Sir Kit and Dragon Island, originally uploaded by LindaH.
This is the Year 3 Literacy Intervention which has replaced ALS. The materials are available to download from the DFES site . You’ll also find some clip art here on the Lancs NGFL site.
The Quest group really fires the kids’ imaginations. They love Sir Kit and I found they drink it all in. They like all the trappings too, that’s why I found a magic bottle (ex-bubble bath) to put on the display with their letters. The more you can do of that sort of thing the better the kids like it.
The map was aged with brown paint and pva (dash of paint in a 1part glue to 3 parts water solution) then crumpled when dry.
The volcano roleplay session in block B of Module 1 is really good fun.
This display was made to evolve through the 16 week intervention, with new targets and work being put up every two weeks.
One thing to watch out for though is the sharks module. Last year I found the page references were wrong for the edition of the book we’d bought & some of the info they needed was missing. I managed to find a book in the library & photocopied the information. It’s worth checking in advance.
It’s also worth re-emphasising that the intervention is aimed at 2c children & is too hard for the lower group. They’d enjoy the story but the work will quickly overwhelm them. It ramps up quite quickly too with Module 3 being quite challenging for below average achievers in Year 3.
There are a couple of interesting conversations about it over on the TA Chat forum
I am also involved in
#1 by Catherine Drion on January 8, 2008 - 9:32 pm
Thanks for your display. It is lovely. I’m about to start the programme tomorrow and it’s given me good ideas. It does look like fun. Here is another easy way of ageing a map : use a wet teabag to dab the paper; when it’s dry it will look like parchment paper…
#2 by Linda on January 9, 2008 - 12:43 pm
Thanks for your kind words Catherine. The programme is great fun and the children really enjoy it. Unlike some interventions this one really took off. The last group I did it with loved the Dilly the Dinosaur books and it really stimulated their interest in books in general.
#3 by julie on January 11, 2008 - 7:18 pm
Thanks for the good ideas i have just begun the quest with the children and putting up a display like this will really boost the children
#4 by Trish on January 14, 2008 - 8:30 pm
What a brilliant idea to put up a display. This is my second year doing the Quest and I think I’ll take on your idea and put a display up this time.
Last year I dressed the children as Knights and took their pictures to hang on the wall, this really got them in the spirit of the program and they asked me questions like “Was Sir Kit real?” and “Where did he live?” etc.
I put details on the things we did on my website so others could see and use themselves, see what you think:
The main project:
http://www.learningshouldbefun.co.uk/projects_sir_kits_quest.htm
The extra’s and accessories:
http://www.learningshouldbefun.co.uk/projects_sir_kits_quest_extras.htm
http://www.learningshouldbefun.co.uk/projects_sir_kits_quest_accessories.htm
I also made special bookmarks and gave them to the children when they had completed a challenge from a chapter – they loved them:
http://www.learningshouldbefun.co.uk/bookmarks_sir_kits_quest.htm
This year I’ve made a volcano out of paper mache and am planning to make it explode using baking soda, this website showed me how:
http://www.volcanolive.com/model.html
I feel this would also make the lesson valuable and exciting.
Another idea I have is to play music during or at the beginning of a lesson. For example, on the shark chapter – play jaws music.
Overall I find the Sir Kits quest program to be excellent for all the children involved and it’s also brilliant for us to be creative and bring fun to the lessons
#5 by jona on October 21, 2008 - 2:45 pm
i love sir kit
#6 by adelaida on February 21, 2009 - 1:36 pm
me too i am 8 years old and at my shcool i went to reading group and we learned about him we read storrys and sir kit forgets things can !!!!!
#7 by stacey on March 23, 2009 - 5:52 pm
You get to visit diffrent islans like dragon island the shark lagoon and dragon food you get to do diffrent things and thereb are siffrent groups and diffrent peopel
#8 by kia on March 23, 2009 - 5:54 pm
You get to visit diffrent islands like dragon island the shark lagoon and dragon food you get volcano food from the volcano but they dont die
#9 by kia on March 23, 2009 - 6:01 pm
We have the same people everyday but one the other people do it and we have fun all of us but we do best till last
#10 by stacey on March 23, 2009 - 6:02 pm
It is great and you dont do the same things because the second group does fun things first and we do work first and they do work after and we do fun things after.
#11 by kia on March 23, 2009 - 6:04 pm
One group go before break and the other go after break
#12 by kia on March 23, 2009 - 6:07 pm
We get a wistle a teliskope a eye pach not everyday
#13 by stacey on March 23, 2009 - 6:08 pm
we wair are school clothes but somtimes we wair are pe kit when we get changed for pe
#14 by kia on March 23, 2009 - 6:08 pm
it is really fun
#15 by stacey on March 23, 2009 - 9:11 pm
sir kit needs are help and we are trying to help him and we are realy trying to try hard and when we have finished are work we are doing fuun things
#16 by stacey on March 23, 2009 - 9:15 pm
we are having a great time helping sir kit get to
dragon island
#17 by stacey on March 23, 2009 - 9:18 pm
wea re having a great day and having lots andlots of fun helping sir kit and having a great time
#18 by stacey on March 23, 2009 - 9:20 pm
i love sir kit
#19 by stacey on March 23, 2009 - 9:21 pm
sir kit is fun
#20 by stacey on March 24, 2009 - 7:35 am
sir kit has a map and we do work and fun things
#21 by kia on March 24, 2009 - 5:27 pm
i like the magic trumpet it is the best
#22 by stacey on March 24, 2009 - 5:29 pm
sir kit,s group has lots and lots of fun and has lovely displays
#23 by kia on March 24, 2009 - 5:30 pm
we have mrs hillibrand
and the other group have mrs craswell
#24 by stacey on March 24, 2009 - 5:30 pm
sir kit group is fun
#25 by chloe on April 19, 2009 - 11:20 am
i dont no dragon island but i still want to do it
#26 by chloe on April 19, 2009 - 11:22 am
i dont do it
#27 by Linda on June 9, 2009 - 6:30 pm
I’m really glad you are all enjoying Sir Kit so much and you are welcome to talk about it here. I just need to remind you to be kind to each other. Nasty comments will be removed.
#28 by stacey on September 3, 2009 - 11:28 pm
we have finished sir kit and it was fun at the end because you got books
#29 by stacey on November 14, 2009 - 8:12 am
hi kia nice to see you
#30 by stacey on November 14, 2009 - 8:14 am
i like kia because she is a nice person like me and linda and she is always kind she always shares and she dont push anyone out
#31 by stacey on November 14, 2009 - 8:15 am
hi kia
#32 by stacey on November 14, 2009 - 8:16 am
has any of u finished sir kit group because me and kia have
#33 by stacey on November 14, 2009 - 8:16 am
wat u all doin
#34 by kia on November 14, 2009 - 8:18 am
thanks stacey u are my best friend
#35 by kia on November 14, 2009 - 8:20 am
u never push people out do u no because u are kind