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· Y3 · 100-250 · Standard

Tales of Ladybat

Adam and Thiziri, St James CE Rusholme

Katie walked into school with a sense that something was wrong. But she ignored that. As she walked in, Chloe startled her by throwing a glue stick at her. “Loser!!!” shouted Chloe. Katie sighed as Chloe ran off to class.

At class they were learning about story writing in unpredictable form. But, a bat actually flew in. Its few seconds in the classroom were spent on dropping a note in Katie’s lap.

At the playground Katie read the note. It said: “Help! The villain’s outside!”

“Ouch!” shouted Katie. “Loser!” It was Chloe throwing a carrot at her. Katie tutted.

After school the adventure began. First thing she did was transform to Ladybat. Then, she looked for the villain. “BINGO!” yelled Ladybat. She went outside to the villain. “Ladybat, I’ve been expecting you.”

The battle begins.

“Tell me where the bats are!” “Dear child, it’s the ladybugs as well.” There was a gasp from Ladybat. “You monster!” She started hitting the villain with a ninja star. Then, he fell over and dropped an address. Suddenly she realised he was unconscious. So she went to the address and all the bats and ladybugs were there. Then she freed them! Afterwards she transformed back into her teenage self. The next day Katie walked to school, remembering what had happened yesterday with a smile on her face. All was quiet, all was calm. Would anyone know what she had been up to?

GLS-logo-sqThis story was inspired by a Great Little Stories five day project. The pupils worked with ­class teacher Sarah Greaney, designer John Conibear and illustrator/author Lizzie Finlay.
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