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EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… giants

Reception children wrote letters to the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk after he secretly visited their classroom. By Annette Rawstrone

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Once upon a time, a Giant left behind a big footprint in a school classroom and inspired the Reception children to embark on weeks of wonder, investigation and writing.

Children at Redriff Primary School in Rotherhithe, south-east London, had enjoyed watching a pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk and were intrigued by the Giant who was heard but never seen on stage. They started to imagine what he may have looked like and were surprised to find that he had visited their classroom in the night and left behind his footprint and a note saying, ‘Fee-fi-fo-fum! There’s lots of measuring to be done!’

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