Free teaching resource for Gangsta Granny by David Walliams. Suitable for KS2. Printable using Ctrl+P.
Pupils design an Interpol secret file on Granny as the Black Cat — code name, most famous heists, countries visited, disguises used and why she retired. Encourage specific, inventive detail and humour.
After the ending, Ben writes a letter to his grandmother that he never got to send. What would he say? What would he want her to know? Pupils write this letter in Ben's voice.
Pupils plan their own fictional museum heist in writing — which museum, which exhibit, what team of people with what skills, how they get in and out. Emphasise this is a creative writing task, not a real plan!