul Bristow for his top writing tips and he g …
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Features for Teachers: Resources based on previous 5-14 Curriculum
Posted on 08/01/16 in Features for Teachers
For several years, we produced free Teacher’s Guides to selected Kelpies. Below is a complete list of all the Teacher’s Guides currently available. Al …
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