Created for Book Week 2026
Celebrate Tiwi in Paris by Glen Farmer Illortaminni with this cross-curricular activity pack, designed to inspire empathy, curiosity and cultural connection in primary classrooms.
This resource is packed with craft, literacy and maths activities inspired by Glen's real-life journey from the remote Tiwi Islands to the streets of Paris. Perfect for planning a whole-day Symphony of Stories experience or weaving into your Book Week celebrations!
What's included:
Book Craft
3D Eiffel Tower Craft - students colour, cut and fold a 3D pyramid-shaped Eiffel Tower to glue onto a Parisian park background (colour and black & white versions included)
Differentiated Literacy Activities
Open-ended writing prompts - respond to prompts inspired by themes of kindness, home and being lost, with matching lined writing templates
Write a letter - write in role as Glen, drafting a letter home to Aunty Repi about his adventures in Paris
A time I was lost - write a recount of a time students were lost, sequencing events with time connectives
Acts of kindness - explore how characters showed kindness to Glen, sequence the helpers he met, and reflect on showing kindness to strangers
Tiwi & French words - match Tiwi and French words to their English translations, then draw a scene using one of the words
Differentiated Mathematics Activities
Glen's Paris (position) - describe landmark positions using positional language or grid coordinates
Market word problems - 2-digit addition & subtraction, multi-step addition & subtraction, and multiplication & division
Data: favourite country - survey classmates on their favourite country and graph the results
Exploring population numbers - use the populations of Milikapiti and Paris to explore place value, rounding and number facts
Design Activities
Design a Missing Person poster - create a poster for Glen with key identifying details
Design a brochure - inform readers about either Paris or the Tiwi Islands
Design a postcard - design a postcard for Paris or the Tiwi Islands, including a matching stamp design
Want it all?
Grab the matching Tiwi in Paris slide deck to bring the story to life. Includes writing prompts and maths tasks (linked to the worksheets), as well as additional design prompts.
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