Wallaby

 

A wallaby lost her mother, so a woman carried her in a pouch for a year. - Upworthy

What do you see in the picture, what animal is this? What do you think this story is going to be about?

Lindsay Clarity has an Animal Rescue shelter in Brighton and Hove and the picture shows a baby wallaby.

What is a wallaby?

When Wallabies are born, they spend the first 9 months inside their mother’s pouch. After 6 months they will start to explore but will always return to their mother’s pouch for security.

This Wallaby lost its mother. It kept trying to crawl in to other wallaby pouches but all the wallabies had a baby and it couldn’t fit in.

What do you think Lindsay did?

Lindsay made a pouch out of a blanket for the wallaby.

Is a blanket enough? What else does the wallaby need to make it feel like it’s in a pouch?

Lindsay carried the wallaby around everywhere she went inside the blanket.

Why did she do that?

Carrying the wallaby around gave her the warmth and closeness she needed to feel secure. Lindsay called the wallaby Blossom and as the wallaby got older, Lindsay used a rucksack. Lindsay carried this lasted for a year. She says there was one part of the wallaby’s body that made carrying it quite difficult.

Which part of the body do you think Lindsay is talking about?

Lindsay says the wallaby’s feet became huge.

Blossom is also albino which makes her look different to the other wallabies.

You can watch this short video and see Lindsay and the wallaby

A wallabylost her mother. So this woman carried her in pouch for a year.

A year later, Clarity says caring for Blossom has changed her life; “It’s one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done.”

How can looking after a wallaby change your life? Why do you think it was so rewarding?

Who was the outsider in this story?

What changed to make sure they were not an outsider?

Which British value is this about?

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No Outsiders: We belong here by Andrew Moffat  (scheme of work for primary schools) 

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