[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-pugs-and-dragons-of-the-frozen-north":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Why get 66 pugs to pull your dog sled when you can get a DRAGON to fly your sled all the way to the North Pole? (Go, Bernard!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/clareclass0_zps7bgnz0vc-c814ddd04a.jpg\" width=\"590\">\\r\n\\r\nI love it when teachers take our books and make them their own, building new stories inspired by the things the class found in them. Essex teacher \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/_borntosparkle\">Claire Williams\u003C/a> worked with me to create this \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i> classroom pack\u003C/b> (which you can \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/pugs-of-the-frozen-north/\">download from my website\u003C/a>) and has sent fun photos of some of the activities in action. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/pugs-of-the-frozen-north/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_classroom_zpsz3mdrw5h-a4bbb1d7b1.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nTo create the 'Great Northern Race' dogsled teams, the parents came in to help! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/96e6c95a9e4940ecbc37e0e8d915fdbc_1x1_zpsekci8fjz-5550705c00.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nCheck out the various sled teams around the top of the room! Kids could imagine whatever kind of creature they liked to pull their sled. (In the book, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and I didn't have just dogs, but also polar bears and dog-shaped robots. But there was room for lots more creatures!) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/clareclass1_zpsppxjlfhe-d78687593c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nDragons appeared very popular. Dragons are cool.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/clareclass4_zpsujzcyzqf-5a8173bc0d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nA giant bumblebee, I never would have thought of that! Ace.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/clareclass2_zpsaly6gbex-64efa3aa59.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can visit \u003Ca href=\"http://www.st-andrews-halstead.co.uk/year-4-polar-bears/\">Claire's classroom blog\u003C/a> and find out more about what they got up to, activities from the notes and other wonderful things she thought up with her Polar Bear class at St Andrew's C of E Primary School in Halstead. I love her enthusiasm and creativity, she sounds like a brilliant teacher.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/57aef494db8a439faf64932ec48117d6_1x1_zpscxr12nkq-3f1abb2cba.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThank you, Claire and the Polar Bears! It looks fabulous! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/4592af1abf6640a3bf2e72a7c2a2525b_1x1_zpsiqojnotq-95c96fd959.jpg\">","2015-10-22T09:22:00.000Z","pugs-and-dragons-of-the-frozen-north",[],"pugs - and dragons! - of the frozen north",1776628727867]