This week we continued our story ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne. When we read the book we noticed that as the the main character walked through the forest he met Jack from ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.
We read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and after we had finished we were surprised to receive a letter from the King asking for our help.
We had a class discussion debating whether Jack should or should not allowed to keep the money or if he should be made to pay it back.
Reasons why Jack should be allowed to keep the money:
“The giant didn’t share with Jack. ” (Finn)
“Jack was poor.” (Shinjiro)
“The hen belonged to Jack’s father. ” (Lucas)
“The giant was greedy.” (Harrison)
“The hen belonged to his father.” (Miti)
“The giant was very greedy.” (Nelson)
“The giant was rude.” (Levi)
“The giant was mean to his wife.” (Kallum)
“He was poor and it was his dad’s in the first place.” (Harry)
“The giant was mean.” (Lily V)
“The giant was greedy.” (Leon)
Reasons why Jack should not be allowed to keep the money:
“He stole the magic harp when it did not belong to him. ” (Megan)
“Jack didn’t share the money.” (Chris)
“Jack stole the big, shimmering golden coins.” (Cruz)
“It is unfair because he didn’t share the money with the village.” (Isabella)
“Jack needs to say sorry to the giant’s wife.” (Matilda)
“He kept climbing up the beanstalk and that makes him greedy.” (Benedict)
“He stole the harp from the giant.” (Erin)
“The giant’s wife was being kind to Jack but he stole all of their things.” (Bella)
“He stole the harp.” (Lily D-P)
“How would you feel if someone took all of your special things?” (Sofia)
“Jack was greedy.” (Aaron)
“He stole the money.” (Edward)
“It is unfair because when he got all of the money he didn’t share it with the rest of the town.” (Ella)
After our class debate we planned and then wrote a letter back to the King explaining what we thought he should do.
In science we enjoyed learning about the parts of a plant you can eat, although not everyone was a fan of the radish!
In maths we have been learning about addition and subtraction fact families. We have learnt that if 3 + 7 = 10 then 7 + 3 = 10, 10 – 3 = 7 and 10- 7 = 3.
In phonics we have been learning the sounds:
au (launch, haul, vraug, paum)
or (corn, torn, shorv, prort)
aw (yawn, dawn, chawp, kawv)
ew (few, chew, prewt, mewz)
u-e (huge, brute, chupe, lume)
ue (blue, true, laxue, whue)
While practising our throwing and catching skills in P.E we spotted a lovely rainbow which was the perfect way to end the week.
Have a great weekend,
The Year 1 Team