How to build a house for a… 🏕🏚🏡

…gruffalo!

We all joined in to tell the story of the Gruffalo and quickly realised that the other animals’ homes were described but not his! In pairs we planned then built gruffalo homes. We got to visit and give feedback to our friends.

The next day we used the notes we had made to refresh our memories on the materials we had used and what we had done. We turned these into a set of instructions during our writing lesson.

I LIKED WORKING WITH A FRIEND

IT WAS HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT PLACE FOR A HOME

WE TRIED TO USE LOTS OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS

OUR HOME IS WATERPROOF

THE DOING WORDS ARE THE VERBS

THE MATERIALS GO UNDER THE OTHER HEADING

IT WAS FUN

WE COULD SHARE OUR INSTRUCTIONS WITH YOUNGER CHILDREN