Description

Beatrix Potter Assembly for Key Stage I Part II based on Tales 6 – 10:

• • • Tale 6 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-winkle
    • Tale 7 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
    • Tale 8 The Tale of Tom Kitten
    • Tale 9 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
    • Tale 10 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

Cast of *25 plus Narrator (this role to be taken by the Class Teacher):

*As Jemima features twice, the cast could be 24, if Jemima doubles up – appearing in Group III and IV.

5 groups:

Group I (5 speakers)

• Lucie
• Tabby Kitten (Cat)
• Sally Henny-penny (Speckled hen)
• Cock Robin (Robin)
• Tiggy-winkle

Sample Text

Lucie:                                  Here are my hankies!

Cat:                                      Here are my mittens!

Hen:                                     Here are my yellow stockings!

Robin:                                 And here is my scarlet waistcoat!

Mrs. Tiggy-winkle:           All beautifully washed and ironed!

Narrator:                            What a fabulous washer-woman you are, Mrs. Tiggy-winkle!

Group II (5 speakers)

• Jeremy Fisher
• Minnow
• Trout
• Newt (Sir Isaac Newton)
• Tortoise (Mr. Alderman Ptolemy)

Sample Text

Narrator:             It seems fishing is rather a dangerous business!

Jeremy Fisher:    Well, I had to get my guests something to eat!

Newt:                   But we don’t like fish, Jeremy!

Narrator:             Oh dear! A bit of a dinner disaster?

Tortoise:              Not at all! I bought a nice plate of salad

Group III (7 speakers)

• Mrs Tabitha Twitchit (Mother)
• Mittens
• Tom Kitten
• Moppet
• Rebeccah Puddle-Duck
• Jemima Puddle-Duck
• Drake Puddle-Duck

Sample Text

Narrator:             What well-behaved kittens! And very generous, from what I’ve heard!

Rebeccah:           (Strutting up and down) Look at this lovely hat (pauses) and pinafore!

Jemima:               (Strutting up and down) Look at this lovely tucker (pauses) and pinafore!

Mr. Drake:          (Strutting up and down) And just look at my smart outfit – blue jacket and trousers!

Narrator:             The perfect fit! Who would have thought they were meant

Tabitha:               (Shrieking) For my kittens!

Group IV (3 speakers)

• Jemima Puddle-Duck
• Fox
• Kep (collie-dog)

Sample Text

Jemima:               (Looking around) Now, where are those eggs?

Kep:                      Don’t worry. Someone in the farmyard will find them for you!

Fox:                      If I don’t get to them first!

Kep:                      (Growling) You had your chance! And blew it! Now beat it!

Narrator:             Oh dear! That’s no way to speak to this gentleman, Kip! Where are your manners?

Jemima:               That fox is no gentleman! He won’t fool me again!

Group V (5 speakers)

• Benjamin Bunny and wife Flopsy
• Flopsy Bunny
• Mr and Mrs McGregor

Sample Text

Mr. McGregor:   They filled my sack with other things

Benjamin:            We did! Vegetables

Flopsy:                 And a brush!

Mrs. McGregor: (Angrily) And you didn’t notice the difference?

Narrator:             Yes, I agree with you, Mrs. McGregor. Wee baby bunnies would, you’d have thought, have felt a little different

Mr. McGregor:   (Interrupting angrily) I was tired! I had mowed all that grass

Mrs. McGregor: (Angrily) Silly old man!

Duration

Around 10 minutes reading time but this can of course be expanded, to allow more performance.

The lines/text is simple and short as appropriate for Key Stage I. If the teacher, who takes the role of narrator throughout all 21 tales (all 4 parts), wishes to release some of his/her lines to the more able/more confident in the class and add further text from the tales, then that is, of course, down to the teacher in charge. The idea of these scripts is to provide a template that can be edited according to the ability of the children.

The Tales of Beatrix Potter, Parts I – IV, Guided Reading Scripts for Key Stage II

Also available from www.plays-r-ussell.com are a set of guided reading scripts, written using the same format – 5 tales for Parts I, II and III, with 6 in Part IV; around 6 speakers per tale – the total number adding up to 30, each tale around 5 minutes in duration (not including Q&A/Discussion based around PSHE themes).

Part I consists of:

• • • Tale 1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit
    • Tale 2 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
    • Tale 3 The Tailor of Gloucester
    • Tale 4 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
    • Tale 5 The Tale of Two Bad Mice

Part II consists of the following:

• • • Tale 6 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
    • Tale 7 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
    • Tale 8 The Tale of Tom Kitten
    • Tale 9 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
    • Tale 10 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

Part III consists of:

• • • Tale 11 The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
    • Tale 12 The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
    • Tale 13 The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
    • Tale 14 The Tale of Mr. Tod
    •  Tale 15 The Tale of Pigling Bland

Part IV has the following tales:

• • • Tale 16 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers
    • Tale 17 The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan
    • Tale 18 The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
    • Tale 19 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
    • Tale 20 The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit
    • Tale 21 The Story of Miss Moppet