Our Day Out Activity Pack for KS3

Engage your students in drama with this activity pack for Willy Russell’s appealing play Our Day Out. Flexible and varied, the resource brings the play to life with a range of stimulating activities that take an active approach to exploring the text.

This resource will undoubtedly make the life of the teacher easier

P Town, Head of KS3 English and Independent Reviewer

The resource is split into: ❶ pre-reading material with activities, ❷ 13 ‘in-detail’ sections focusing on one or more scenes and ❸ post-reading tasks. Each in-detail section includes:

  1. A ‘check-in’ exercise to remind pupils of main events and encourage speculation – perfect as a lesson starter!
  2. Quotation tasks that encourage familiarity with characters and language
  3. A variety of thought-provoking activities including reading, writing, speaking and listening, drama and creative tasks that clearly link to the curriculum

Caters to your whole class:

  • Short, student-friendly scene summaries can be used alongside the activities where needed
  • Extension activities, essay guidance and independent learning prompts challenge more able pupils

It provides a range of activities which, in turn, means that the needs of all learners would be met

C Carter, Teacher and Peer Reviewer

Suitable for KS3 or a lower-ability GCSE class, you can use this resource as a complete scheme for teaching the play, or pull out individual worksheets as needed.

What do teachers say about this resource? (5612)

A fantastically produced resource... This resource will undoubtedly make the life of the teacher easier... The resource links to a wide variety of skills - reading comprehension, inference, creative writing, media, drama, spoken language and historical and contextual study... I think this resource is excellent.

P Town, Head of KS3 English and Independent Reviewer

This resource provides a very good starting point for anyone about to teach "Our Day Out"... The resource is detailed and thorough, covering all areas of the play and the curriculum... It provides a range of activities which, in turn, means that the needs of all learners would be met... Meets the requirements of the new KS3 national curriculum effectively, including SPaG and Spoken Language.

C Carter, Teacher and Peer Reviewer

All areas are of the English curriculum are covered, all skill sets are included and everything a teacher needs is present in the pack... The resource is well presented and easy to use... Caters for all pupils and provides a range of activities. The fact the worksheets can be used as a differentiation tool is also beneficial for mixed classes and lower-ability pupils, enabling them to access the learning.

V Philips, Teacher and Peer Reviewer

This resource is fully comprehensive and goes above and beyond a typical scheme of work... It is a complete investigation into the text - it allows for masses of exploration around context, theme and language. Lots of drama opportunities - the only way to explore a play!... Offers a variety of tasks which would be appropriate for different ability pupils.

H Choudhury, Director of English and Peer Reviewer