Varmints

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Helen Ward trained as an illustrator at Brighton School of Art, under the direction of well-known children's illustrators such as Raymond Briggs, Justin Todd, Chris McEwan and John Vernon Lord. In 1985, her final year at Brighton, Helen was awarded the first Walker Prize for Children's Illustration.

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A varmint is an animal that is considered to be a pest. Can you think of animals that this definition might include? Could you write a report about them? There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root. Coverage: Word List Words We found it on YouTube and gave it a watch. There's a bit more going on in the short but it's no less captivating. This is athree-session spelling seed for the book Varmints by Helen Ward. Below is the coverage from Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum 2014.In Year 6, we wrote a setting description of the enchanted forest, or the magnificent castle, and then wove this into our narrative that started with a prequel of how the crayons came into existence. One of the creatures grows plants in his home. What do plants need to grow? Can you grow some of your own? In art, we thought about what we would like to see behind a magical door. We then created our 3D art pieces with our ideas. We also made magical lanterns in the colour that we would like our magical crayon to be. Sehr schön animierter Kurzfilm, der komplett ohne Sprache auskommt und erst durch die Musik von Johann Johannsson richtig funktioniert. Ein Film gewordener Hilferuf der Natur. Having expected them to be sepia and more delicate, the design of the little Varmints was a surprise, Droopy-like with monk-hood markings and heavy kangaroo tails. Then their frequently moving ears, like rabbits but with more flexibility, started to endear them to me. Whilst their rural home was very beautiful, the sudden building of a fully-formed city in such a short sequence never felt believable and thus I didn't feel the pining as I should. (I really have a thing about time and gradualness in films at the moment.)

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