What if instead of a house made of sweets and candy, Hansel and Gretel were actually lured in by a house of brussel sprouts? Or instead of Rapunzel being locked in a high tower, she was forced to stay in a luxurious beach house? These are the fun tales that students in Year Two have been dreaming up this term.

We have read many humorous and exciting twisted fairy tales such as Previously, Once Upon a Time Online, The Paper Bag Princess and some classes read Roald Dahl’s hilarious Revolting Rhymes. We have seen our favourite fairy tale characters given a brand new story.

From these, we learned the narrative structure and many things that could make our writing really special: sizzling starts, onomatopoeia, similes, metaphors, alliteration and dialogue. It was then our turn to try and create our own narrative, either by twisting stories ourselves or creating our own characters and plot lines.

While quite a difficult process, the students approached it with gusto, each working to the best of their potential to produce a narrative of their own. Have a read of some of these samples. Ask your child what their narrative was about!

Long ago, in the year 1786, Little Blue Riding Hood’s mother baked a delicious gingerbread man for the boy to take to her grandmother’s house. She lived in a small wooden hut near the beach. At the beach, Little Blue Riding Hood saw something that looked like a car and within it there was a strange dial. He twisted the dial and when he went to get out of the car he bumped the launch button.

Enqi 1/2 MC

Draco was in a magic school, Hogwarts, but before we learn more about him, let’s figure out how he even got there? It all started with Draco Malfoy at his cousins’ muggle house. His cousins knew he was a wizard but never told him. Now you might be wondering, why is he not in his family’s house?

Ali 1/2 MC

“Help me!” said a petrified voice from the bitter cold and haunted mansion. Jack and Zac were getting scared. “Runnnn!” They were now sprinting down the cramped pathway to the abandoned street. They were being chased. But by who?

Namah 2JC

Once upon a time there was a smart girl called Crystal. She was turning into a late girl! She knew that her teacher would be strict with her if she was late. The reason why is because at Manly Rainbow High tests are always in the morning (if there were any tests). There was a test!

Inaya 2MK

In a beautiful house in an AMAZING GARDEN lived Amy! She was a pretty little girl that had dark brown hair, blue eyes and peachy coloured skin. Her house was white and the roof was bright red. She lived with her lovely mother, father, grandma and grandpa. Her mother cooked delicious food, cleaned the clothes very well and washed the dishes carefully. Her dad went to work every day to earn money. Finally, her grandpa and grandma fixed clothes for money too.

Gabriela 2MK

"Mum, can I go outside?" called Mary from her bedroom. No answer. Mary was sitting on her eiderdown blanket. She stared, longing to go outside. Outside, snow was pouring down. Mary lived in a 'yellow with age' brick house. She had been a weirdo ever since she was born. She felt like a weirdo. Mary had wavy, long brown hair and blue beady eyes. She always wore a ragged colourful dress. Her parents never allowed her to go outside, but today this was her chance to be free! "Finally," thought Mary. 

Jaime 2EC

Then I saw a four armed, two headed monster. I also saw a dragon with four heads, two wings, three tails with huge rocks stuck on them and four arms. It roared with all its might and the dragon and the monster charged at us.

Joshua 2SS

Peter took a razor-sharp blade from his belt and thrust it at the monster.  A slimy tentacle crawled onto the sword with Peter dangling from it. Peter used all his strength and cut a long tentacle. It howled horribly in the cave. A wave of golden blood rushed down.

Jarvis 2SS