The traditional story of The Three Little Pigs is told by Nihal Arthanayake accompanied by members of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
The video
Narrator:Come to a magical place.of fairy tales and adventure.Let the music take you far away,to Musical Storyland.
Nihal: Welcome to Musical Storyland with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. My name is Nihal and these are my friends and their musical instruments.
Valerie: Hello. My name is Valerie and I play the accordion.
Elliot: My name's Elliot and I play the clarinet.
Rebecca: My name's Rebecca and I play the horn.
Nihal: Together. We are going to tell the musical story of the Three Little Pigs.
Once upon a time, a mother pig lived on a farm with her daughters, the three little pigs
As time passed the three little pigs grew bigger and bigger and the family began to run out of space. The mother pig loved her children, but it was time for them to leave home. It's time for you to make your own way in the world, she snorted. So the three little pigs set out to find a new place to call home and soon enough, they found the perfect place to live on the edge of the farm.The three little pigs each decided to build a house of their own. The first little pig quickly built a house made of straw that she had found in a field nearby. In no time at all her straw house was finished and she did a proud little snort to celebrate.
Snort!
The second little pig built a house made of sticks that she'd gathered from the woods and soon enough, the second little pig's stick house was complete and she snorted happily.
Snort!
The Third Little Pig decided to build a house made of bricks from the farmer's yard. The bricks were heavy and it took a lot of effort. Much later, the third little pig finally laid the last brick of her house. She let out a very tired snot.
Snort!
As the sun set over the farm, the three little pigs went to bed, safe in their houses.The next morning, the first little pig heard a rat-a-tat-tat at the door of her straw house. Rat-a-tat-tat!It was a big, bad wolf looking for something to eat for his breakfast!
Little pig, little pig, let me in!
Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!
Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in.
The wolf took a huge breath and blew the straw house as hard as he could.The straw house crashed to the ground and the first little pig ran to hide in her sister's stick house next door.Soon, there was a knock knock at the door of the stick house.The big bad wolf was back!
Little pig, little pig, let me in!
Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!
Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in.
The wolf took a huge breath and blew the stick house as hard as he could.The stick house tumbled to the ground and the two little pigs ran to hide in their sister's brick house instead.Soon there was a bang, bang, bang at the door of the brick house.
BANG. BANG. BANG.
The wolf would not give up!
Little pig, little pig, let me in!
Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!
Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in.
The big bad wolf took a huge breath and blew the brick house as hard as he could.The brick house was stronger and sturdier than the straw and stick houses…so the wolf collected all the breath he possibly could and tried again.
No matter how hard he tried, the wolf could not blow down the brick house.So he tried to get in through the chimney instead!The three little pigs quickly push their compost bin underneath the chimney. The wolf slid down and crash landed into the pile of rotting fruit and vegetables!The wolf was now feeling smelly and very silly.So, he decided that he would never bother the three little pigs again.
The three little pigs lived happily ever after, safe in the strong brick house. But they never, ever forgot about the time the big bad wolf came to visit.
Little pig, little pig, let me in!
Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!Little pig, little pig, let me in!Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!Then I'll huff and I'll puff and blow your house in.
The Three Little Pigs
Presenter: Nihal Arthanayake
Composer: Daniel Whibley
Instruments: Accordian / Clarinet / Horn
Synopsis
A mother pig lives on a farm with her daughters, the three little pigs. The mother pig loves her children, but it's time for them to leave home.
The three little pigs each decide to build a house of their own. The first little pig quickly builds a house made of straw, found in a field nearby. The second little pig builds a house made of sticks that she's gathered from the woods. The third little pig decides to build a house made of bricks from the farmer's yard. The bricks are heavy and it takes a lot of effort.
The next morning, the first little pig hears a rat-a-tat-tat at the door of her straw house. It's a big, bad wolf looking for something to eat for his breakfast. The wolf takes a huge breath and blows the straw house as hard as he can. The straw house crashes to the ground and the first little pig runs to hide in her sister's stick house next door.
Soon, there's a knock at the door of the stick house. The wolf takes a huge breath and blows the stick house as hard as he can. The stick house tumbles to the ground and the two little pigs run to hide in their sister's brick house.
Soon there's a banging at the door of the brick house. The wolf takes a huge breath and blows the brick house as hard as he can. This time the house won't blow down, no matter how hard the wolf tries.
The wolf climbs down the chimney instead, so the three little pigs push their compost bin underneath and the wolf slides down and splats into a pile of rotting fruit and vegetables! The wolf decides that he won't bother the three little pigs again, and the sisters live happily together, safe in the strong brick house.
Curriculum links
Music
The film and the accompanying Teacher Notes can be used to fulfil the following objectives of the Key Stage 1 music curriculum, which states that pupils should be taught to:
- use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
- play tuned and untuned instruments musically
- listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music
- experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music.
English
The film and the accompanying Teacher Notes can also be used to target objectives from the Key Stage 1 English curriculum, particularly relating to Spoken language, Reading and Writing.
Resources
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