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Early Years Foundation Stage

Literacy

The Noisy House

﻿Hello, I'm Adam and this is Panda. And we're here today in this little room down the bottom of our garden called the Writing Den. And if you look around, you will see there's lots of picture books around and musical instruments cause we like singing and we love stories here. So we've got lots to get through today, but... Panda just wanted you to know that she's feeling a little bit shy and a little bit nervous. She's worried about perhaps making some mistakes. I always say to Panda, "Don't worry about mistakes because it takes a mistake to make the learning great." And I'll be making mistakes all the time because I've never done lessons from home like this before. So, we going to get on fine and there's going to be mistakes, but don't worry about it. It's all going to help our learning. Right, let's go on to the agenda. Today, we are going to do this. We're going to start out with some games where we learn about animals and the movements they make, the actions that they do. And then we're going to do an activity where we learn to tell a story together. And by the end of the week, the idea is, if you can join in a little bit today, by the end of the week, you'll be able to tell the whole story all by yourself. And you will need for this session something to write with, draw with, and a piece of plain paper. We don't need anything with lines on but something you're comfortable with to make marks on the paper, drawing pictures. Okay. Oh, and the most important thing of course is we need you and all the amazing things that you can do with your brain. So, here we go. I think it's time we played our first game today and the game is called I'm Thinking of an Animal. And these three animals are in the story. So it's important that we think about them, and they have actions and that's going to be important for our learning this week as well. So... Okay. Panda's asked me to give you some clues. Okay? This animal. See if you can guess what it is. She has feathers on her body and all over her neck. She struts around and she likes to peck. She lives on a farm and she lays yummy eggs. Do you know who it is? It's a... Chicken. You knew that Panda. Panda is going to do the next one. Did you get that one at home? Here you go, here's the next clue. This animal hangs in the trees way up high, swings about but cannot fly. He eats bananas and he can make a lot of noise. Big panda can make a lot of noise as well, can you? Makes noise, hangs around in the trees, eats bananas. It's a... A monkey. Did you get that right? Here we go. She prowls through the jungle, hardly making a sound. Her four paws, gently push on the ground. She's furry and she's scary and she has big jaws. Did you guess what it is? It's a... Lion. Lion, monkey, chicken. They're all in the story. So for our warmup today, when we warm up our storytelling bodies, we are going to think about how those three animals move. So, let me push my chair back a little bit so I've got some room. And could you do the same at home? Just stand up so we can use our whole bodies to do this. Okay? It's going to be a lot of this kind of thing. So let's start with the chicken. So a chicken. I second she's going to be doing some flapping about. So let's see you flapping. We're going to have to do this in the story so we've got to be good at it. That's flapping. And monkey. Okay, something like that. Something that makes you feel like a monkey. Swings through the trees, got long arms. Okay. And so monkey, he's kind of jumping and leaping, chicken is flapping, the lion in the story does this. And that action goes with a sound. Can you do the sound with me? Do you know what it is? I can't do it myself because the cat's outside and I don't want to scare her. One, two, three. One, two three. Brilliant. Well, there's some actions that we're going to be doing in this story today. So we're going to have a lion that roars, we're going to have a chicken that flaps, and a monkey that jumps and leaps about. It's a fun story and I think, and I hope that you enjoy it too. So, as I tell the story, you might want to join in a little bit and you might even want to say some words if you can guess what they are but for now, enjoy the story. It's story time, It's story time. Look, listen, learn. Once upon a time, there was a man called Adam who lived in a house. But Adam had a problem. When he got home, he would open his door and his door would go creak. His tap would go drip drip. And the wind went whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the window. And Adam was cross. "My house is too noisy." Could you do that with me? Sound a bit cross. "My house is too noisy!" "I'll go and see my neighbour, she'll know what to do." So he set off to visit his neighbour and Adam went. I going to use my fingers for this bit of the story. He went up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down. And when he got to his neighbor's house, he knocked on the door with a . Should we do that together? We'll pretend to go Here we go. And the door opened and there was his neighbour. And his neighbour said, "Adam, what's your problem?" She could tell by his face, he was angry. "Well," said Adam. ♪ When I get home, ♪ ♪ my door goes creak. ♪ ♪ My tap goes drip drip ♪ ♪ The wind goes whoosh whoosh whoosh at the window. ♪ "Ah," she sighed. "Get yourself a chicken." "Get a chicken?" Could you do that with me? And sound astounded. "Get a chicken?" Go on. "Get a chicken?" So Adam got himself a chicken from the market and he took the chicken home. And he went up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down. But when he got home, his door went creak. His tap went drip drip. The wind went whoosh whoosh whoosh at the window. And his chicken went As he flapped around like that. Together. As he flapped around like that. Well, Adam was even more angry now. He went, "My house is too noisy! I'll go and see my neighbour. She's clever. She'll know what to do." So he went to see his neighbour. Are you ready? And he went up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, and up the hill and down. And he knocked on the door with a and the door opened and there was his neighbour. And his neighbour said, "Adam, you look a bit frustrated. What's your problem?" "Well," said Adam. "When I got home, my door went creak. My tap went drip drip. The wind went whoosh whoosh whoosh at the window and my chicken went..." Are you ready? "Hmm," said his neighbour. "I do see your problem. Get yourself a monkey." "Get a monkey?" Do that together. Sound really, really flabbergasted. "Get a monkey?" Well, he got himself a monkey. Wasn't easy, but he got one. And he took his monkey home up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill up the hill and down the hill and up the hill and down. And when he got home, his door went creak, his tap went drip drip, the wind went whoosh whoosh whoosh at the window and his chicken went as it flapped about. A monkey went... Are you ready to do this? As it leapt and jumped about, making things crash and fall all over the house. And Adam was in despair. He went, "My house is too noisy! I'll go and see my neighbour. She'll know what to do." So he set off and he went... Are you ready? Up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down. And when he got to his neighbor's house, he knocked on the door with the and the door opened. And there was his neighbour. And she said, "Adam, you look a bit hot and bothered. What's your problem?" "Well," said Adam. Ready? "When I got home, my door went creak. My tap went drip drip. The wind went whoosh whoosh whoosh at the window and my chicken went..." Come on. And my monkey went "Hm, I do see your problem," she said. "Get yourself a lion." "Get a lion?" It wasn't easy but his neighbour helped. And she helped him get a lion. And he took the lion home, carefully watching it as it followed him up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down. When he got home, his door went creak. His tap went drip, drip. The wind went whoosh whoosh whoosh at the window. And his chicken went . And the monkey went . And his lion went... Together. Ready? One, two, three. "My house," said Adam. "It's too noisy! I'll go and see my neighbour. She'll know what to do." So he went up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down. . His neighbour opened the door. "Oh, Adam," she said. "What's the matter?" And now very quickly, he gabbled it out. "Well, when I got home, my door went creak. My tap went drip, drip. The wind went whoosh whoosh whoosh at the window. And the chicken went as he flapped about. And the monkey went . And then the lion went . "Hmm," she said. "What you need to do now," she said, "is go home and give all your animals away." "Give them away?" He asked, a bit confused. So very thoughtfully, Adam walked home up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down the hill, up the hill and down. When he got home, he gave his chicken to some lovely vegetarian children he knew and he gave the monkey and the lion to the wildlife park. And that night when Adam finally got home to his house, he opened his door and it still went creak. His tap still went drip drip and the wind still went whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the window. But Adam sighed happily. "Ah! my house is so peaceful." And he went to bed and fell to sleep. How was that for you? I had fun. I really enjoyed telling it. I could see that the cat outside got a little bit scared. So, I might after this lesson go and see how he is. But I hope you enjoyed it. And by the end of the week, you're going to be able to tell that story yourself to the people at home and all your friends as well. So what I'd like you to think about and Panda's going to help with this as well is that quite a lot of things happened in that story. We had a Adam, Mr. Adam and we had a neighbour and we had three animals. And there were lots of things that happened that you might think were really funny or enjoyable that were memorable. Panda, what was your most memorable moment in the story? Panda liked the bit when the monkey went jumping and leaping about and things went crashing down around. I know why Panda likes that. Cause sometimes she knocks things down. My favourite bit in the story is when Adam goes, "Buy yourself a chicken?" and he sounds so astounded and flabbergasted. I like that moment. I like telling that moment in the story. But you might have a different favourite moment to do with one of the animals and something that happened. So, now is the bit of the lesson where I want you to think about your favourite moment of the story and have a go at drawing it. And while you're doing that, I'm going to pause the film. So while it's paused and you might need your carer to help you with this, I, me and Panda, we're going to draw a picture as well and then you draw your picture and take your time with it. And when you are ready, when you're ready, we'll meet again and we'll share our favourite moments of the story. Was that enough time? I hope so. If not, of course you could always pause the video. Panda and I we've been busy drawing our favourite moments of the story. And can we share with you our favourite moment of the story? Here it is. Can you guess what it is? Yes. It's the bit when the lion went . And poor Mr. Adam, he couldn't cope with it anymore and it was enough. I like that moment of the story. So does Panda. It was very memorable to us and it is important to know that stories to be good, have to have memorable moments. So it's a question I'll be asking you a lot. There's one other question though that's important. Stories, if they're really good have to have a learning. We learn something. Maybe our character learns something. So my question to you is, what did Mr. Adam learn in that story? He had a noisy house and he went to his neighbour and she told him what to do, but it all went wrong. Did he learn his lesson in the end? Panda thinks Mr. Adam learnt that he shouldn't complain so much and he could have fixed it himself. Hmm. He learned it's not a good idea to have a lion come to your house. What do you think? What do you think Mr. Adam learns in that story? Well, I can reassure you that you can't make a mistake because whatever you think, the answer is. It's your answer. And that's all that matters. Just know that all stories, if they're going to be good, make us think. Okay. So hang on to your pictures, because one of the challenges this week, while you're waiting for us to work together again, is to look at your picture and to think, "I wonder what happened next." So Panda and I, we drew the lion and the lion went . But what happened after that? I don't know. Did the lion go and eat everything that was in the fridge? Lion thinks probably went to have a bath. Anyway, look at your pictures and see if there's a story there. Maybe give your animal a name if it was an animal. Okay. So to wrap up the session today. You've worked really hard and I've had fun and I hope you have too. I wonder what your favourite moments of the whole lesson were today because this is what we've done. The first thing we did after I introduced myself, was that we played some games. We played I'm Thinking of an Animal. And Panda and I, we gave you some clues. The next thing we did is that we learned about action words for animals. And we decided that a chicken flapped and a monkey leapt and jumped about and a lion roared. So we did a game where we used our bodies. And then you joined in with telling the story. So, until we meet again, which should be quite soon, and in the next lesson, we're going to learn how to draw our own story map. The story map won't be mine. It will be yours. So, I'll show you how to do that next time we meet. But for now, keep on listening and learning and hearing new words and trying new words out. And I really look forward to, as Panda does as well, seeing you next time. Okay, then. Goodbye for now.

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