Meet Flora the Sheep (First Level)

Suggested Participants – Primary 2-4

This short story follows a sheep over the course of a year and shares what happens on a sheep farm over the seasons. The SWAY story can be projected onto a classroom whiteboard for a whole class experience and can be used to cover lifecycles, seasons and farming.

What this pack contains: 

• All the links and content required to deliver our Flora the Sheep story.

• Learning Intentions, Success Criteria and Suggested Experiences & Outcomes.

• Learning for Sustainability links.

• Lesson plan.

• Suggested additional activities.

Learning outcomes:

• We are learning to write a short story.

• We are learning to take on a role.

• We are learning to sort information in a logical sequence.

• We are learning where food comes from.

  Success Criteria:

• I can use my listening skills.

• I can participate in storytelling sessions.

• I can use role play to bring characters to life.

• I can describe the basic journey of food.

Experiences and Outcomes

• ENG 1-17a To show my understanding, I can respond to different kinds of questions and other close reading tasks and I am learning to create some questions of my own.

• LIT 1-09a When listening and talking with others for different purposes, I can exchange information, experiences, explanations, ideas and opinions, and clarify points by asking questions or by asking others to say more.

• EXA 1-12a I enjoy creating, choosing and accepting roles, using movement, expression and voice.

• SOC 1-09a Having explored the variety of foods produced in Scotland, I can discuss the importance of different types of agriculture in the production of these foods.

Learning for sustainability:

• Goal 4 Quality education: achieve literacy and numeracy.