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One night Chick hops onto the farmer’s house and has a browse on his computer – CLICK – soon she’s shopping online for the whole farm! But when she arranges to meet up with a friend she’s made online, she discovers all is not as it seems…
Teaching Ideas and Resources:
English
- The title of this book uses alliteration. Can you think of other story titles that use alliteration? Could you make up some of your own?
- Could you make up your own story that teaches others how to stay safe online?
- Retell the story from Chick’s point of view.
- Think of some speech/thought bubbles to accompany the illustrations.
- Make a list of all of the rhyming words in the story.
- Write a review of this book that could appear on a bookshelf in a shop or in an online store. What did you like/dislike about it?
- Write a few extra pages for the end of the story. What happens to the chick next? Could she escape from the fox?
Maths
- Estimate the prices of the items that the chick bought online. How much did she spend altogether?
Computing
- What online safety messages does Chick learn? What mistakes did she make?
- Create a safe online profile for Chick that doesn’t give away her personal information.
- Create the profile that the fox used to trick the chick.
- Think of some strong passwords that the farmer could have used to stop the Chick using the computer without permission.
- Make a poster, podcast, Powerpoint presentation or video report to teach others about how to stay safe online.
- Could you use design an eSafety board game?
- Try some of our other teaching ideas for Safer Internet Day.
- Download our pack of Internet Safety resources.
Art
- Summarise the story in the form of a comic strip/storyboard.
Music
- Sing this song based on the story:
Geography
- Create a story map that shows the places shown in the story. Add labels to show what happens in each place.