Woodland Stories
As a follow up to our trip to the woods the children have made up some stories set in the woods. Please read our enchanting little tales. You will find themes which are important to the authors such as, friendship, being kind and working together. Their worries are also apparent: floods, getting stuck, storms and someone eating all the party food!
The children created their stories using a story box technique championed by Alan Peat. They used instruments and puppets to perform their story.
BAT TO THE RESCUE - By Joshua, Zoe, George, Heidi, Chloe and Michael
One rainy afternoon Badger, Squirrel, Bat and Hedgehog were playing in the woods. It was autumn and
all the leaves were falling off the trees.
The rain became very heavy and everything began to flood. The drains filled up. All of a sudden a big gush of water came
and washed the animals away.
"Help!" shouted the animals.
They were very scared.
Bat, who was flying because he could, heard his friends shout and said, "Bat to the rescue!" He soared down and picked
up his friends one by one. He carried them to the mountain where they were safe and dry.
"Thank you" said Badger.
"Thank you" said Squirrel.
"Thank you" said Hedgehog.
"No problem" said Bat.
The next day was sunny. The animals were happy.
MOLE GETS STUCK - By Libby, Natasha, Zak, Millie and Ben
It was a cold windy day in the woods. Mole was very busy digging a hole.
He suddenly found that he was stuck.
'Help!' He shouted.
Cat heard Mole and asked Squirrel to help him get Mole out of the hole. Together they dug and dug until Mole was free.
They were all very hungry so they all went home for tea.
BIRD'S GRUMPY DAY - By Joseph R, Jamie, Jack, William S, Kareem and Connor
One rainy day Squirrel went to visit Bird in his nest. But Bird was feeling grumpy
"I don't want to play" he said, "go away!"
He pushed Squirrel which made Squirrel very sad. He started to cry. He climbed down the tree and his friends
Mole and Bat asked "Are you O.K.?"
"No," said squirrel. "Bird is not my friend."
Mole went to see Bird.
"Don't hurt Squirrel anymore. Come and play in the leaves with us!" said Mole.
"But I think you need to say sorry first" said Bat.
Bird said sorry. Squirrel forgave him and the animals played football with a conker all day.
TEA TIME AT BADGER's - By Nathan, William, Louise, Liam and Sara
One day badger was in the woods digging a hole. Rabbit came hopping past.
"Would you like to stay to tea?" asked Badger.
Rabbit said that she would but when Badger looked in his cupboard he discovered that he had not
got any rabbit food.
Just then Squirrel came by.
"Would you like to stay to tea?" asked Badger.
"Yes please," said Squirrel.
Luckily Squirrel had some food suitable for all the friends. They had a lovely tea and soon after
became very tired, so they all went home to sleep.
GREEDY BAT - By Tiffany, Antonia, Oliver, James, Tegan, Hannah, Morgan and Amy
One sunny day a hedgehog, a bat, a squirrel and a bat were all collecting food in the
woods. They worked hard all day, rustling in the leaves, picking up mushrooms and collecting conkers.
They were all very hungry but they knew that they needed to save the food for their dinner. They were going
to have a big party and eat all the yummy food. But bat was too hungry to wait. He gobbled up all the
food in one go!
When the other animals found out what bat had done they were sad and cross. They told off Bat.
The wise old owl heard the shouting and flew down to see what was wrong. Owl agreed that Bat had
been naughty.
"But you friends should be kind and all work together to collect more food," he said.
So they all worked hard. Squirrel and Bat collected conkers from the tree. Badger and Hedgehog picked some
more mushrooms. They took it into a big hole in the ground.
In the winter they had a big party and they were very happy!
RABBIT AND FOX MAKE FRIENDS - By Tace, Ethan, Anna, Cameron and Milly.
One day Squirrel was sitting in his tree when he saw and heard Rabbit and Fox
being nasty to each other. They were arguing over some nuts.
Squirrel shouted, "You two should be kind to each other and share."
They all made friends and went off to play in the woods. They had a lovely game of Hide and Seek.
A STORM IN THE WOODS - By Monte, Stacie, Anya, Megan, Rhys and Jozef
One frosty morning Badger, Squirrel and Bird were playing Hide and Seek in the forest.
Suddenly a big cloud came and it rained and thundered. The three friends were very frightened.
"I'm scared," said Squirrel, "where shall we hide badger?"
"Come to my house until the storm is over" said Badger.
Just then there was a loud crash and a tree fell over. The animals ran to Badger's house.
Soon the storm blew away and the sun came out. The three friends went back outside to play happily in the sun.
A SNOWY DAY IN THE WOODS - By Kiera, Neve, Joe, Jeremiah, Harliegh and Sophie
It was a snowy day in the woods. Rabbit was making a snowman when the sun came out. He
asked his friends Fox and badger to help finish his snowman before it melted.
Rabbit fetched some buttons. Fox got the carrot for the snowman's nose. Badger got the hat.
Very soon the snowman was finished. They looked at him for a while then decided to go home.