Desert Island Discovery (Schools)

Our Desert Island Discovery Club is designed to support Year 3 and 4 children with creative writing.  The club is 5 sessions long (1 hour per session) and generally schools choose to run the club over one half term, with one lesson per week.

This five-session course provides a wonderful opportunity for children to write their own adventure story, with guidance along the way.  They will create some wonderful characters, who find themselves drifting to an uninhabited desert island on a family holiday. What problems will they encounter? How will they return back to safe land? Each session, the children will write a different section of their story, together with practising literary devices and developing a rich vocabulary. It is a fun-filled, interactive session, where the children have the opportunity to create their very own adventure story!

What is included?

• 5 high quality, ready-to-use PowerPoints. These will be sent as links. See below for an example lesson.
• Tool Kit on how to use the PowerPoints (it's very straightforward).
• PDF advert about the club which can be emailed to parents.
• Writing Assessment Grid for assessing progress (if required)
• Support from a live teacher to answer any questions you might have.

How long can my school use the materials for?

Schools purchase a half-termly licence. Schools are allowed to run as many clubs as they would like to, within the purchased time frame. If a school would like to purchase an annual licence, please contact us directly.

Want to see an example lesson?

If you would like to see an example lesson before committing, please click HERE.

Overview of the Club:

Session 1: Planning our Story
During this session, the children are given their challenge! They will be writing a whole story during the sessions and today starts with the planning of the story. They will come up with ideas of what problems they might face on the desert island. 

Session 2: Starting our Story
During this session, the children will decide who the main characters in their story will be and then design their characters, using brilliant creative writing skills to make them interesting and unique! 

Session 3: Building up the Story
During this session, the children will be describing their characters as they go on their boat trip to the island. The children will use their senses to to ensure their writing is exciting.

Session 4: The Problem!
During this session, the children are taught how to use the ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ technique to show their readers the main problem that the family encounter on the desert island. 

Session 5: Ending your Story
During this lesson the children will write about their characters returning to the boat after their adventurous day. However, before their story ends, there will be one last scare for the reader!