Reception and the friendly giant!

After our Christmas holidays we found a gigantic letter waiting for us! There was only one person it could be from...the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk. From his letter we found out that he really was a friendly giant who needed our help to say sorry to Jack.

The giant also delivered a very strange kit for growing a beanstalk. The kit included:

• baked beans
• tin opener
• black paper
• and glitter!

Unfortunately, the kit was not very successful for us! We decided we must be missing some of giant's magic to make the beans grow.

Luckily, we had much more success in our other giant themed activities including writing fantastic letters to the Giant and painting different Jack and the Beanstalk characters. Furthermore, using positional language whilst hunting for hidden golden treasure.

The giant provided a brilliant start to the term and the children are still watching the growth of different beans in our classroom in the hope of a huge beanstalk.