Year 2 Investigate the Tale of Rumpelstiltskin

A very mysterious character appeared in our English books this week, it was Rumpelstiltskin! This story tells of a poor miller who, out of desperation to appear as a person of importance in the presence of the king, says that his daughter can spin straw into gold, so the greedy king locks the girl in a room and tells her that if she has not spun the straw into gold by morning she will not get to fulfil her dreams. The children have loved hearing this traditional tale and have already started to delve deeper into the morals of all the characters including Lily. We have used the tale to think about how we treat others and build relationships. We ended the week by putting on our designer hats and transforming plain white t-shirts into amazing works of art, using our designs and the skilled application of masking tape and spray fabric paints, the designs came to life.