Sunday 31 October 2021

Creative Writing Activity - Your Own Mindfulness Adventure

Write down your own mindfulness adventure to calm you in times of extreme stress. Maybe you could be wandering along a beach or swimming in a calm blue ocean, or playing in a park you've inherited all to yourself.

Saturday 30 October 2021

Creative Writing Activity - How You Wind Down

Describe in full detail how you like to wind down at the end of a busy day. You could participate in yoga, or take a walk in nature in a garden or a quiet place you love, or have a relaxing bath with bubbles and flower petals!

Friday 29 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Welcome To The Family, As Sung By Scream Street & Bluey Characters

Listen to the song in the video above, then write down your own version in the voices of your favourite characters from Bluey and Scream Street.

Scream Street Month - Bones, As Sung By Scream Street Characters

Influenced by the Scream Street two-parter The Noisy Place, listen to the above song, then write down your own version about the episode in the voice of your favourite Scream Street characters.

Thursday 28 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Pontoon, As Sung By Scream Street Characters

Listen to the song in the video above, then write down your own version of the song in the voice of your favourite Scream Street character.

Wednesday 27 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Little White Church, As Sung By Scream Street Characters

Listen to the song in the video above, then write down your own version in the voice of your favourite Scream Street character.

Monday 25 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Horrid Henry's Hike, As Told By Scream Street Characters

Scream Street is here, and now it's time for writing prompts that'll get your favourite characters involved!

Watch Cabin In The Woods on iPlayer, then watch the video above. After you've done that, rewrite the story in the voice of either Cleo, Luella, Six or one of the other residents of Scream Street in their own words.

Saturday 23 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Looking For A Reason - As Sung By Scream Street Characters

Listen to the above song, then write down your own lyrics for the song in the voice of your favourite character from Scream Street.

Friday 22 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Scream Street: Attack Of The Trolls

Take some time to read Scream Street: Attack Of The Trolls, then write a safer version of the story, where Luke, Resus and Cleo learn to survive in the wild with the help of an eagle whilst trying to return Count Negatov's heart.

Scream Street Month - Thomas & Friends: Scaredy Engines

Watch the video above, then write down a ghost story about a spooky train monster to tell the engines on Halloween night.

Wednesday 20 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Scream Street: Invasion Of The Normals

Write Scream Street: Invasion Of The Normals from the perspective of you, as a normal visiting Scream Street. What is your first impression visiting the street? Who do you meet first? How did you feel when Scream Street pretended to be a dull and boring human village?

Scream Street Month - Maisy's Halloween

Take some time to read Maisy's Halloween, then write down a nursery rhyme about Maisy and her friends Charlie, Tallulah, Cyril and Eddie trying to choose what they want to be for Halloween this year.

Tuesday 19 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Scream Street: Claw Of The Werewolf

Write an alternate version of Scream Street: Claw Of The Werewolf, this time make yourself the star. You find yourself in Scream Street one day, and you're experiencing visions of you, Luke, Resus and Cleo in the Garden Of Eden. First, you become a werewolf, howling and making elephant trumpet noises, then the next moment you're shivering, with no memory and no clothes. How do you cope this way, and how do Luke, Resus, Cleo and the other residents help you?

Scream Street Month - Sheep Trick Or Treat

Take a moment to read Sheep Trick Or Treat. After you've done that, write down the thoughts of the sheep in the story as you turn each page.

Monday 18 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Horrid Henry Minds His Manners As Told By Scream Street Characters

Watch the video above and listen to the story, then, in the voice of your favourite character from Scream Street, rewrite the story in his or her own words to remind us that the Goo Shooter Gang invading the Manners With Maggie set is a reminder of the residents of Scream Street invading the boring Bitesize Daily strand as payback for how they replaced them earlier this year.

Sunday 17 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Angelina's Halloween

Take a few seconds to read Angelina's Halloween. Once you've done that, write a little fairy tale about Angelina, her best friend Alice and her little cousin Henry exploring the woods and finding a village of goblins and fairies that appears when there's a full moon.

Saturday 16 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Fireman Sam: Halloween

Watch the video above, then write down a poem about trick-or-treating from the perspective of Norman, Sarah and James.

Friday 15 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Scream Street: Skull Of The Skeleton

Write your own version of Skull Of The Skeleton from the perspective of Dr. Skulley. How did he feel when the Headless Horseman visited town? What about when Tibia entered the scene, or when a monster was created in the style of Frankenstein?

Scream Street Month - Joshua Jones: Spook

Watch the video above, then write a story to tell Ravi and Fiona around a campfire in the voice of Joshua Jones about a ghost of your own creation.

Wednesday 13 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Scream Street: Flesh Of The Zombie

Write down your own version of Flesh Of The Zombie from the perspective of either Doug, Turf or Berry. How did they feel when they heard Brain Drain was coming to Scream Street? How did they aid Luke, Resus and Cleo in getting Vein's tongue? What did they do in any moment they were absent from?

Scream Street Month - Kipper: The Little Ghost/Mari Nica Swing

Watch the two videos above, then write a version of the above song to depict the ghost in the Kipper episode bringing everything in Kipper's house to life.

Monday 11 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Scream Street: Heart Of The Mummy

Write down your own backstory surrounding Cleo and her mother, and describe a pinpoint in Cleo's life where her mother taught her something important.

Scream Street Month - Franklin's Halloween

Watch the video above, then write down a plan for Franklin to take with him during his memorable Halloween.

Thursday 7 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Scream Street: Blood Of The Witch

Rewrite the Scream Street story Blood Of The Witch from Eefa's perspective. How did she feel when the blood taps ran dry? What was her reaction to the vampire rats that infested Scream Street? What would be her advice to Luke, Resus and Cleo to help them find the vial containing the witch's blood?

Scream Street Month - The Fantastical Origins Of Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party

Write down a story explaining the origins of Disneyland's annual Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party event. Maybe Mickey got the idea when he was trick-or-treating with his friends, or while he was at a massive Halloween party with other Disney characters. Whatever you decide to write about, theme it only to Disneyland's Halloween Party event.

Monday 4 October 2021

Scream Street Month - Scream Street: Fang Of The Vampire

Write your own version of Fang Of The Vampire from the perspectives of Resus and Cleo. How did they feel when Luke came into Scream Street? What were they doing before that event? How did the search for the first relic change their lives forever?

Scream Street Month - Mickey's Spooky Night

Watch the video above, then write down your own version of Mickey's Spooky Night from the perspective of either Donald, Goofy, Minnie or Daisy and how they chose their costumes and got ready for Mickey's Halloween party.

Friday 1 October 2021

Scream Street Month Announcement

Next month is the spookiest month of the year, which means more new Scream Street on CBBC! That means there'll be a whole month of writing prompts based on Scream Street and lots of other Halloween stories, named Scream Street Month! Tune in each weekday for two new writing prompts!

Creative Writing Activity - Barky Boats/She Bangs The Drums

Listen to the song above, then write down the story of two of the older buddies who visited Bluey's school, Charlie and Pepper. They have feelings for each other, but are too shy to open up to one another. How do you think their little buddies Snickers and Rusty will react, and how can they help Charlie tell Pepper he loves him?

Once you've done that, create your own magic spot where you can go to go back to the green zone of the Emotional Regulations Chart, with this lesson based on Barky Boats itself. Don't tell Charlie and Pepper about this though:

Creative Writing Activity - Mr. Worry & The Giant

Watch the video above, then write down what happens when you land in the world Mr. Worry ended up in in the episode.

Creative Writing Activity - The Hallowistmas Drill - Part 1

CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!! How would YOU get revenge on CBBC for taking away your favourite programme?!