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Key Questions

Teaching Resources

Where is Struay and what is it like?

Where is Katie Morag set? A PowerPoint presentation from Eduwight.

Katie Morag and the Two Grandmothers Ideas from Helen Martin at Shelley Primary School West Sussex about how to use the story to improve geographical understanding.

Welcome to the Isle of Struay From Random House, an introduction to some of the people who live on Struay and the places there, such as the Post Office.

The Isle of Struay. A lovely presentation from the Year 2 class at Stallingborough Primary School.

If you are looking for information and photographs, the following sites for the Inner Hebrides and the Island of Coll on which Struay is based may be useful: Calmac Scottish Tour Guide and the Isle of Coll website

Panaromas of the Isle of Coll This is the Coll Holidays website. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for 360 degree panoramas of the island.

Pictures of Coll from www.sturgeon.dircon.co uk.

What type of transport is used to get to, and move around, Struay?

Transport Photo Gallery from cvscotland.com. Has pictures of a range of transport including paddle steamers and ferries.

Photographs of Boats by Bob Jude. Has different types of boats.

Fishing Boats in Orkney from doughoughton.com.

Photo-transport.co.uk has pictures of Ferries and lorries

How is Struay similar to, and different from, our locality?

Mike Briggs Photography. A gallery of photographs of various Scottish islands. Use these to compare with local photographs.

West Coast of Scotland Gallery. Landscapes and seascapes of the West Coast of Scotland, where the fictional Isle of Struay is based.

London Photo Gallery. This site is organised into different sections, e.g. Attractions, Buildings and Architecture, People and so on.

Worldcityphotos.org. This site has a wealth of photos from cities all over the world. To start a discussion about how different the Isle of Struay is from a large city, CLICK HERE to view pictures of the world's largest urban areas.

For comparing and contrasting localities, looking at aerial photographs can be useful. Multimap.com : type in your postcode to view your area from above! (It does not cover Scotland at the moment though).

St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School in Richmond have been comparing the Isle of Struay with their locailty. Look at some of their work here.

Who lives on Struay and what work do they do?

Favourite Characters: Katie Morag. Again from Randomhouse, a webpage devoted to Katie Morag. With activities and resources to print out and use.

The Katie Morag Books (PDF) A booklet with teachers' notes, information about the Katie Morag books and characters and some ideas for activities. From Randomhouse.co.uk.

What do I like and dislike about Struay? Would I like to live there?

Where I Live (Word) A worksheet where pupils can fill in what they like and dislike about where they live. From firstschoolyears.com.

Likes and Dislikes of Struay (Word) A worksheet where pupils can draw and/or write about their favourite and least favourite aspects of life on Struay.

Struay Writing Frame (Word) A sheet for pupils to write about why they would like to live on Struay and what they would miss about their life now.

General resources

An Island Home EduWight's web page of ideas and resources linked to this unit.

Teachers' Page for Unit 3. From gowild.org.uk, this suggests ideas for activities and resources that can be printed and used straightaway.

The Ring An online short story about two children who visit the Isle of Struay and meet Katie Morag. Written by Mrs Watts Literacy Group at Two Gates Community Primary School in Staffordshire.

An Island Home Spider Diagram showing links to other curriculum areas.

Link to QCA Unit of Work

Unit 3 An Island Home (PDF)

The Standards Site

Writing links between this unit and the NLS writing objectives

Chesire.gov.uk About the Unit