Key Stage 2

The children enter the story space with music being played followed by an initial discusion about story structure and genres. I emphasise to them that they will not be listening to a fairy tale but a traditional story that has been created through oral transmission for a more mature audience. 

The traditional tale told is of a more complex content, vocabulary and form and will be linked by music.

The emphasis will be placed on a less linear story, where there may be multiple threads to the tale or more complex inter-character relationships.

The intention is to provide a more challenging and reflective story that requires the children to be able to analyse the plot and draw their own conclusions.

We would then create a story using everyday classroom objects but an initial discussion about how to get a reader/listener interested in our tale. This involves the use of; emotions, taking the setting as if it were another character, use of the five senses and how the voice sounds within the setting. The children provide the vast majority of the details and content of the story that we construct is of a more intricate and has a mature content.   

The story that is created is linked to their current themes or topics and can be driven by character/ plot/ setting or dialogue with a discussion beforehand for the necessity to have notes and planning prepared before the writing/ telling is undertaken.