Traditional tales

Traditional tales at Brackenhurst

• Walk to Victorian garden
• Discuss garden features, sit on semi-circle of grass. Choose some children to act out the story. Need an adult ‘Giant’. Read story of Jack and the Beanstalk
• Divide into 3 groups for a circuit of activities:
  • plant your own magic beans in your own home made plant pot
  • complete a plant hunt challenge to discover the delights of the walled garden
  • followed by some digging, sowing, weeding, harvesting in the walled garden depending on time of year.
• Clear away

Traditional tales at Perlethorpe

• Standing under out gigantic lime tree, the children will start their journey looking for 3 little pigs.
• Head out to our storytelling woodland searching for signs and clues. Watch out for the big bad wolf!
• The children will search out the 3 little pig's houses and act out the story in a fun animated way. 
• Your class will then head toward an old stone bridge where they might encounter a troll.
• Once safely over the bridge the children will act out the 3 Billy Goats Gruff on the impressive lawns of Thoresby Hall
• Then using Thoresby Hall as the back drop the children will dance their way up to the gates to shout for Cinderella to see if she is home
• Return to the centre for lunch

• Have fun learning outdoors
• Use a range of natural materials to create something artistic
• Begin to understand the structure of a traditional tale.