We have had a successful start to the Summer term with the children all refreshed and eager to learn.
Our focus story for the next few weeks is a traditional tale, The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
The children have been learning to retell the story as part of our ‘talk for writing’ teaching. They are learning the words superbly and I hope your child will be able to tell you the story at home.
We talked about key words and phrases within the story. The children asked some very interesting questions: ‘Why did the troll want to eat the billy goats gruff?’, ‘Why did the billy goats gruff want to eat the grass on the other side?’, ‘Why were they hungry?’, ‘Why wouldn’t the troll let them go across the river?’ ‘Why did the troll live under the bridge?’.
The children have also enjoyed listening to different versions of the story kindly brought into school by their friends. If you child has a copy of The Three Billy Goats Gruff at home we would love to read it in class.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Nicola Palmer