Lyrics

Activities

Music

• Dynamics is the varying levels of loudness and softness. For the 'drum ' slap your thighs; for the 'trombone ' use your voice; for the 'cymbals ' clap your hands for the last verse March on the spot. Play the song and make your sounds "loud"! Play the song again and make your sounds "soft".

Drama

• Follow the leader of the band. Choose an imaginary instrument. Discuss how the instrument feels, what the instrument looks like and what the instrument sounds like. In time to a beat of a drum, march around the room following the leader playing your imaginary instrument.

Visual Art

• Make your own instrument.

Literacy

• Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it and hear it!"

Print out the song PDF

• Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.
• Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
• Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,
• Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
• Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
• Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.