Class 3 Home Learning Pack for Friday 15th May 2020 

 

Reading Task 

LO: To identify the features, conventions and themes of fairy tales and traditional tales 

 

Today we are going to be reading an adaptation of the story Jack and the Beanstalk - it is 

called Jack and the Baked Beanstalk by Colin Stimpson. Have you heard of it or read it 

before?  

 

If you would like to listen to the story, then you can use the link below. However, I have 

also typed the text out below to make it easier to complete today’s task too. It is available 

online in PDF format but you have to sign up to websites to do this and even though they 

are free I wanted to make sure that you would all be able to access the text. This website 

seems to have a good copy of it with the pictures if you wish to download a pdf of the 

story:  

https://gleasonpevy.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/jack-and-the-baked-beanstalk.pdf 

 

This is the link to listen to the story being read on youtube:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW3FSj1Y9to 

 

The task that I would like you to do today is to compare this version of the story to the 

original version. You need to compare the plot lines - what is the same and what is 

different? But I would also like you to think about which of the features and conventions 

of a traditional fairy tale are featured in this version and what themes are present. Are 

they the same as in the original or are there differences? When you have finished 

discussing your ideas, I would like you to write a paragraph in your book explaining your 

thoughts!  

Jack and the Baked Beanstalk by Colin Stimpson 

 

  

Jack lived and worked in an old burger van with his mum and dog Bella. Their sign 

read ‘Fast Food’, which was funny because the van’s engine had broken down a long time 

ago and the van stayed in the same place ever since, parked on the edge of the busy city.  

Jack and his mum didn’t really mind - they were proud of their little cafe. They kept 

the place clean, served tasty food and always had plenty of happy customers.  

One winter, the city council decided to build a huge flyover so that more people 

could get to work even faster. The old road where Jack’s cafe stood was to be closed 

and soon construction began.  

At first things didn’t seem very different. Jack and his mum were kept busy 

feeding the builders eggs and sausages, burgers and chips and lots and lots of cups of 

tea. When the flyover was finally complete, they were sad to wave goodbye to them.  

All day long, traffic sped overhead as people hurried in and out of the city on the 

new flyover. Now they had such a fast way to travel, no one stopped to visit the old 

burger van anymore. The new road had swept the customers away. Soon Jack and his 

mum were down to their last few pennies.  

Go to the shop and buy some milk and coffee beans, Jack. Everybody likes a good 

cup of coffee,” said his mum, putting on a brave face.  

On his way to the shops, Jack met and old man who asked 

him why he looked so sad. Jack explained about the flyover and 

his burger van.  

“I think I can help you,” said the old man thoughtfully. 

“Forget the coffee beans - these are magic baked beans. I 

wouldn’t normally sell them, but you seem like a boy who would 

like to know their true worth.” 

Now, Jack had read enough fairy tales to know you don’t 

turn down an offer like that. Also, baked beans were his favourite food in the whole wide 

world, so he couldn’t resist tasting some magic ones. Thanking the man, Jack exchanged 

his last pennies for the beans and ran home.  

“You did what?” shouted his mum, when Jack showed her the can of beans.  

“But Mum, they’re magic baked beans. The old man promised,” argued Jack, realising 

how silly he sounded.  

Furious, his mum threw the can out of the window and sent Jack straight to bed 

without any supper.  

Early the next morning, Jack woke up to find his room 

bathed in a curious green light. Strange branches twisted in 

through the window and at the end of each shoot dangled a 

silver can of baked beans.  

“It’s a magic baked beanstalk!” Jack whispered to Bella, 

trying not to wake his mum. “If I remember rightly there should 

be heaps of treasure at the top.”  

After hurriedly eating a breakfast of the best beans Jack 

had ever tasted, he crept outside.  

“Are you ready Bella?” said Jack, grabbing hold of a long green tendril. “Mum will be 

worried when she notices we’ve gone, but if this really is a magic beanstalk, she’ll forget 

about being cross when we bring her back some treasure!” 

Up between the leaves the climbed, high into the sky. Finally, Jack and Bella 

reached the top, just above the clouds. The last branch wound its way to the steps of 

the biggest castle Jack had ever seen.  

Squeezing under the front door, Jack found himself in an enormous room. Suddenly 

there was a bone shattering clunk, then another and another, followed by the sound of 

someone singing:  

“Fee-fi-fo-fummy -  

I’m always counting money.  

Be it silver or be it gold, 

It’ll make me happy,  

Or so I’m told.” 

 

Sure enough, Jack could see towers of golden coins stacked up in front of an 

enormous table and, behind it, an even more enormous giant.  

“Uh-oh!” whispered Jack. “I’d forgotten about that bit of the story…” 

But just as Jack and Bella turned to run, the giant spotted them.  

A huge hand reached down and scooped Jack and Bella high up in the air before 

dropping them on his table. In front of them was the most enormous chicken that Jack 

had ever seen.  

“We have visitors,” boomed the giant.  

“So I see,” squawked the chicken.  

“And we know just what to do with visitors don’t we?” said the giant. “Now you STAY 

THERE - I’ll be back in a jiffy.” And with that the giant grabbed a handful of the 

chicken’s eggs and marched off to his kitchen. Soon the sound of clattering pots and 

pans was making the table tremble.  

“Is he going to eat us, Chicken?” squeaked Jack, shaking with fear.  

“Don’t be silly!” cackled the chicken. “He just wants to make you some lunch - he 

hasn’t cooked for someone new in a long, long time.”  

As Jack watched, the giant switched on an enormous radio. Then, his foot tapping 

doing to the sound of the music, he began to make the biggest omelette Jack had ever 

seen. While wonderful smells wafted into the room, the chicken told Jack about life in 

the castle.  

“Every day, all day, the giant counts his money,” she clucked, “He doesn’t know what 

else to do with himself and it’s hard for the radio - she’s a magic one you know - she can 

only play at lunchtimes, as the giant needs silence when he’s counting.”  

Just then the giant appeared.  

“Lunch is ready!” he cried cheerfully.  

Over lunch Jack told the giant all about life at the bottom of the beanstalk and the 

giant told Jack about his money. Jack thought having such treasure was fantastic but 

the counting sounded a bit… well, boring.  

“I do get pretty lonely up here,” confessed the giant. “Would you consider staying? 

You could help me count and I could cook us tasty meals.”  

“Sorry,” said Jack, “I just couldn’t leave my mum. I should be getting back.”  

“Can I come with you?” sang a small voice. Jack and the giant turned to the radio in 

surprise. “I want to play songs all day long.” 

“And I’ve always wanted to stretch my wings,” clucked the chicken.  

The giant looked glum, but agreed that his friends deserved a change after all 

their years in the castle.  

With a heavy heart, the giant walked them all to the top of the beanstalk.  

“Are you sure you won’t come with us?” asked Jack. “If this was the fairy tale, you’d 

be chasing us all the way down.”  

“I’d love to,” said the giant sadly, “but truth be told, I’ve always been a bit scared 

of heights and it looks a long way down that beanstalk. I’d better stay here and count my 

gold.”  

So Jack and Bella climbed onto the chicken’s back and clutching the radio, began 

the long journey back to the ground.  

“Goodbye, goodbye,” hollered the giant, waving his handkerchief. “Do come again 

soon.” But as he leaned out over the top of the beanstalk, trying to catch a last glimpse 

of his friends, there was suddenly a loud CRACK… 

“Snap!” went the beanstalk, and down, down, down fell the giant. Crash, bang, wallop, 

right on top of the new flyover. 

Cars skidded in all directions, but fortunately no one was hurt.  

“Are you all right?” asked Jack, who had luckily reached the ground just in time.  

“No,” said the giant, as an enormous tear splashed onto the concrete below, then 

another and another. “Now the beanstalk’s broken, I can’t go home. And without my 

money to count, I’ve got nothing to do. Whatever will become of me?”  

“It isn’t that bad,” said Jack thoughtfully. “At least you’re with your friends and if 

you tried doing something you enjoy, you might find it more interesting than counting 

money.” 

And that is the story of how the Baked Beanstalk Cafe became the famous place it 

is today. It’s much bigger than the old place, in almost every way.  

If you’re ever passing, I suggest you call in. You can say hello to the giant chicken 

or listen to the jumbo radio that plays fantastic music all day. The baked beans and eggs 

are always free and, to top it all, they have a very, very famous cook… 

 

 

Grammar Task 

LO: To use commas to separate items in a list.  

 

1. Add any missing commas to the sentence below.  

 

 

 

2. True or false? The sentence below doesn’t need any commas. 

  

I love to exercise and I really enjoy playing football cricket and rugby 

with my friends. 

 

3.  

 

 

 

 

Spelling Task 

LO: To spell words containing the rare Grapheme- Phoneme- Correspondence for /I/ 

 

Today I would like you to write a sentence containing each of the words that we have 

looked at this week, with the word spelt correctly.  

 

The words on our list this week are:  

Gym 

Cygnet 

Myth 

Pretty 

Women 

Pyramid 

Mystery 

Egypt 

Build 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English Task  

LO: To group sentences on a similar theme into paragraphs 

 

Continue to read and enjoy this story together. This could be from the beginning or from 

where you read up to the previous day, e.g. from p9 onwards:  

http://ebooks.rahnuma.org/1508584979-Roald.Dahl_The-Enormous-Crocodile.pdf.html 

 

Or 08:11 mins onwards using the recording here:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A0ryZi7cPQ 

 

Discuss what has happened in the story and the tricks the 

crocodile carried out.  

Write about each trick, under a subheading:  

 

Trick One  

 

Trick Two  

 

Trick Three  

 

Finally check your spelling and punctuation in each sentence 

together. 

 

 

 

 

Maths Task 

LO: To identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle and recognise 

this as a property of a shape 

 

Today we are going to finish our unit on 2D shape and angles by completing some depth and 

mastery activities around comparing angles. If you want it might be helpful to look back at 

the learning that we have done already this week to help you to apply your knowledge to 

these problems.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidation Activity:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main Activity:  

 

 

Challenge Activity:  

 

Topic Task: French 

LO: To use known animal names and colours to write simple captions 

 

Listen to the story of Les Quatres Amis again to remind you of the story:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DflfjcD9PO8 

Then listen to this song to help remind you of the colours:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzR_d6uJkb8 

Today I would like you to write a caption for each of these pictures saying the colour of 

the animal and it’s name (all of the animals can be found in the story Les Quatres Amis) 

 

The horse, sheep and rabbit are masculine so the caption should begin with ‘Le.’ The mouse 

is feminine so this caption should begin with ‘La.’ 

 

Remember ‘est’ means is.  

 

For example:  

 

 

Le chat est orange.  

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