This is a word mat and cloze activity that encourages your class to complete the sentences using the words or pictures from the word mat. A beguiling read, filled with warmth and humour, and a vibrant celebration of the power of books to change lives." As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children and young adults. The uplifting tale of a young girl cheered by a cheeky sprite who is unable to lie, The Truth Pixie is short and very sweet” This is a comprehension resource aimed at all of Year 1/2. We have differentiated it to ensure all abilities can be challenged.

Don’t try to be someone you really are not / Your one true self is the best thing you’ve got’. Get this poster and print it out – whether it’s to decorate your bedroom, a classroom or a bookshop! It can be printed up to A3, but will also work just fine A4. On Christmas Eve, while she babysits the kids for their beleaguered father, Ruth regales them with the ancient story of Nikolas (Henry Lawfull), a boy who channels his own pain into a sense of purpose as he sets out to find the fabled town of Elfhelm against all odds. With just his pet mouse and a friendly reindeer at his side, little Nikolas braves the wintry abyss to find the place that once brought his mother so much joy, all in hopes of saving his father and his ailing kingdom. But even Elfhelm is suffering, and it's up to Nikolas to rekindle joy in all of the land, even as he grapples with his own grief.

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Here is the very start of the very special, brand new audio edition of The Truth Pixieby Matt Haig, read by none other than Olivia Colman! And for every copy sold of this exclusive edition, we’re donating 50p to Unicef UK. Get it at Audible! then the troll asks what is the matter with you ? . The pixie says all of the bad things about the troll . Amazing and utterly beautiful, The Midnight Library is everything you'd expect from the genius storyteller who is Matt Haig" Joanna Cannon Get this poster and print it out – whether it’s to decorate your bedroom, a classroom or a bookshop! It can be printed up to A2, but will also work just fine A3, or even A4.

Then the troll got really angry and threw the pixie away . she ended up in the town in a little house . A brand new story for younger readers from number one bestselling author Matt Haig, brilliantly illustrated throughout by Chris MouldYour class will read the passage from the story and try to find the phonics sounds within the words. Haig is one of the most inspirational popular writers on mental health of our age and, in his latest novel, he has taken a clever, engaging concept and created a heart-warming story that offers wisdom in the same deceptively simple way as Mitch Albom's best tales" We don't get to know much about how these three children have lost their mother, but it's clear that they've been overcome with grief and also have a bit of separation anxiety from their father as a result of their loss. (Consider the scene when they desperately make sure that Nikolas will reunite with his own dad in the Christmas tale before Aunt Ruth goes any further. Gulp!) Wisely, Ruth's story doesn't dwell too much on the details of Nikolas' mother's demise, but instead, it includes a lot of details about how much everyone loves and misses her. Her impact on Elfhelm is immense, and she even makes the meanie "Mother" elf happy and sappy.

One thing we do know about his mom is that sometime before she died, she crafted Nikolas' favorite (and, frankly, only) toy — a ragdoll made from a turnip. We're also told that it's been a full two years since she passed, and for most vegetables, that'd be more than enough time for such a thing to completely mold, rot, and maybe even disintegrate. However, Nikolas' ragdoll is still going pretty strong at the start of this story, and even when Aunt Carlotta (Kristen Wiig) cruelly cooks it into Nikolas' soup, it's still green and clearly tasty enough to eat.

Your Ks1 class will also circle words that they feel describe the Truth Pixie at this early stage of the story. Your Year 1 / Year 2 class will read the passage or sentences and use the adjectives from the word bank to complete them. This book is about a pixie named the Truth Pixie her name is that because her aunt casted a magic spell over her so she could only say the truth . When somebody asked her something she always said the truth and that made people sad . So the Truth Pixie was always sad . One day she was walking through the road and a troll came past and he wanted to eat the pixie but she was too bad to eat . New school. New friends. Same old pixie. The Truth Pixie Goes to School is coming! August 2019 – NO FIBS! This resource helps your Year 1 / Year 2 class punctuate their sentences by adding in capital letters and full stops.

From number one bestselling author Matt Haig comes a hilarious and heartwarming story, brilliantly illustrated throughout by Chris Mould I liked this book because I could clearly see a moral or two in it and there's always a good thing in life.