Gangsta Granny!

This term our class book has been 'Gangsta Granny' by David Walliams. We have really enjoyed this story. It is about a young boy called Ben and his old granny. In the beginning Ben doesn't like visiting Granny or spending any time with her because he thinks she is boring. But little does he know! Granny ends up telling Ben that she is actually a jewel thief who has pulled off lots of heists and had plenty of amazing adventures. Ben and Granny hatch a plan to break into the Tower of London to steal the crown jewels but it doesn't quite go to plan.
We have enjoyed exploring the amazing characters in this book and how the author has developed them.
As an end of term activity Mrs Jackson tried very hard to find a copy of the BBC movie version of this book but she had no luck! So she came up with another idea - we were going to recreate some of the scenes from the book ourselves using drama!
We started off the morning with a quick quiz about the book. Several groups got all 8 answers correct. Then it was off to the hall.
To recreate the scenes from the book we had to think very carefully about what the characters were doing and what our audience would like to see. We weren't allowed to use voice (so no talking) so our gestures and expressions had to tell the story. We did have a narrator who read the passage from the book out loud though. Mrs Jackson also said - no props! So we had to think carefully about how we could use to our bodies to create any props or scenery that might be needed.
Here are the final videos from our performances. One group had a tricky scene - Granny giving the cake to the Beefeaters. This scene is not actually detailed in the book so it was up to this group to write a script and come up with the ideas of what happened.