Lyrics
"Let 's get ready to march on the spot
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
Marching on the spot to the beat of 8.
Use your power arms, it 's really great.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Marching on the spot to the beat of 8.
"8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
Marching forward to the beat of 8.
Use your power arms, it 's really great.
"Forward now" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Marching forward to the beat of 8.
"8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
Marching backwards to the beat of 8.
Use your power arms, it 's really great.
"Backwards now" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Marching backwards to the beat of 8.
"For the last time - marching on the spot
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
Marching on the spot to the beat of 8.
Use your power arms, it 's really great.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Marching on the spot to the beat of 8.
Activities
Music
- "Beat circle" draw eight dots in a circle and clap once for each dot while a leader points. Circle some of the dots, which could now be rests (silent beats). Start at different points in the circle to create different rhythm patterns.
Dance
- What is a locomotor move? A movement in which the body travels across space (running, creeping, rolling).What is a non-locomotor move? A movement in which the body remains anchored to one spot by a body part (for example, bending, twisting, stretching). What kind of movements can you spot in the song?
- Making pathways - students walk through the space making curved, straight, sudden turns and zigzag pathways as you call them. Freeze when the music stops.
Maths
- Listen to the song - when the song counts back from 8 slowly sit down; when the song counts up to 8 slowly stand up.
- Ask before and after numbers e.g. what comes before 8? 7 What comes after 4? 5
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.