JANE BOND IS BUZZING!

Thank you for downloading this Buzzing! KS2 educationalresource, which consists of:

Teacher information sheet

‘Jane Bond’ double-page spread from my Buzzing! book

Buzzing! title page and Foreword

Buzzing! Table of Contents.

CONTACT DETAILS

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A National Insect Weekrecommended children’s bookand teachers’ resource The Legal Bit: You may download and use this resource and share it

with others as long as you credit the author (Anneliese Emmans Dean)and you do not use it commercially or change it in any way.

Buzzing! is available from bookshops and online at e.g. Amazonand theBigBuzz.biz.

N.B. The sample Buzzing! pages in this resource are at a reduced sizecompared to the printed hardback book.

Shortlisted for the 2013 Royal SocietyYoung People’s Book Prize

Nominated for the 2013 Carnegie Medal

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Watch a video of me performing ‘Jane Bond’ here. Find extra Buzzing! resources at theBigBuzz website. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust Teachers’ Pack includes Power-

Point, KS1 and KS2 curriculum-linked lesson plans (IntroducingBumblebees; Identifying Bumblebees; Investigating Bumblebees), IDchart, stickers etc. Contact enquiries@bumblebeeconservation.orgThe Bumblebee Conservation Trust website includes information onbumblebee life cycle and ID as well as activities and games andlists of bumblebee-friendly flowers to plant:www.bumblebeeconservation.org/get-involved/bumble-kids/

ENJOYED THIS? ‘Jane Bond’ comes from my book Buzzing! (Discover the poetry in

garden minibeasts), a National Insect Week recommended book.Buzzing! was shortlisted for the 2013 Royal Society Young People’sBook Prize and nominated for the 2013 Carnegie Medal.Buzzing! contains 64 double-page colour spreads, each consisting ofan ‘edu-taining’ minibeast poem + photo + factabulous scientificinformation. (See Table of Contents at the end of this resource pack.)

Buy Buzzing! from bookshops and online at e.g. Amazon and theBigBuzz.biz.

FORGET JAMES BOND -MAKE WAY FOR JANE BOND!Introduce your KS2 pupils to bumblebees through this

buzzing cross-curricular science/literacy resourcewith Anneliese Emmans Dean of theBigBuzz

CURRICULUM RELEVANCELife processesHumans and other animalsLiving things in theirenvironmentFeeding relationshipsMinibeasts; Habitats

Literacy Poetry - including choral,

oral and performance poems Outdoor learning

Sustainability Creative curriculum

JAMES BOND VS JANE BONDJust like James Bond (007), Jane Bond (a female worker bumblebee):

plays a vitally important role in national (food) security - we havebees to thank for 1 in 3 mouthfuls of food we eat (because theypollinate crops)

is equipped with special gadgets - her built-in pollen baskets anda secret weapon, i.e. the ‘sting in her tail’

faithfully serves her Queen - the queen bumblebee in her nest.

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES Read the poem ‘Jane Bond’ (see next page) out loud to the class. Discuss the information contained in the poem and in the associated

‘Factabulous’ box, plus the James Bond vs Jane Bond points below. Ask the children to learn and perform ‘Jane Bond’, either individ-

ually, in groups or as a whole class. Discuss how the poem works, and what the pupils enjoy about it. Ask the children to write a minibeast poem, perhaps in the guise

of a well-known character, perhaps including factual information. Go outdoors (when it’s sunny) and look for bumblebees and the

flowers they might be attracted to. Plant more flowers for them!

INTRODUCTIONThis ‘Jane Bond’ resource is based on an extract from my book Buzzing!(Discover the poetry in garden minibeasts), which has a Foreword by theBumblebee Conservation Trust and is a National Insect Week recommendedKS2 children’s book and teachers’ resource.Buzzing! marries science with humorous rhyming poetry to create across-curricular resource that both educates and entertains.

GET YOUR SCHOOL BUZZING! I visit primary schools nationwide to put on Buzzing! shows in which

I perform a selection of the poems from my Buzzing! book to abackdrop of projected close-up minibeast images. Read feedback.

I also offer follow-up poetry, photography and/or minibeast workshops. Schools often invite me to visit during their book/poetry/science/green

week or when working towards Eco-Schools or ArtsMark awards. I am a member of Equity and NAWE (National Association of Writers

in Education). I am CRB checked and have public liability insurance.

‘Every primary school in the UK should book this enjoyable show.’Review of my Ledbury Poetry Festival Buzzing! show

‘The children kept coming up to me telling me that we should have youback once a week.’ Primary Head Teacher, Thirsk, North Yorkshire

‘Personly, I think you’re the best poet in the world.’ Jack, Year 5CONTACT DETAILS

info@theBigBuzz.biz www.theBigBuzz.biz @theBigBuzzNews

‘Anneliese has discovered the poetry in gardenminibeasts and knows a lot about them too.

She has the Buzz!’ Quentin Blake

Extract from by Anneliese Emmans Dean

Foreword by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust

A National Insect Week recommended children’s book and teachers’ resource

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’ Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Nominated for the 2013 Carnegie Medal; Shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize

Available from bookshops and online at e.g. Amazon and theBigBuzz.biz. RRP £14.99

© 2012 Anneliese Emmans Dean

The printed book is larger than this sample (17 x 17.5cm)

Title page and Foreword (by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust) of:

by Anneliese Emmans Dean

Published by Brambleby Books (ISBN 9781908241078)

Hardback, full colour throughout. Over 170 photos.

Available from bookshops and online at e.g.

Amazon and theBigBuzz.biz. RRP £14.99

A National Insect Week recommendedchildren’s book and teachers’ resource

The printed book is larger than this sample (17 x 17.5cm)

Contents pages of: by Anneliese Emmans Dean

Foreword by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Published by Brambleby Books (ISBN 9781908241078)

Hardback, full colour throughout. Over 170 photos.

Available from bookshops and online at e.g.

Amazon and theBigBuzz.biz. RRP £14.99

A National Insect Week recommendedchildren’s book and teachers’ resource

© 2012 Anneliese Emmans Dean

The printed book is larger than this sample (17 x 17.5cm)