The second group of Parkhill childen read their stories to Class O today. They had written their own versions of The Hare and the Tortoise and Snow White. In the Hare and the Tortoise story the characters had been changed to cars and the race was between a Ferrari and a Nissan! In Snow White the main characters were two sisters.


The children entered into the spirit of story telling by using props, a Ferrari car and a Tiara for the Snow White character.

Click here to read the stories:-

• The Hare and the Tortoise

• Snow White
  
  

Today class O met Parkhill children. They read stories to us. They were good at writing their own traditional stories.
One was called Snow White and the other one was called the Hare and the Tortoise. They changed their stories but using different characters they did it really well.
by Kavita. aged 7

I liked the way you used cars instead of animals. I liked way you used your voice.
What made you change the story?
What made you think of cars?

By Dhiren age 7

Video Conference

A group of year 6 children at Parkhill and have been writing a story "with a twist" for their audience of year 2 children at Gearies Infants.

The Parkhill children began this work by surfing the net and reading their favourite fairy stories and traditional tales. The group discussed how they could write an alternative version to a story by making changes to the characters and settings.

Each of the Parkhill children picked a different traditional tale. The group met once a week for half an hour, using the computers to draft a version of their own story.

After four sessions the stories were complete and a video conference link was arranged with Gearies Infants. The first two Parkhill children read their stories on Tuesday 25th November to class P.

Class P asked lots of questions about the work. They had some wonderful ideas of their own and offered other suggestions to the outcome of the stories.

The two stories read by the Parkhill children were:-

Cinderella and the Three little Wolves.

Click here to read the stories:

Cinderella

The Big Bad Pig