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Hyena spends all day scrubbing, scouring and scooping up everybody else’s mess. But the other animals never lend a hand – they just make more and more mess, and they don’t even seem to notice all Hyena’s hard work!
So when Vulture persuades Hyena to take a well-earned holiday, the savannah gets rather stinky… In this comical story about working together, Hyena’s friends learn that saving the planet is all about teamwork!
Teaching Ideas and Resources:
English
- Look at the use of rhyming within the story. Can you make a list of rhyming words and find other words that rhyme with them?
- What does ‘spick and span’ mean? Can you find other popular phrases and explain what they mean?
- Make a persuasive poster to encourage people to do some of the things that the hyena does to help the environment.
- Look at the use of ellipses within the story!
- Write a postcard from the hyena and vulture when they are on their holiday.
- Write the contract between Hyena, Vulture and the other animals to ensure that everyone plays their part in helping the environment.
Science
- Make a list of the different animals shown in the illustrations.
- Describe the habitat where the animals all live.
- Can you explain what happens inside a compost heap??(see Resources below)
- Make a list of materials that can be recycled and a list of materials that cannot.
- Vulture and Hyena go on holiday in a hot air balloon. Can you explain how this works?
Computing
- Use publishing software to make an environmental poster.
- Use a word processing program to make a page from Hyena’s book “Laugh your way Eco”. What information might it give to the reader?
Design Technology
- Design an eye-catching recycling bin for a school playground to encourage children to recycle.
- Reuse old junk materials to make a sculpture of an animal in the story.
Art
- Look at the illustrations on the inside front and back covers. Can you draw your own pictures that only use different shapes of one colour?
- The animals all sign the contract. Can you draw some signatures drawn by different animals?
- Draw some pictures of hyenas, vultures and the other animals in the book.
Music
- Make a song that gives people information about being environmentally friendly.
Geography
- Look at the illustrations on the inside covers. What changes is the hyena making to help the environment?
- Can you look around your local area and find places that would benefit from some tidying? Could you organise a clean-up with a group of friends?
- Find out how different materials are recycled.
- Why is it important that we don’t waste water? How can we encourage people to stop wasting water?
- The animals make a ‘Save the Planet’ banner. Can you make your own?
PSHE
- Hyena is happy to keep things tidy until one day, she feels sad and lonely. What could the other animals do to cheer her up?
- Vulture and Hyena decide to go on ‘strike’. What does this mean?
- Vulture and Hyena make a contract. What is this? Why do people write contracts?
