Adults in School Reading Aloud
'Will you walk into my parlour, said the Spider to the Fly ...' is one of the most recognised and quoted first lines in all of English verse. But how many of you know how the tale actually ends? Join celebrated artist Tony DiTerlizzi as he shines a 1920's film noir cinematic spotlight on Mary Howitt's 173 year old classic poem, warning us against those who would use sweet words to hide their not-so-sweet intentions and lure us into danger.
Once upon a time, there was a little girl. She didn't like going to school. One day, she was running late... when suddenly a lion appeared! He begged her to go to school but her teacher did not allow animals to attend. If she didn't take lion, he would eat her up! What does she do?
Bernard the Robot loses his bottom on the park swing, and sets off to find it. Every time he gets close, it disappears again! Bird was using it as a nest, but it was too heavy; Bear used it in his drum kit, but it was too tinny; the Squirrels built sandcastles with it...and now it looks as if they're sailing away in it. Will Bernard EVER get his bottom back?
A child writes to the zoo for a pet. The zoo send a series of unsuitable pets, revealed behind flaps in the form of crates and packing cases. These animals are all sent back for different reasons, except the last one, which is perfect!
Come and explore a rhyming book and learn lots of interesting new vocabulary and language about dinosaurs. Can you think of any rhyming words to describe dinosaurs? Can you make noises like a dinosaur?
My Tiny Pet Elephant by Jessica Dailey is a children’s book about a little girl and her tiny elephant friend. The book tells and shows the story of the tiny elephant and the little girl enjoying lots of different things together. From elephant kisses that tickle, to messy and funny breakfast adventures where a cereal bowl can be easily transformed into a swimming pool!
The class, which is a group of animals, were going on a school trip to a big lake. Finley the frog felt worried and anxious. He doesn't like swimming! All of the animals jumped into the water, except Finley. They tried to cheer him up by making him laugh. Will Finley jump into the water...
Pinch, who is a little hermit crab who lives in the sea. He grown and now he needs a bigger shell. He hunts around the beach for a new shell that will fit him. Follow him as he looks around the beach, trying to find a shell that fits him. I wonder what he will choose as his new shell...
Mum and Gran went on holiday to Scotland. They stayed in the cottage by the lake. Biff liked the lake and wanted to go sailing. They enjoyed laying in the sun and going fishing. Gran painted a picture of a monster... Kipper posted a postcard to his Dad and bought himself a monster. Chip and Nan made a monster and they put this into the lake and tried to scare Mum. Will Mum like the joke or be scared of the monster?
It was a wet and windy day in Weatherland… the people of Weatherland believe that the Wicked Water Witch had cast a spell on everyone! But unbeknown to them she heard them! She began plotting her plan on how she was going to cast spells on everyone! Once Weatherland had changed, the people of Weatherland thought of a plan of how to make the Wicked Witch laugh again and cast a promising spell to make everything ok.
With a snoring Mrs Bear, an excitable Baby Bear and a house full of tapping and dripping and ticking, peace is hard to come by – will Mr Bear ever get a decent night's sleep? Listen carefully as Mr Bear tries to sleep. He hears lots of different noises.. What will they be?
George Kranky's Grandma is a miserable grouch. George really hates that horrid old witchy woman. One Saturday morning, George is in charge of giving Grandma her medicine. So-ho! Ah-ha! Ho-hum! George knows exactly what to do. A magic medicine it will be! One that will either cure her completely of her horrible grouchiness . . . or blow off the top of her head!
The smallest fish can tell the tallest tales ... "Sorry I'm late, Miss. I set off really early but on the way to school I was captured by a squid. I wriggled and I struggled till a turtle came and rescued me." "Oh, no, he didn't." "OH, YES, HE DID." Tiddler is a little fish with a BIG imagination! What ever will he come up with next?
A poetry book written by young writers. Listen to a poem by a young writer Laaibah Rashid who has written a poem called Our Tremendous Tounges. Can you challenge yourself to write a poem and share it with your teacher?
Sunil's big brother was getting married and he was going to be best man! Sunhil was getting ready in his new outfit and his mother asked whether he was going to wear his special wedding turban.
Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily are best friends at school, they even have their own Alphabet Club (just look at their initials!). Daisy is the newest member, she's desperate to fit in, even though Chloe is VERY unfriendly to her at times. And, when the girls start planning sleepovers for their birthdays, Daisy starts dreading her own. She doesn't know what her friends will make of her older sister . .
In this very funny, cumulative song, each page tells us something new about the donkey until we end up with a hanky-panky, cranky stinky, dinky, lanky, honky-tonky winky wonky donkey, which will have you in fits of laughter! There is much fun to be had by listening to the song and trying to predict the new word for each clue given!
A small caterpillar is born hungry and eats everything in sight until it gets a stomach ache. After that experience, he eats a leaf and it helps him to become a beautiful butterfly. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a story about a small caterpillar who emerges from an egg and begins eating everything in sight.