Healthy and confident individuals

The mini beasts across Honeywood are left worn out after an awful disease makes the bees sick. Many sick bees have been taken to Nightingale Hospital to be looked after by Lady Scarlett and the ladybird nurses.

The little bees are so ill that their families are not allowed to come in to see them. To keep them happy, the ladybird nurses read them loving letters and cards written by their families, which are delivered every morning by the caterpillars.

The caterpillar family struggle to carry the heavy sacks, so Betsy, Bobby, Blue and Bella use their enterprising skills to design something innovative to make the caterpillars’ lives easier, but will it work?

Find the images of all the right hand pages so you can see Caterpillar Express on the IWB.

Mini Challenge - In small groups, children challenged to produce a short advert to help the bees with their handwashing.

Mini Challenge - Children to invent a fun way to help little children take their medicine.

Mini challenge - To design and make a new home for the bees for when the storm is over.

Mini Challenge - Children to invent a way to help patients remember to take their medicine at the right times.

Use the presentation to learn about what it means to be brave and courageous. Think back at how Bertie felt in the book, what was his biggest fear? And how did he overcome it? Use the answers to these questions to encourage the children to think about what they are scared of and how they can be brave and overcome these fears.

Use this template to support directional language giving examples.