Lesson video

Hello there, I'm Adam, and this is Panda.

We are on unit six, lesson one, using the story, "The King and the Moon." Let's see what's on the agenda for today's lesson.

Well, because our story is called "The King and the Moon," we thought it'd be a good place to start with seeing some nursery rhymes with kings in and at least one with a moon in.

After that, I'll tell the story for the first time, and you will reflect on the question who is to blame.

We'll think about our favourite moments.

So there will be some drawing time later in the session where you will need a piece of paper and a pencil to draw with.

Okay, let's start with the warmup.

So, one of the nursery rhymes that we know that has a moon in it is, "Hey Diddle Diddle." And you might know this one, too.

The words are hey diddle diddle.

The cat played her fiddle.

And a fiddle, here you are Panda, a fiddle like a violin like that.

The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog laughed to see such fun.

And the dish ran away with this spoon.

The tune goes like this.

♪ Hey diddle diddle ♪ ♪ The cat played her fiddle ♪ ♪ The cow jumped over the moon ♪ ♪ The little dog laughed to see such fun ♪ ♪ And the dish ran away with the spoon ♪ ♪ The spoon ♪ ♪ And the dish ran away with the spoon ♪ Would you like to do it with me? ♪ Hey diddle diddle ♪ ♪ The cat played her fiddle ♪ ♪ The cow jumped over the moon ♪ ♪ The little dog laughed to see such fun ♪ ♪ And the dish ran away with the spoon ♪ ♪ The spoon ♪ ♪ The dish ran away with the spoon ♪ Panda and I, we like to have fun with rhymes and play with things a bit.

So how about hey diddle dum.

The dog banged his drum.

What would happen then? I know.

Fun.

♪ Hey diddle dum ♪ ♪ The dog banged his drum ♪ ♪ The cow jumped over his head ♪ ♪ Ha, ha laughed the cat ♪ ♪ 'Cause it knocked off his hat ♪ ♪ And that hat chased the cat around the room ♪ ♪ The room ♪ ♪ The hat chased the cat around the room ♪ Hmm.

If we had a mouse playing the flute, we could have hey diddle hoot.

♪ The mouse paid her flute ♪ ♪ The cow slipped down on the ground ♪ ♪ Ha, ha, laughed the frog ♪ ♪ As it flew on a log ♪ ♪ And the dish laughed the whole afternoon ♪ ♪ The noon ♪ ♪ The dish laughed the whole afternoon ♪ That was fun.

Let's do another one.

This second nursery rhyme has a king in it and a queen and some blackbirds.

And nearly all nursery rhymes have little stories in them.

And the story in this one is that the king is about to open a pie with blackbirds in.

But we don't have to worry, 'cause the blackbirds are fine.

They're singing, and they kind of get their own back in the story.

You'll see why.

Here it goes.

You may know it.

♪ Sing a song of a sixpence ♪ ♪ A pocket full of rye ♪ ♪ Four and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie ♪ ♪ When the pie was opened ♪ ♪ The birds began to sing ♪ ♪ Wasn't that at dainty dish to set before the king ♪ ♪ The king was in the counting house ♪ ♪ Counting out his money ♪ ♪ The queen was in the parlour ♪ ♪ Eating bread and honey ♪ ♪ The maid was in the garden ♪ ♪ Hanging out the clothes ♪ ♪ Went down came a blackbird and pecked on her nose ♪ Those blackbirds got their own back in the end.

That was fun.

Nursery rhymes done.

So the story I'm about to share with you is called the "King and the Moon." And before I share it with you, I want to ask you while you're listening to the story to think about who is to blame for the things that happen in the story and to look out for a very important word.

It's the word because.

Because we're going to be using the word because a lot this week because it's such an amazing word, and we can do so much with it.

So enjoy the story.

Here it comes.

It's story time.

It's story time.

Look, listen, learn.

Once.

Once there was a king, and this king had everything.

He had the most fashionable clothes.

He had buckets of gold and more horses and houses that you could shake a stick at.

But the one thing this king did not have was the thing that he wanted the most.

Each night, the king would stand out on his balcony, and he would look to the thing he wanted the most, and he would start to sing.

♪ Oh moon, I love you ♪ ♪ Oh moon, I want you ♪ ♪ O moon, I swoon for you ♪ ♪ I want you to be mine ♪ All night, the king would sing to the thing he wanted.

In a tree nearby the palace lived a monkey, who was trying to get to sleep.

"Please stop that singing," cried the monkey.

But the king would never stop.

♪ I love you, moon ♪ ♪ I want you, moon ♪ ♪ Oh moon, I swoon for you ♪ ♪ I want you to be mine ♪ "Stop it," shouted the monkey.

And he got a banana ready to throw it, but he dropped the banana, half eaten.

And he went down through the trees and landed splat on the head of a mouse.

"What was that?" squealed the little mouse.

And the little mouse was so scared.

He started to scamper.

He scampered and ran and scampered and ran as fast as any little mouse can.

He ran so fast, he didn't look where he was going.

And he scampered up the tail of an elephant, onto the elephant's back, and made the elephant startled.

"What was that?" trumpeted the elephant.

And then the elephant started to charge.

He charged and he ran and he charged and he ran as fast as any elephant can.

And all through the town, people frowned, screamed and screamed and ran around.

And there was such a rumpus that the king on his balcony, singing to the moon thought, "What is all the fuss?" I need to sort it out like a king.

And he started to march down the stairs.

Passing the palace was a little girl.

Her basket full of freshly laid eggs.

When an elephant went charging by, it startled the poor little girl, and her eggs went flying up like that.

And they landed.

Splat, splat, splat, splat, splat on the head of the king.

Who has thrown eggs onto the face of a king? "It was that little girl," cackled an old woman.

The king stared at the girl.

The girl trembled and stared back at the king.

Why did you throw eggs in my face? "It was not my fault, Your Majesty," said the little girl.

Why was it not your fault? Because an elephant went charging by and startled me.

And that's what made me throw the eggs in the air.

So you can't blame me.

It must be the elephant.

"Well, fetch me the elephant," said the king.

When the elephant came, the king stared at the elephant.

The elephant stared at the king.

Why did you startle this girl and make her throw eggs that landed on my face? "It was not my fault, Your Majesty," said the elephant.

"Why?" said the king.

Because a little mouse scampered up my tail and up onto my head and startled me.

Startled me so much, I started to charge and run, and that's when I scared the girl who threw the eggs that landed on your face.

So you can't blame me.

"It must have been the mouse," thought the king.

Well, fetch me this little mouse.

Well finally, they found the mouse.

And the king took the mouse in the palm of his hand, and he stared at the mouse.

Why, why, why did you startle an elephant that made it charge and scare a poor little girl and made her throw eggs in my face.

"It was not my fault," said the little mouse.

"Why?" said the king.

Because a monkey threw a banana that landed on my head.

That's why I started to run.

So you can't blame me.

You've got to blame the monkey.

"Well, fetch me the monkey," said the king.

Well when the monkey came to see the king, the king looked at the monkey, and the monkey looked at the king.

Why did you throw a banana onto this mouse that made it run and scare an elephant that made the elephant charge, frighten a little girl who threw eggs in my face? Why? "It was not my fault," said the monkey.

"Why?" said the king.

"Well," said the monkey.

It was the singing coming from the palace.

♪ Oh moon, I love you ♪ ♪ Oh moon, I want you ♪ ♪ Oh moon, I swoon ♪ I was trying to get to sleep, which is why I threw the banana to get your attention.

And the banana hit the mouse, who scared the elephant, who scared the girl.

So it's not my fault, Your Majesty.

It was you.

You were singing.

The king thought about it.

He certainly did have egg on his face.

Somebody was to blame.

The king looked up at the moon.

♪ Oh moon, I love you ♪ ♪ Oh moon, I want you ♪ That night, the king climbed the highest mountain.

He got his guards to put boxes, one on top of tother like that.

And he climbed to the very top, stood on tippy, tippy, tippy toes, and tried to reach the moon.

But he fell down, splat on his face.

Time and time again, the king tried to get the thing he wanted most, but that King never did quite get to reach the moon.

♪ Oh moon, I love you ♪ ♪ Oh moon, I want you ♪ ♪ Oh moon, I swoon for you ♪ ♪ I want you to be mine ♪ And that was that.

So how was that? Did you enjoy the story? Panda, Panda says it's a very funny story, and I agree.

It's a comedy, isn't it? My favourite moment is when the mouse runs up the tail of the elephant and makes the elephant jump.

Panda loves the moment when the girl's eggs go splat on the king's face.

What were your favourite moments in the story? Would you like to think about them now and draw them? Pause the video while you draw your favourite, most memorable moments that perhaps the things that made you laugh the most.

And when you're done, come back, and we'll talk about what we're going to do with that story during this unit.

Okay.

Time to work.

So Panda and I were wondering what your favourite moments of the story were.

You know, we love seeing your work, don't you, here at Oak Academy.

If you ask your carers and your teachers, they will know how to send us your lovely pictures.

Please do.

So what have we done today? We have sung a nursery rhyme with a moon in it.

"Hey Diddle Diddle," one with a king in it, "Sing a Song of Six Pence," and we've listened to, and we've thought about the story, "The King and the Moon," thinking about our favourite moments and listening out for the word, because.

We're doing that because we are going to be using that word a lot during this unit.

So we're looking forward very much to the next lesson where we will be drawing more pictures and putting them together into a story map so you can start being a storyteller yourself.

So, we look forward to seeing you soon, don't we, Panda? And for now, bye bye.