The Three Billy Goats Gruff

 

We have had a fantastic week in Bumblebees Class learning about the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We started by immersing ourselves in the story - listening to alternative versions and acting it out with our friends.

We compared the story structure to other traditional tales we have learnt and discussed how we might adapt it if we were creating our own version.

Then we heard news that a troll had been spotted on the railings by the village shop! We quickly came up with a plan and created our own instructions for ‘How to trap a Troll’ using Pie Corbett’s Talk for Writing structure and actions. Once we had figured out what we need, the children got to work and showed amazing problem solving skills and teamwork. Well done Bumblebees!

Next week we will receive an apology letter from the troll explaining that he wants to change his behaviour and asking the children to help create safe spaces in the woods for him to come and visit. We will use this as a way to explore how the troll might be feeling and discuss alternative perspectives from other stories we have heard. For example, ‘Is it OK for Jack to steal from the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk?’ These conversations during story time can help the children develop their communication and language skills, make inferences from the text and use this to justify their answers.

 

Moving forward, we are going to use all of our learning surrounding stories and traditional tales to create our own story or an adaptation of one of our favourites. The children will also have the opportunity to create their own puppets to enable them to perform the story to their friends.