The Midnight Gang — David Walliams • 8+

The Midnight Gang — Teaching Resources

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Free teaching resource for The Midnight Gang. KS2. Printable.

Classroom Activities

Design a Midnight Adventure

Pupils design a midnight adventure for a new patient — what is their wish? What does the gang need to make it happen? What could go wrong? Write the plan as a secret gang briefing document.

Hospital Heroes

Pupils research or interview (or write to) a local hospital about the different roles in a hospital — doctors, nurses, porters, cleaners, volunteers. Who do patients actually talk to most? What does Walliams's portrayal of Porter suggest about where kindness often comes from?

Assessment Questions (KS2)

  1. Why is Tom admitted to hospital?
  2. What does the Midnight Gang do at night?
  3. Who organises the midnight adventures?
  4. What is Matron like?

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