Our Teacher Miss Pool

Our Teacher Miss Pool is a humorous diary-style narrative that recounts a week of unexpected events when Miss Pool must find alternative transport to school after her car breaks down. The diary format introduces the days of the week, reinforcing calendar concepts, while the narrative structure uses dialogue, punctuation marks, and playful vocabulary to support early literacy skills. Blends such as œsh, œst, and œsk, and double vowel sounds like those in œschool and œballoon are woven through the text to strengthen phonics understanding. With high-frequency words appearing in a meaningful context, students gain confidence as they read. The story also lends itself to discussing resilience and creativity in problem-solving. It provides a great model for recount writing, inspiring students to create their own versions of events.

Educational Benefits

• Reinforces sequencing and understanding of days of the week.
• Encourages recognition of phonics blends and double vowels.
• Models diary writing and first-person narrative.
• Builds vocabulary and high-frequency word fluency.

Classroom Ideas

• Create a class diary and record a week of school events.
• Write a new transport adventure for Miss Pool.
• Highlight and practise the blends found in the text.
• Role-play different scenarios for how Miss Pool might arrive next.

Information

• Ages: 5-7 years
• Reading Level: Not specified (estimated early Level 7-9)
• Themes: Humour, School Life, Transport
• Book dimensions: 16.5cm x 14.5cm