LAUNCH your traditional tales/twisted tales project by creating a beanstalk in your classroom. Then allow the MAGIC letter to appear from a mysterious Fairytale character. Give each group a RUNNER bean seed to grow but attach the little magic scroll to each one... The wonder and magic has been created. Children create a science investigation to determine which liquid allows the seed the grow the best. After forming a conclusion the children must then use literacy skills to write a letter and set of instructions back to the characters in Far Far Away to tell them how to grow the magic beans. Also included Wanted poster to stick around your room (just replace the picture with characters from books and films you study). This was used as a HOOK to apply science, English and wonder into our TWISTED tale project, where the letters down the beanstalk finally revealed it wasn't Red Riding Hood in trouble but the kindly wolf. Contains: STORY Letter scroll, Poem Scroll for beans, example investigation sheet and modeled writing sheet. Everything you need for a few lessons worth of magical learning! Objectives: Writing Instructions Designing an investigation Recording and concluding a scientific investigation Reading and interpreting (Story on the scroll) Creative writing - Letter writing to Fairytale Folk

The children will enter Santa's Workshop and begin to build thinking, reasoning and communication skills to decide who should win "The Most Important Part of Christmas Award". The lessons can be used together as one theme afternoon or day or spread over a week to enable further in-depth analysis and reflection on the choices made. Using deeper thinking skills children build persuasive arguments through a number of challenges faced by Santa, his elves and the reindeer. Contains individual sheets or large classroom signs to transform areas of your class into the buys Christmas workshop. Visit Santa's Route Planning department, the Reindeer Barn and the watch tower where we decide who is naughty and who is nice. Building on PSHCE, Communication and thinking skills this broadly open bundle is suitable for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Previously used as a judged Outstanding Lesson. Everything you need to keep children focused in the last week of term, however keeping learning relevant, pushing thinking skills and building a classroom culture of debate, discussion and quality communication.