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How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing by Cressida Cowell - School Teaching Resources

This pack contains a variety of engaging activities suitable for classroom or library sessions. Children will imagine that they are Viking warriors attending the ‘Isle of Berk’s Training School for Vikings and Dragons’. They will complete crosscurricular challenges such as making their own Viking ship, designing their own dragon and creating a comic strip adventure story.

The activities are designed for lower key stage two but can easily be adapted for younger or older students and differentiated to suit the needs of your class.

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Read to the Beat Collection - Book Information

The Reading Agency and public libraries are working to change this with the Summer Reading Challenge – a FREE, UK-wide programme. Last year, over 575,000 children took part with nearly 12 million books being read. Sing from the rooftops! We’re so thrilled that the theme for the Summer Reading Challenge 2026 will be music. Our exciting partnership with Universal Music Group UK will open doors for children to explore the creative power of reading and music. The link between music and...

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