Story Writing Homework

 Source: http://www.polkatheatre.com/editorial/box-of-photographs-intro

This week, your homework challenge is to write a 500 word short story for a competition. If your story is chosen as one of the winners, it will be included in a brand new professionally staged show performed at the Polka Theatre! Wow!

To begin, read the introduction to the story:

http://www.polkatheatre.com/editorial/box-of-photographs-intro

The, look through the photographs:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/132905533@N04/sets/72157655699333181

You need to bring the photos to life by writing a story inspired by them.

Please bring your story into school before Tuesday- do not send your entry off to the address on the website. We will check them and send them all off together.

The rules to follow:

• The story cannot be longer than 500 words.
• You must type or neatly handwrite your story. If the judges can't read it, they can't judge it!
• The story must be inspired by the photographs.
• On the front page of your story please write the title of your story, plus your full name, school, year group and age. Please provide the contact details (address, phone number and email) of an adult we can contact if you are one of the shortlisted stories - either a teacher or family member.
• It must be your own, original work.

Top Tips!

• Make sure your story has a clear beginning, middle and end.
• Use some exciting language- amazing adjectives, adverbs and connectives.
• As you only have 500 words, keep the story simple and don't have too many characters.

1001 Nights

 Source: The Unicorn Theatre

Today we saw the fantastic production of 1001 Nights at The Unicorn Theatre. What was your favourite part of the play?

Take a look at these videos- the first is a trailer for the show- what do you notice that is different from the version of the play we saw today?

This video is a very interesting behind-the-scenes interview with the 3 actors and some of the crew members that make the play so wonderful. Watch and listen carefully!

Theatre Trip Tomorrow!

I hope you are all as excited as I am about our trip to the Unicorn Theatre tomorrow. We're going to see a fabulous play called '1001 Nights'.

Source: Unicorn Theatre

Remember- you must bring a packed lunch. Before you leave for school in the morning, remember to put on some sun cream. We might be standing in the sun when we are waiting for buses and walking to and from the theatre.

It's going to be great fun- I'm looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Good News!

Source: Easter Sayings

Congratulations to everyone involved in the Easter play- it was wonderful! We had lots of lovely comments and compliments about the production. Everyone agreed that it was the best Easter play yet!

Well done children- you worked hard and performed so well- you should all be very proud of yourselves. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we all did.

Thank you to all of the adults who helped us at school and thank you to parents, carers, friends and families who helped to make the excellent costumes and came to watch and support the Middle School.

Have a fantastic Easter!

The Prince and the Pauper

On Thursday the whole of the Middle School hopped on the bus and went to the theatre! We had a fabulous day at the Unicorn Theatre, watching a play called 'The Prince and the Pauper'. The children's behaviour was fantastic and we all enjoyed the performance- there were some funny parts, some serious parts and some very entertaining sections of the story. We were intrigued by the ways the stage was used and how each actor played more than one part.

Source: http://unicorntheatre.com/the-prince-and-the-pauper Unicorn Theatre, London.

Your Reviews:

Add your review of the play as a comment below. What did you think? What was your favourite part? Was there anything that confused you, or that you would like to find out more about? How many stars do you give the play (out of 5!)?