Building Bridges

For the past three weeks Room 9 have been reading different versions of "The Billy Goats Gruff". We then started researching bridge designs by finding books and pictures at home. Today we chose a design we liked and made our bridges out of straws, ice-block sticks, pipe cleaners, cardboard and lots of sellotape! It was lots of fun!

The Runaway Pancake

If I had a runaway pancake I would get my Dad's fishing net and I would chase the pancake. When I caught the pancake I would eat the pancake. A small pancake is called a pikelet. (JC)
If I had a runaway pancake I would say to come in my hands and I will trick him. (SW)
If I had a runaway pancake I would put it in the bath and catch him and put him in the pan and eat it. (JS)
I will catch a runaway pancake. I will take him into the forest and there will be a tree and on it there will be an eye and an alarm that turns on. When the pancake comes the log will hit him. (GB)
If I had a runaway pancake I would build a trap. A porcupine and the pancake will fall down and the porcupine will fall backwards. That is how I catch a runaway pancake. (JoK)

Hansel and Gretel

Last week we read three different Hansel and Gretel stories. On Friday we talked about the witch's house, which had walls of gingerbread and windows of clear sugar. But what happened to her house when it rained?! On Friday we dissolved ginger biscuits in water to find out. The gingerbread went very soggy! This week a storm is arriving again, but this time Room 9 has some ideas to help the witch waterproof her house. Watch this space!

Fairy Tale Day Photo

Don't we look smart! Can you work out which fairy tales we are all from?