Our very own islands - Moortown Primary School, Leeds

As mentioned in the news post about our topic review last week, one of the things the children have enjoyed the most throughout Explorers is designing their own islands.

Our writing was inspired by a fantastic book, The Land of Neverbelieve, which resulted in some brilliant descriptive pieces about exploring this fantastical land. It is an island in the shape of a dragon (although many children believed it to be a wolf) with weird and wonderful areas dotted around: The Dark and Spooky Mountains, The Flowering Meadow, Book Mountain and many more. We decided to create our own islands which have demonstrated incredible imagination and more amazing writing from the children.

Stan’s – in the shape of Freddie Mercury; Neive’s – in the shape of a giraffe; and Owen’s – in the shape of an alien’s head.

Saleem’s – in the shape of a tree; and Aleena’s – in the shape of a face.

Brandon’s – in the shape of a bat; Hibba’s – in the shape of a skull; and Phoenix’s – in the shape of a leopard.

Dan’s – in the shape of a skull; Pohnum’s – in the shape of a rabbit.

Here’s a close up of Zack’s which is in the shape of a dragon and has some brilliant extras on it: a key, profiles of animals from the island and a compass.