CBeebies: Stories by the Sea - Live Lesson

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Exploring the magic of storytelling

This Live Lesson, inspired by Old Jack's Boat: Rockpool Tales, looks at storytelling techniques for 5-7s.

Hosted by Show Me, Show Me presenters and writers for Old Jack's Boat Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee, and starring Paul Hawkyard as Ernie Starboard, the lesson explores story structure and focuses on key aspects of the curriculum.

Children are encouraged to help Chris and Pui create their own special Rockpool tale, plotting a simple story from beginning to end. Through interactive activities around character and setting the programme explores different ways of approaching story writing.

Content was created in collaboration with BookTrust.

This programme was first streamed live to schools in October 2016. Please note that we are no longer reviewing emails and messages from schools for inclusion in the lesson.

How to use this resource

Check out our lesson guide for teachers and print out the student activity sheets below.

• Lesson guide for teachers

• Pre-lesson activity: Describing the Rockpool

• Old Jack's Boat Rockpool Tales: Character sheets

• Lyric sheet: A sailor went to sea, sea, sea

• Follow-up activity: Story mountain story planner

• Follow-up activity: Writing using your senses

• Follow-up activity: Planning your character

• Follow-up activity: Different types of conflict

• Follow-up activity: Story endings

• Final story: Blue fish ending

• Final story: Red fish ending

• Final story: Yellow fish ending