How To Train Your Dragon: Beyond Boundaries

Help imaginations fly high with our latest film-inspired resource

How To Train Your Dragon is a stunning live-action re-imagining of the much-loved animated film. On the rugged island of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup defies centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon.

Beyond Boundaries is our fun new resource for learners aged 7-12. This two-lesson learning sequence will immerse your class in How To Train Your Dragon as a new yet recognisable stimulus to engage learners in a range of creative writing and sensory activities.

Learners will take inspiration from the film to craft their own epic adventure stories and will build an understanding of leadership skills through character exploration and inference.

Easy-to-use activity sheets and teachers' notes are available to download and use with your class now.

About this resource

Beyond Boundaries contains How To Train Your Dragon-inspired materials featuring high quality visuals and a trailer for the film. Our activities are adaptable to a range of teaching environments and learning styles. Download today and access:

Detailed Lesson Plans and Teachers’ Notes

Immersive learner-facing Lesson PowerPoint presentations

Beautifully designed classroom and home learning activity sheets

Creative competition for a chance to win prizes!

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A chance to win a private screening with our Roar and Soar competition!

Challenge your class to bring the legend to life with our creative competition which invites learners to use their drawing and writing skills to create their own unique dragon.

Entrants have a chance of winning a private screening of How To Train Your Dragon to enjoy with their class! Plus, there are film merchandise prizes up for grabs for two runners-up.

To enter, learners should draw, decorate and describe their film inspired creations. Encourage your class to get creative and use their writing skills to convey their dragon’s special power/s and characteristics.

For full details of how to enter, download our Roar and Soar competition sheet.

The closing date for entries is Friday June 20, 2025 – good luck! Terms and conditions apply.

DOWNLOAD AND ENTER TODAY

We'd love to see your learners' creations! Share their dragons with us on social media and tag us to celebrate their creativity.

About How To Train Your Dragon

From three-time Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, comes a stunning live-action reimagining of the film that launched the beloved franchise.

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart. The inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast, Hiccup defies centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.

With the fierce and ambitious Astrid and the village’s quirky blacksmith Gobber by his side, Hiccup confronts a world torn by fear and misunderstanding.

As an ancient threat emerges, endangering both Vikings and dragons, Hiccup’s friendship with Toothless becomes the key to forging a new future. Together, they must navigate the delicate path toward peace, soaring beyond the boundaries of their worlds and redefining what it means to be a hero and a leader.

Director/s

Dean DeBlois

Starring

Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, Peter Serafinowicz, Murray McArthur and Gerard Butler

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How To Train Your Dragon, in cinemas Monday June 9.

Soar beyond boundaries with our new curriculum-linked resource for learners aged 7-12, created in collaboration with Universal Pictures UK to celebrate the release of How To Train Your Dragon, in cinemas Monday June 9.