Lesson video

Hello, I'm Adam.

And this is Panda.

We are on unit five, lesson eight using the story Mouse Deer, which has now changed.

Anyway, let's see what's on the agenda today.

So for our warmup, we're going to learn a couple of nursery rhymes.

And then after that, we're quickly onto the big challenge of the day.

You are going to create your own story! Starting with creating a character and then putting it into a story.

So, you might need your Talk Teddies in this session, and you'll definitely need some paper and pencil to work with because this is a very thoughtful, hardworking session where we play with your creative ideas.

Okay.

Let's move onto the warmup.

So, many of the nursery rhymes that we've sung together would have been sung in olden times by children dancing around holding hands in a circle.

And this is another one of them.

It's called.

"Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush," and I sing the tune first, then we'll talk about the actions that you might do.

The tune goes: ♪ Here we go round ♪ ♪ The mulberry bush ♪ ♪ The mulberry bush ♪ ♪ The mulberry bush ♪ ♪ Here we go round the mulberry bush ♪ ♪ on a cold and frosty morning ♪ Would you like to sing that with me? ♪ Here we we go round the Mulberry Bush, the Mulberry Bush ♪ ♪ the Mulberry Bush ♪ ♪ Here we go round the Mulberry Bush ♪ ♪ on a cold and frosty morning ♪ First two, there are some actions.

♪ This is the way we wash our hands ♪ ♪ Wash our hands, wash our hands ♪ ♪ This is the way we wash our hands ♪ ♪ on a cold and frosty morning ♪ You can imagine, can't you, the children doing that? Rubbing their hands together on a cold and frosty morning.

Could you do that now? Rub your hands together.

Can you feel anything happening? Are your hands getting warmer? It really works, doesn't it? And then the third verse, ♪ This is the way we sweep the floor ♪ ♪ Sweep the floor, sweep the floor ♪ ♪ This is the way we sweep the floor ♪ ♪ On a cold and frosty morning ♪ So shall we do that together? And could you wash your hands and sweep the floor? See if it warms us up.

♪ Here we go around the Mulberry Bush ♪ ♪ The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush ♪ ♪ Here we go round the Mulberry Bush ♪ ♪ On a cold and frosty morning ♪ ♪ This is the way we wash our hands ♪ ♪ Wash our hands, wash our hands ♪ ♪ This is the way we wash our hands ♪ ♪ on a cold and frosty morning ♪ ♪ This is the way we sweep the floor ♪ ♪ Sweep the floor, sweep the floor ♪ ♪ This is the way we sweep the floor ♪ ♪ On a cold and frosty morning ♪ ♪ Here we go round the mulberry bush ♪ ♪ The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush ♪ ♪ Here we go round the Mulberry Bush ♪ ♪ On a cold and frosty morning.

♪ I like that! Very jolly tune, isn't it? Well, Hunter and I, because we've had dinosaurs on our mind during this bit of the unit, we've just made up a nursery rhyme.

We thought we'd share it with you.

Goes like this: ♪ One day, I saw a dinosaur ♪ ♪ One day I saw one there ♪ ♪ One day I saw a dinosaur sitting on a chair ♪ ♪ One day I saw a dinosaur ♪ ♪ One day I saw one there ♪ ♪ One day I saw a dinosaur eating one green pear ♪ ♪ One day I saw a dinosaur ♪ ♪ One day I saw one there ♪ ♪ One day I saw a dinosaur ♪ ♪ Dancing at the fair ♪ ♪ Dancing at the fair ♪ ♪ One day I saw a dinosaur dancing at the fair ♪ When you play with rhymes, you can make up nursery rhymes.

Anyway, that was fun.

Nursery rhymes done.

Now it's onto the main activity.

So the main activity today is a really exciting one.

And it's different from everything that we've done together so far.

So, we've recycled the story of Mouse Deer.

We changed the tiger to a T-rex.

We changed Mouse Deer into two children.

We changed the King's pudding into a diplodocus bath, and we changed the wasps nest into a pterosaur nest.

And we changed the King's drum into a stegosaurus drum.

So we changed, we swapped things, but this time we're going to create a story from a different way.

We're going to start with a character.

So our first challenge is to decide what our character is going to be.

It's going to be a living thing.

So it could be an animal.

So it could be your favourite animal.

It could be a person.

It could be, it could be a dinosaur.

It could even be an alien.

It can be anything you want.

So to start with, just watch how Panda and I make up a character.

Before you have a go, let me get something to draw with, wait there! So the first thing that Panda and I have to decide is who our character is going to be.

And it's got to be somebody we care about.

So, I quite like to write one about a cat.

What do you think, Panda? She'd quite like to write about a dinosaur.

Can it be a different kind of a dinosaur, though? We don't want another scary T-rex.

All right then.

Panda says, could it be a young T-Rex and could he be a girl T-Rex? The great thing, when you make up a character, is you decide everything, but let Panda and I show you how it's done.

So Panda says a young T-Rex.

And she's kind, Panda says she's kind, she's kind.

And she's young.

Okay.

That's very different, isn't it? We'd care about a kind one.

We care about a scary one in a different kind of a way.

So two legs.

Tricky.

And short hands, but sharp claws.

We also need a name for our character.

So we've got a dinosaur, what could she be called? Zara? Good name.

What about Saffy? Okay.

You're all right with that? She's called Saffy, and what's she like? She's kind.

We've got a dinosaur called Saffy.

She's young and she's kind, but where does she live? Could she live on a bus? A house? A cave.

Okay.

A cave.

Let's put her in a cave.

And who does she live with? Panda says she lives with her mom.

Well, while I'm drawing that, perhaps you could be thinking about your character.

It can be any living thing.

It is your choice.

You can do a dinosaur.

It doesn't have to be a T-Rex, but if you love guinea pigs, it could be a story about a guinea pig.

The great thing, when you are the writer, when you are the creator, is your choice.

So can you draw one living thing? Tell us what they are like, what makes them happy? And can you give them a name, maybe? And think about where they live.

There's quite a lot to do.

How about pause the video while do you think about that and draw your picture only of your character and then come back.

And Panda and I will show you how to put your character into a story! All right, then.

Time for you to work.

So how are you getting on? We're excited to know what your stories are going to be and who they're going to be about.

Let's, Panda and I, show us what we need to think about next, because we really want to care what happens to our character.

So we've got little Saffy and she's kind, and she's a little dinosaur.

Now, something needs to happen that we care about.

So, if Saffy had a little accident and she hurt her knee, we feel sad about that.

Yeah, we would feel happy if her dad came home and gave her a present, yeah, that'd be good.

But what if a sad thing happened? What if.

Do you know, while you were drawing, we had a storm here.

Didn't we, Panda? And it really shook the whole building.

If that happened, that would scare little Saffy.

What if we have a storm? So, if we draw some rain and draw some lightning.

And there's lots of loud noise that will scare Saffy, and perhaps all the dinosaurs go running, and Saffy goes running, too.

Panda said, what if she got lost? She wouldn't look happy, would she? She looks sad.

She'd be a sad dinosaur.

Her head would be down, won't it? Quite hard, showing a dinosaur looking sad, but we know that she's sad.

That's all that matters.

So she's lost her mom and she's feeling sad and she's all alone.

And Mom's gone, now.

We care about that.

Where could she go looking, do you think? If she went straight back to the cave, would that be a good story? And then she found her mom and everything was all right.

We want to make it a bit trickier.

Okay, where could she look first? And maybe she could look, where do you think, Panda? Panda says she looks in the forest.

Okay.

And does she find her there? No.

Mom, where are you? Poor Saffy, she can't find her mom in the forest.

Where else do you think she could look? She looks behind bushes.

Okay.

Going to draw some bushes.

Mom.

Where are you? Can we have her looking in the mountains as well? So that's three places she looks.

I think we better give the children a job.

Whoever your character is, can something happen? It doesn't have to be a storm with lots of rain.

Could be a loud noise, could be anything you want.

Something happens to make your little animal, your character, get lost and feel sad.

Can you think what that was, and draw something that helps you remember that? And then could you think of three places where they look to try and find their mom? We looked in a forest, behind a bush, and in a mountain, right? That's quite a lot to do.

Good luck.

I'm going pause the video again, so you can draw some more pictures.

Good luck.

So, how are you getting on? Everybody's story is going to be different.

That was the middle bit of the story.

Can Panda and I read you our story from the beginning, and then we're going to work out how to end it.

So looking at the pictures: Once upon a time, there was a dinosaur called Saffy.

She was kind, and she lived with her mom in a cave.

One day, there was a storm that shook the cave with lightning in the sky.

And poor Saffy was so scared that she ran.

She ran, and she ran.

And when the rain stopped, she realised that she was lost.

We care, don't we? Panda asked if I could put some tears in there.

So I did.

"Mom, where are you?" she called.

And she looked through the forest.

She couldn't find her there.

"Mom, where are you?" she called.

She looked behind every bush.

"Mom! Where are you" she called, as she looked through the mountains.

Now, I think we need a kind, helpful character.

She's called out for help.

We need a character who'd be good at helping a little dinosaur.

Who could see for a long way across the countryside? What a good idea, Panda.

The dinosaur with the longest neck! Can you remember who they were? Vegetarians as well.

Long neck Diplodocus! "I'll help you," says Diplodocus.

And with her long neck, she looked up and she could see Saffy's mom, and Diplodocus took Saffy home and she was happy.

Right.

You've got one more thing to do.

Who is going to be your really helpful character that will help your animal, or your character, get home safely? Just think of that and draw that.

And then you'll be ready to tell your story to your Talk Teddy.

So, I challenge this: Finish your map and tell your story to your Talk Teddy.

When you're done, come back and we'll have to celebrate.

Time for work! So, you have made up your own story.

And it will be different from everybody else's story.

Who's been with us today in the lesson, and that's special because that story is your story.

And it's an amazing thing to do.

♪ You have made a story and we care ♪ ♪ You can share that story everywhere ♪ Your challenge is to tell your story to somebody else you know.

Well, stories have to have characters we care about.

We cared about yours.

Things have to happen, that we cared about.

We cared, didn't we, when Saffy got lost from her mom and stories have to have endings that feel satisfying to us.

We feel happy with the ending, and we're really happy that she found her mom in the end.

So that made for a great story.

Well, we are excited because a new story is coming up in the next unit, unit six, and it's a story called "The King and The Moon." We hope you can join us then.

But for the time being from Panda and myself, goodbye.