Collected Resources

1. Jack's Farm shop
2. Retelling Jack/Building castles
3. Listening to fairy tales
4. Bean investigation

1. Read a traditional version of Jack and the Beanstalk. Did children spot the rhyme ‘Fe, fi, fo, fum’? Enjoy saying this in giant voices. What other phrases are repeated in fairy tales? (once upon…happily ever…I’ll huff…What big ears…etc.).
2. Reread J&tB. Ask children to help you briefly recap the story, displaying prompt images (resources) as they are mentioned – fixed to a f/c or pegged on a line. Is Jack a good character? Discuss ideas.
3. Show the cover of Jim &tB. What do children notice? What might be different in this story? Read the story. How was it different to the original fairy tale? Did it make children feel differently about the Giant?
4. Reread Jim &tB. How does Jim help the Giant? What makes Jim run away?
5. Share a letter from Jack to the giant (resources). Read together and celebrate the success of the children’s letters!

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: Sniff, Sniff, Sniff
Introduce on Monday. Enjoy chanting together. Encourage children to help you add some new lines following the pattern. The best stanza for this is the last one. Children will enjoy coming up with new, revolting ideas.

1. Hansel and Gretel
2. Retelling Hansel and Gretel
3. Alternative tales
4. Twisting the tale

1. Speech bubbles
2. Different viewpoints
3. A twist in the tale
4. A healthy cottage

1. Sweet shop role play
2. Cottage art
3. Cottage biscuits
4. A new cottage for the witch

1. Read a traditional version of Hansel and Gretel. Ask questions which encourage children to recall events in the story. What happened at the beginning? What happened next? How did they find their way back? etc.
2. Reread H & G. Who are the good characters and who are the baddies? How would children feel if they were lost in a wood? How would children feel if someone tried to eat their house?
3. Show Mixed Up Fairy Tales with Jack and the Beanstalk displayed correctly. Read together, noting that this is a very short version. What if the main character was different? How would the story change? Flip back one page to show Goldilocks and reread. Flick back to Jack and repeat with different story elements changing each time. Encourage children to reread with you and enjoy the twists.
4. Reread Mixed Up Fairy Tales, with children reading along, discussing and enjoying the new combinations.

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: Hansel & Gretel
Introduce on Monday. Enjoy chanting/memorising together, developing movements, gestures and intonation to bring this poem to life. Find an audience and perform with attitude!