Our Fairy-tale Project

Fairytale Ideas This is a simple list of learning opportunities for children to take part in linked to our current topic. These are cross-curricular and

link to the Year 1 Narrative Unit – Traditional tales and Fairy Stories.

DT / Art

Cinderella – 'rags to riches' weaving: collect scrap material and cut into strips. Children sort it into Cinderella's 'rag' material e.g. newspaper strips, and 'riches' material e.g. shiny material. They each get a simple weaving template and they weave one side with rags and one side with riches. Above is an example for reference.

Create a pumpkin carriage Design and make a castle. Design your own flag for a castle and

shield for a knight. Make gingerbread men. Make a sweetie house as in Hansel and Gretel Creating scaly dragons using salt painting.

ScienceExperiments:

Which material is best to use for the three little pigs house (talk about fair testing, recording results etc.)

Which material is the best to make a mop for Cinderella (as above). Talking about growth and plants in relation to Jack and the

beanstalk – you could create some structures like these and grow watercress or other plants to explore what plants need to grow.

Wizards brew – using bicarbonate of soda, glitter and food colouring to create magical looking mixtures – found in Usborne science book.

Geography Fairytale maps - http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=18787

this is a really nice activity creating the map for Red Riding Hood. Comparing dragons in fairytales to Chinese dragons

Maths Jack and the beanstalk measurement e.g. measuring plants,

comparing giant and human handprints Top marks- helicopter numbers direct. (1-50). Addition and subtraction questions. (Parent vs child).

Literacy

- Fairytale storyboard- Think about your own fantasy story. Plan your ideas in a storyboard. Can you plan your beginning, middle, and end.

- Create your Fairytale/fantasy front cover.

Websites to aid learning:- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

- https://ttrockstars.com/