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BBC School Radio Broadcast

KS2 Dance Workshop - Romans:

3 KS2 dance programmes for pupils aged 9-11 on the theme of Romans

1  Roman Invasion.

Warm up based on the physical exercises used by Roman soldiers to keep fit. Sequence 1 - The Roman "testudo" or tortoise attack formation (marching, creating a shield). Sequence 2 - Attack! (marching, turns, spinning). Cool down.

2 Towns and Buildings.

Warm up of clapping, jogging and jumping. Sequence 1 - Town planning - grid layout/ square formation dance. Sequence 2 - Roman architecture - columns, arches, bridges (partner work). Sequence 3 - Roman building actions and Hadrian's Wall (sawing, hammering, pulling.) Cool down.

3 Customs and pastimes.

Warm up - clapping, stretching, travelling forwards and back, bending, jogging. Sequence 1 - sculpture (sculptor/sculpture with a partner), sequence 2 - Gladiators, pair work as a "Thraex" and a "Retiarus". Sequence 3 - the Feast, group work. Cool down.

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BBC School Radio broadcast - 3 episodes

Episode length - 20 mins

Movement and dance series for children aged 4-6.

This is a three-part unit about cold and snowy weather.

1 - Jack Frost

He loves to leap over the countryside, making the snow fall and the puddles freeze. There is also a magical sleigh ride when Jack Frost waves his wand and makes the sleigh soar high up into the air.

2 - Creatures in the Snow

We learn about creatures which are often found in the snow. We experience some very cold weather and meet the robin, the snow fox and the penguin. We explore how they move and how they search for food.

3 - Let's Make a Snowman!

We're going to have fun in the snow! We'll go out walking in it, throw it into the air, make snowballs and build a snowman. We'll finish off by putting some of our moves together to make a snowman-decorating dance!

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BBC School Radio Broadcast - 5 episodes

Developing music skills for children aged 5-7.

The Song Tree is a lively series built around learning songs, singing and musical activities and in particular encourages: good singing technique and music practice, using the voice in different ways, breathing and posture, phrasing, high/low; loud and quiet; fast and slow; rhythm; higher and lower; going up; going down; steps; jumps; slides.

The series can be used to target key objectives from the curriculum, including to: learn to sing and to use their voices, create and compose music on their own and with others, understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions; pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure.

Music Food Fest

This 5 part unit includes some traditional material adapted in new fun ways.

Episode 1 - One Tomato, Two Tomatoes

Today's song is based on the well-known potato chant, adapted for tomatoes, peas, carrots, with rhythmic munches, crunches and scrunches! Also learning the chant "Bake a Cake".

Episode 2 -  The Kitchen Sink

The song in today's programme is a "listening-and-doing" action-song. "The Kitchen Sink", with finger-clicks, knee taps and low-to-high hand actions for pots and pans, forks, spoons, mugs and plates.

Episode 3 - The Song Tree Grows Apples

The song in today's programme is a gentle evocation of many fruits - including magic ones!

Episode 4 - Growth and Energy…Amazing Food!

The song in today's programme emphasises the scientific aspects of food and has a funky chorus with rock instruments!

Episode  5 - Food is for Celebration.

The song in today's programme explores how food is a key element in celebrations.

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BBC School Radio Broadcast - 3 episodes

Episode length - 20 minutes

Assembly series for children aged 5-7.

1 - Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter

 Professor Ben welcomes us to his science laboratory where he is trying out different experiments to find out what makes us happy. Children tell us about some of the discoveries that have been made in space, medicine and computing. Song: "Thank you Lord". Story "The Story of Mary Anning" - an adaptation of a true story by Heather Butler. Eleven-year-old Mary and her brother Joseph love exploring the beach in their home town of Lyme Regis, to find things to sell in their father's shop. One day, they make a discovery that would make Lyme Regis - and Mary Anning - famous: the first ever ichthyosaur. Reflection on people who have made discoveries which have helped our lives and inspired people.

2 - Matty Knight: Young Inventor

Ben has invented a brilliant new machine, but he doesn't know what he's going to use it for yet. Song "While We Live We Learn". Children tell us about inventions they would like to invent. Story "The Story of Matty Knight" - based on real life events. Matty was born in 1838, into a poor family. She spends her childhood making toys for her brothers Charlie and Jim and things to help her mother. When she is 11 the family moves to a town to work at the cotton mill and there she witnesses an accident that inspires her to invent something that would save the lives of many workers. Reflection on people who invent wonderful things to improve the lives of others. Children are also encouraged to think of things they could do to improve the lives of others.

3 - Maria de Sautola and the Altamira Cave Paintings

The programme starts with children talking about some of the places that they would like to visit and explore. Ben introduces listeners to the programme and to the town of Buxton in Derbyshire, where he has come to explore the Poole's Cavern caves. Song "All Around". Feature - Ben is inside the cave with cave explorer, Alan Walker, who tells him all about it and why he thinks it's a special place to come and find out about. Story "The Story of Maria de Sautuola and the Altamia Cave Paintings" based on real life events. Maria is an eight-year-old who lives in Spain. Her father was an archaeologist and Maria used to accompany him when he went searching for artifacts. One day, they explore some caves in Altamira and Maria finds something that no-one has seen for a very long time. Reflection on exploring the world and asking questions about what we find.

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BBC School Radio Broadcast - 4 episodes

Episode length - 20 minutes

Justin Fletcher presents the music and movement series for 4 - 6 year olds.

Two units of two programmes exploring the theme of space and time.

Space

Episode 1 - Journey to the Moon

In programme 1 the children take a trip in their spaceship to the moon. They see many interesting things on the way, including shooting stars and supernovas.

Episode 2 - Space: Meet the Aliens!

The children continue their journey in the spaceship. They reach the moon and encounter aliens.

See also: BD0022 Space (KS1)

Time

Episode 1 - Tick Tock!

Children explore the concept of "Time". They respond to ticking sounds, use their arms like the hands of a clock and travel around in circles (introducing the concept of clockwise and anti-clockwise)

Episode 2 - Time and Chime

Children jump up in the morning to the sound of an alarm clock, swing like the clock pendulum and show the different speeds of the clock hands.

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Episode length - 20 minutes

BBC School Radio Broadcast

Justin Fletcher presents the music and movement series for 4 - 6 year olds.

The Elves & the Shoemaker

1 - The Smart New Shoes

2 - The Elves are Discovered

The Enormous Turmip

1 - The Magic Seeds

2 - A Surprise in the Garden

3 - Everyone Pulls Together

Musicians of Bremen

1 - On the Road

2 - Into the Forest

3 - The Robbers Get a Big Fright

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BBC School Radio Broadcast (3 eps)

Episode length - 20 minutes

Justin Fletcher presents the music and movement series for 4 - 6 year olds.

In this unit of three programmes we meet some friendly creatures from the garden and learn various movement sequences which build towards a final extended "Minibeasts" dance (for which there is a separate music track.

See also: BD0021 Minibeasts

The first programme of the unit is based on simple movements inspired by bees and in particular patterns of movement as bees pass on messages.1 - Bees Do the Waggle Dance

2 - Digging for Worms

The movements in the second programme are inspired by that most useful of garden creatures - the common earth worm Our worm nearly becomes a tasty meal for a robin in the garden - but this worm is stubborn and manages to escape.

3 - A Dragonfly Hovers in the Garden

In the final programme of the unit children begin by moving as dragonflies, before combining elements from all the programmes to make a narrative "minibeasts" dance.

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A specially compiled collection on the topic of 'Minibeasts', aimed at Reception and Key Stage 1.

Boxed set includes:

Disc 1 - teacher notes

Disc 2 - BBC School Radio programmes

Let's Move: Minibeasts (3 eps) - Justin Fletcher presents the music and movement series for 4 - 6 year olds. In this unit of three programmes we meet some friendly creatures from the garden and learn various movement sequences which build towards a final extended "Minibeasts" dance (for which there is a separate music track.

Listen and Play: Minibeasts (1 ep) - Familiar songs, rhymes, stories and sound discrimination games to develop children's phonological awareness and confidence with spoken language.

Disc 3 -  Minibeast Adventure with Jess (19 episodes). Feelers out—what’s about? Jess and her friends explore the world of minibeasts.

Disc 4 - Selected short clips looking at minibeasts taken from: Blue Peter, Dirtgirlworld, Green Balloon Scrapbook, Mr Bloom's Nursery, My Pet and Me, Nina and the Neurons, Our Planet and Maddie's Do You Know?

Disc 5 - Selected minibeast stories from CBeebies Bedtime Stories (4 eps) . Bee: Nature's tiny Miracle, Ordinary Oscar, Superworm and The Very Busy Spider

Disc 6 - Charlotte's Web. (film)

Rating : U       Year of release: 2006

Smart spider Charlotte hatches a plan to save pig Wilbur from the butcher. Star-studded remake of EB White's classic children's tale.

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Episode length - 20 minutes

BBC School Radio Broadcast - 6 episodes

Justin Fletcher presents the music and movement series for 4 - 6 year olds.

Two units based on "The Smartest Giant in Town" and "The Snail and the Whale" by Julia Donaldson.

The Smartest Giant in Town

1 - The Smart New Clothes

2 - George Helps Out

3 - A Present from the Animals

The Snail and the Whale

1 - Lift Wanted Around the World

2 - Volcanoes and Storms

3 - Save the Whale!

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BBC School Radio Broadcast - 3 episodes

Episode length - 20 minutes

A unit exploring 3 of Aesop's fables through movement and dance.

1 - The Lion and the Mouse

2 - The Wind and the Sun

3 - The Rabbit and the Tortoise

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