The Butterfly Lion – Form 4

Form 4 studied a novel written by award-winning author, Michael Morpurgo: “The Butterfly Lion”. Girls enjoyed paired reading, discussing questions about the text and acting out key scenes. They used the text to locate quotes in order to support their ideas about particular characters.

Zeinab and Nina Sophia and Kayleigh

The Tiny Mouse

Even though Sabrina knew if her mum found the mouse, she would be grounded for a lifetime, she would still take the risk. Sabrina and “Tiny” became close friends. Whenever she had time and her parents weren’t looking, she’d go to the park with Tiny. The little mouse always tried to scurry up the slide however he always failed. One rainy morning, Sabrina woke up with a cat in her face, purring quietly. Her mum crept in and shouted, “Surprise!” Sabrina really was surprised at her mum’s sudden outburst. “We bought you a cat!” exclaimed Sabrina’s mother, Cherry. Sabrina thought about cats for a moment. She knew they ate birds, mice and fish. Oh no!

Natasha The Loving Fox

Grace was only nineteen when she found a silky red fox. Her fur felt like you were touching a silk blanket. After a few minutes, Grace noticed that the fluffy red fox was bleeding. She had to get help but the fox put his paw on Grace and made her stay.

Amara The Little Elephant

Today, as I gazed at the beautiful river, I noticed a female elephant. It was all alone and it didn’t seem very happy. It was covered in mud and couldn’t bath itself so I ran home as fast as I could, grabbed a bucket and splashed it over the elephant. She liked water. I decided to keep her and I named her Emma.

Zeinab

The Loving Rabbit

It was behind the tree when she saw it. Amelia screamed very loudly indeed! It’s a rabbit!” Her family immediately came to the tree where she was standing. Holding it, Amelia declared it to be called “Raffi”. However, her dad did tell her that she could name it but it wasn’t coming to live with their family.

Leah

Gabby and the Drowning Kitten

As she was approaching the steps, she heard an urgent “meow”! Nobody was in sight so she just ignored it. As she settled down to bathe in the sun, she heard another. Gabby stripped off her clothes and dived into the blue sea. A kitten was struggling to swim and was about to drown!

Sophia

The Blossom Deer

Emily and Ayse

Two of the book’s main characters first meet in an unusual way! When Millie’s kite becomes stuck in a tree, Bertie climbs up to rescue it! Bertie and

Millie become fast friends, flying kites together every Sunday. He tells Millie all about his life in South Africa, and his white lion – a lion he has tamed back home in South Africa. “I’ll get it down for you,” he said.

Liberty and Leah

Charlotte turned around and Blossom was no longer there. She had gone… Charlotte lay on the grass looking up at the sun, a tear running down her face. “She’s gone, gone forever,” muttered Charlotte. The farmer came over and tried to cheer her up, but it just didn’t work. Day after day, Charlotte searched everywhere but Blossom was not to be found.

Marni

“He told me I had to think of him every time I flew it.”

“Before he left me that last Sunday he gave me a kite.”