Peter Barnes

Easy comprehension questions (‘Wh’ questions) including the page reference relating to the question - The questions cover the book from Chapter 1 to the epilogue of George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt by Lucy and Stephen Hawking. The questions are pretty comprehensive and so you can edit them down depending on the levels of the students. There are page references next to the questions, but these can be edited out for different levels of difficulty.

This is a Lower Primary Christmas play aimed at Year 1-3. It tells the story of how Rudolph came to pull Santa’s slay on Christmas Eve. It also teaches an anti-bullying message touching on Rudolph being bullied because he looked different. The play incorporates three choral parts as the narration, which are then followed by acting out the scenes. There is scope for adding different Christmas songs also. The play was originally performed with around one hundred students but can be edited for more

This is a Christmas play that has an environmental message about pollution. It is approximately 30 minutes long (including Christmas songs) and was performed with 90-100 students but can be used with more or less students depending on the size of the choral groups.

This is a Christmas play titled “Lost in the Department Store”. It has been performed in Hong Kong and in the UK. A brief outline of the plot is that a boy/girl goes to a department store on Christmas Eve with her parents, loses them and then with the help of a reluctant Santa goes on a journey through the department store trying to find them. Each level (department) gives the opportunity for an individual class to sing a song or Christmas song and do a bit of acting. Departments include: Sports

A visual resource to help students with rounding to the nearest 10.