The Giant Pancake!

We have been sharing a traditional tale all about a runaway pancake!

This is what some of the children said when we were talking about the story . . . 

Alana - "When the boys were hungry their mum said 'I'll make you a pancake if you do the washing up'. I think the pancake will fly away!"

Toby - "I liked the pancake - because he rolled off."

Lucas - "He will roll faster, faster!"

Beau - "I liked the cat bit cause he said 'I want to eat you'!"

Zara - "I know what will happen, the pig will eat the pancake. I think that's actually the end isn't it?"

There are many different versions of this story - do you have a favourite one?
Post us a comment and let us know.

Sleeping Beauty!

We have been talking about Goldilocks falling asleep in Baby Bears bed, so this week we thought we would share another traditional story where somebody fell asleep - only this time, it was for 100 years!

Do you know the story of Sleeping Beauty?

Georgia told us . . . 

"The King and Queen had a baby and there 

was a wicked fairy"

Seth L added . . .

"She pricked her finger on a spinning 

wheel" (Sleeping Beauty)

Then Alfie D reminded us what happened at the end. . . 

"The Prince came and kissed her and she waked up and had a party, and got married!"

We all like a happy ending!

Do you have a favourite version of this story? We would love to hear from you - let us know!

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

This week we have been sharing different versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears!

After Goldilocks had eaten the porridge and broken the chair, Annie predicted that she would . . . 

"Go to the bedroom - cause she's tired" 

She told us that Goldilocks would . . . 

"Sleep - in Baby Bear's bed!"

Georgia said . . . 

"Goldilocks eat all of the porridge, she sleeped in their beds"

We talked about what might happen next . . . 

"The bears might eat her! Because Goldi broke Baby Bear's chair and eat all the porridge!" (Alfie T)

"Goldilocks will run away because the bears will try and get her!" (Samuel W)

Theo M R told us the bears . . . 

"Shout! They try to wake her up"

Jessica said . . .

"Goldilocks runned away because she feels sad"

Have you read lots of different versions of the story?

Which one was your favourite?

Post us a comment and let us know!

Little Red Riding Hood!

This term we are going to be sharing a range of traditional tales rather than focusing on one specific author.
We have started with the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

We have read two different versions this week. 

The children loved spotting the wolf in the wood - 
"He's sneaking up on her!" (Pip)

In the first version we read, Grandma hid in the cupboard -  "Because she's scared, because the wolf knocked" (Sophie)

We talked about which part of the story the children 
enjoyed most of all - 
"The bit when he was trying to put the glasses on cause he looked like Grandma" (Jackson)

"He's pretending to be her grandma!" (Beau)

"I loved Little Red Riding Hood - cause Little Red Riding Hood made her grandma better" (Amelia)

Now we are looking forward to reading some alternative versions next week!
What happens in your favourite version of the story?
Post us a comment and let us know.

Stick Man

Our final Julia Donaldson book for the term has 

been Stick Man . . . 

Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three . . . 

Ava - "I liked the Stick Man's house"

One day he wakes early and goes for a jog . . . 

Sophie - "I liked the Stick Man running"

Poor Stick Man kept being mistaken for a stick and was picked up and used for many different things - including a mast for the flag on a castle at the beach!

Noah - "I liked Stick Man when he was in the sandcastle."

After many adventures, Stick Man was picked up and placed in the grate of a fireplace - when he was suddenly woken by Santa getting stuck in the chimney!

Amelia - "I loved Santa, he came out of the fireplace and took Stick Man to his bed."

They set off together to make some special deliveries. 

Oliver - "I liked the bit when Santa brings presents." 

Then Santa took Stick Man home so that he could be safe once again with his family.

Christopher - "I liked the Stick Man children - it makes me quite happy!"

We hope you enjoyed the story as much as we did - and now the children are all eagerly awaiting to see if Santa 

visits them too!

The Gruffalo's Child

The Gruffalo was a firm favourite with the children so we have been sharing the lovely  story of 'The Gruffalo's Child'.

We enjoyed the story book so much that this week we are going to share the 'sound book' version!

Christopher - "I like the big, big Gruffalo because it's really scary!"

Zara remembered lots of detail from the story . . . 

"The orange mouse had a nut and the big, big Gruffalo had orange eyes and the Big Bad Mouse had a nut over his shoulder and there's footprints in the snow and the owl had orange eyes as well and the snake was in his logpile house. There was slithers in the snow. The Big Bad Mouse was down by the lake eating gruffalo cake!"

Zac - "I like the Big Bad Mouse - he had a shadow"

We would love to hear which was your favourite part of the story - post us a comment and let us know.

Night Monkey, Day Monkey

We have been talking about the night sky recently and thought that this would be a great book to share next from 

Julia Donaldson . . . 

Night Monkey and Day Monkey's worlds are as different as . . . night and day! What one fears, the other loves.

Zara - "The moon was shining bright and the orange one and the brown one, they were looking at the moon."

Georgia - "I liked the girl monkey cause she had a 

star in her hair."

Toby - "I liked it when they rubbed their eyes cause 

they were sleepy."

Kaidence - "The monkeys get bananas."

The children loved joining in with the repetitive text 'Don't be daft' - but we would love to hear what your favourite part 

of the story was.

Post us a comment and let us know!