Literacy Week February 29th – March 5th 2016

My Family and EXPLANATORY other Animals NOTES Scavenger Hunt

The Scavenger Hunt will take The activity is differentiated by children to eight specific support. We anticipate that animals around the park. At older/more able children will each location, there will be a read the text independently laminated sheet like the one whereas younger children will

My Family and to the left. The children are need support from an adult. other Animals Scavenger Hunt encouraged to read the short

Gerald spent his days looking for lizards text. Each sheet also has the It would be useful if at the start, and geckos in his garden with his teacher Theodore. Gerald didn’t go to school. Instead his teachers used to come to his picture and name of a character the teacher explains that the house. They had to change their lessons so that they always involved animals otherwise Gerald would get bored! Theodore gave from the book My Family and statue is who set Gerald his first microscope. Other Animals. Children should up (as it was called write the character name on then) in 1959. He also wrote their answer sheet in the space many books but perhaps his

Sponsored by provided. The Scavenger Hunt most famous book is My Family saving species from extinction starts at the Gerald Durrell statue and Other Animals about his and ends at the Gerald Durrell time growing up in . The exhibition (near the ibis). Every children will find out more about child who completes the activity Gerald and his family as they go will get a sticker. around the park.

You will need to bring with you: 1. Pens/pencils for the children to write with 2. Sufficient copies of the scavenger hunt sheet 3. Clipboards (optional) 4. Answer sheet(s)

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saving species from extinction Durrell Literacy Week My Family and February 29th – March 5th 2016 other Animals EXPLANATORY NOTES Scavenger Hunt ANSWERS

1 START – Gerald Durrell statue. 7 Find our heaviest animals. They come from Africa and one of Picture: LARRY them has a silver back. 2 Here you will find animals with Picture: ROGER no legs, chickens that aren’t (AT GORILLAS) chickens and dragons! Picture: THEODORE 8 These big black animals have sharp claws and teeth and (AT REPTILE HOUSE) love climbing trees. Don’t take these teddies to bed with you! 3 These animals live in desert burrows. Here at the park you Picture: DURRELL FAMILY can see them through a big (AT BEARS) bubble! Picture: MARGO 9 Find the animals with the black and white stripy tails. They (AT MEERKATS) come from Madagascar. 4 Go past the flamingos to find Picture: ULYSSES the black birds with long beaks (AT LEMURS – EITHER LEMUR and two ‘i’s in their name. LAKE OR KIRINDY) Picture: LESLIE (AT IBIS) 10 Go to the Gerald Durrell 5 Find the only mammal that can Experience to find the last fly. They hang upside down! picture and collect your sticker. Picture: MOTHER (AT BATS) You can look at the exhibition if you would like to find out more 6 Go and see the orange apes. about Gerald Durrell. Picture: SPIRO Picture: GERALD (AT ORANGUTANS) (AT GD EXHIBITION) FINISH

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