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BBC School Radio Broadcast - 3 episodes
Dance programme for KS2 pupils.
Episode length - 20 minutes
A three part unit that explores six wonders of the world - not just architectural structures of the ancient human world but wonders of the natural world too. It's a whistle-stop tour, moving westwards around the globe, starting in the Far East.
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1 - From the Great Wall of China to the Taj Mahal
The first programme visits Asia - starting at the Great Wall of China where partners synchronise strong but exhausted building movements before linking up with other pairs to create their own class wall. Then the content moves on to the North of India where the serene beauty and symmetry of the Taj Mahal are recreated in controlled group shapes and balances, ending in an evocation of Indian folk-dance.
2 - From the Pyramids of Giza to the Colosseum
The second programme explores themes from Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome. The dark, mysterious passages of the Great Pyramid of Giza are explored between group sequences inspired by hieroglyphs and stylised Egyptian wall paintings. Then the massive circular form of the Colosseum in Rome provides a setting for partners to perform a carefully choreographed, slow-motion combat sequence inspired by the gladiatorial games.
3 - From Machu Picchu to the Great Barrier Reef
Programme 3 crosses the Atlantic further west to the mountains of Peru where, at the mysterious Machu Picchu, we reconstruct an Inca astronomical Temple of the Sun amidst rock-outcrops and follow a folk-dance trail to the summit of Huaynu Picchu. Finally, our westward journey continues to the coast of Australia where we explore steps and pathways influenced by aboriginal dances, and create sequences inspired by the natural underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef. This is a journey of the imagination, so it will be valuable to provide classroom and research opportunities for children to see images of the six settings and to discover relevant evidence for themselves, using books, video and the internet. Finding out about the cultural, historical and environmental backgrounds for each location will add greatly to the rich mix and quality of movement.
Notes taken from BBC School Radio website.
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BBC School Radio Broadcast - 2 episodes
Episode length - 20 minutes
Dance programmes for 9-11 year olds.
In the Gym
A unit of two programmes focussing on personal health and fitness. Both programmes include an energetic aerobic warm-up followed by gentle stretching exercises; dance sequences inspired by a typical "in the gym" workout and a gradual cool down phase followed by a selection of appropriate muscle stretches to finish. Throughout the programmes, pupils are encouraged to consider the benefits of regular exercise and are reminded about key safety aspects such as the importance of gradually warming up and cooling down to maximise performance and reduce the risk of injury.
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BBC School Radio Broadcast - 3 episodes
Episode Length - 20 minutes
Justin Fletcher presents the music and movement series for 4 - 6 year olds.
The Rescue Party - One of Nick Butterworth's well-known and much-loved "Percy the Park Keeper" stories provides a foundation for movement and dance in character and "in role".
Episode 1 - Animals in the Park - As a "park keeper" the children explore Percy's work-actions - unlocking gates, mending fences, planting plants, pruning trees, mowing grass, sweeping paths and fetching ropes to rescue a baby rabbit who has fallen down a well. As various mammals, pairs explore scurrying, digging, burrowing, lumbering, creeping and scampering movements, all at different speeds. These contrast with bird movements - swooping, flapping and waddling.
Episode 2 - Rabbit Down the Well! - After adding new characters (rabbits skipping, hopping and jumping and new birds flapping and wing-fluttering), this part of the story emphasises co-operative movements. In a circle echo-game, the children mime calling out to the lost rabit. Then the climax is a rope-chain (like a tug-of-war), where everyone heaves together on an imaginary rope to pull out…not a rabbit but an old log. Luckily the rabbit has escaped safely, so all's well that ends well.
Episode 3 - All Pull Together - An opportunity to dance the whole "The Rescue Party" story and to add a small-group laughing dance, "safe and sound". The unit as a whole also provides a talking point for exploring health and safety aspects of movement outdoors, especially in parks and the countryside.
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BBC School Radio Brooadcast - 2 episodes
Let's Move - Movement and dance series for 4 - 6 year olds.
Pirates
Welcome aboard the "Good Ship Collywobble" for a pirate dance adventure in search of buried treasure!
Episode 1 - On the Rolling, Rolling Sea - In today's programme, the children will dress up as pirates, adopt pirate characters, get the "Collywobble" ship-shape, dance a pirate hornpipe and set sail in search of the treasure!
Episode 2 - On the Pirate Island - In this programme, the children are back on board the "Collywobble". They get back into their pirate characters, land on Pirate Island, go in search of the buried treasure, then dig for gold where X marks the spot.
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BBC School Radio broadcast.
Episode length - 20 minutes
Let's Move - Movement and dance series for 4-6 year olds.
This unit is based on the Bible story about Noah and the Ark. In this first episode, we are introduced to Noah. He lives happily with his family, but all around him, people are behaving badly. God speaks to Noah and tells him to build an Ark. Noah builds the Ark and gets it ready for the flood.
Episode 1 - Noah builds the Ark - In this programme, children learn a happy dance, then a contrasting angry, stamping dance. They work with a partner, doing different building actions, as they get the Ark ready.
Episode 2 - The Animals Arrive Two by Two - Noah is told by God to find two of every kind of animal. This second episode includes searching and travelling, as we help Noah look for animals to go into the Ark. The animals enter the Ark and the rain begins. Children remember their happy dance from last time. Then, with a partner, they show the different animals entering the Ark.
Episode 3 - The Big Flood - In this final episode, the rain comes, but Noah and his family and the animals are safe in the Ark. They go on a long journey across the sea. The rain finally stops and when Noah sends out a dove, it returns with a trig in its beak. Noah and his family have reached dry land. Then God sends a rainbow, which fills they sky. In this programme, children work in pairs to make the Ark and they travel through space, as though they are being tossed up and down on the rough sea. Finally, there is a big procession of animals and with their partner, children make a rainbow, which fills the sky.
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BBC School Radio Broadcast - 8 episodes
Episode length - 15 minutes
See also: BD0016 Shakespeare
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Shakespeare Retold is a series of stories written by well-known children's authors. Each story is inspired by or based on a play by William Shakespeare. These are not straight retellings but stories with a spin, told only the way each individual author could tell them. Some are closer to the original play than others. The stories are intended as a very light introduction to some of the characters and themes found in Shakespeare's plays and have been written to appeal to children at KS2.
1 - King Lear: A Tragedy in Five Acts, written by Andy Stanton
2 - Macdeath (based on Macbeth), written by Pamela Butchart
3 - The Tempest: The Isle of Noises, written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
4 - The Taming of the Kat Dog (based on The Taming of the Shrew), written by Gareth P Jones
5 - A Midsummer Camp's Dream (based on A Midsummer Night's Dream), written by Laura Dockrill
6 - Henry V - A Soldier's Tale, written by Geraldine McCaughrean.
7 - All for a Pound of Flesh (based on The Merchant of Venice) by Jamila Gavin
8 - Ol'Fella (based on Othelle) by Paul Stewart
1 - King Lear: A Tragedy in Five Acts
Fun and irreverent, Andy Stanton's retelling of King Lear centres on Lear and his daughters, with many secondary characters in Shakespeare's complex original not making an appearance. The story retains the (almost pantomime) nastiness of the two wicked sisters and the return of good daughter Cordelia, but there is plenty of modern dialogue and silly humour. Lear ultimately asks whether he can jump ship to another Shakespeare play with a happier ending. His choices are no happier thatn his own story, and when he finally asks if he can be transported to a comedy, Cordelia tells him that both he and she have died "two minutes ago", leading Lear to sigh that "it's been an absolutely terrible day".
2 - Macdeath
In this adaptation, the narrator is a primary school pupil who volunteers to tell the story of Macbeth to her classmates. What follows is an exuberantly funny version of the tale told in a distinctively modern and childlike voice.
3 - The Tempest: The Isle of Noises
In The Isle of Noises, we meet a "real life" shipwrecked sailor, Ned Blood, who has a chance encounter with Shakespeare outside the Blackfriars Theatre and goes on to help Shakespeare create some of the special effects used in the first performances of The Tempest at Blackfriars. Ned's own shipwreck story seems to inspire Shakespeare to write Caliban's famous lines describing the magic of the island, "Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises" and Ned appears to recognise in the final lines of the play that Shakespeare is saying farewell to the theatre with a crowning achievement that (to use Ned's words) "is like every play you have ever written, sir…".
4 - The Taming of the Kat Dog
The notion of "taming" a woman being unsuitable for today's audience, Gareth P Jones in his story replaces the characters Katherine and Bianca with two pedigree dogs from the same litter. Kat is the poorly behaved, feisty pup. Bianca is the delightful pup who breeder Mrs Minola refuses to sell until a willing owner is found for the troublesome Kat. The role of Petruchio is taken by Peter, a young boy who agrees to take ownership of Kat, but plays a number of tricks on her until Kat eventually grows into a well-trained puppy.
5 - A Midsummer Camp's Dream
In this story, Puck takes centre stage. In Shakespeare's play Puck is also known as Robin Goodfellow and here he becomes a girl called Robin, a keen magician and brother to Obie (Shakespeare's Oberson). The story takes place in a Midsummer Camp, where Obie has forgotten his magican powers in favour of his girlfriend Tania. The camp leader is Nick Bottom and the lovers are Dem, Sander, Helen and Mia. Robin is disgusted by all the smoochy lovey-doviness in camp. She accidentally turns Nick into a donkey and the mix-up with the lovers is retained as the main plot of the story.
6 - Henry V: A Soldier's Tale
This version of the story is told by Pistol. Pistol takes on the role of the original play's Chorus - he even mirrors some of the Chorus' most famous lines - by inviting us, as listeners, to imagine great courts, armies and battlefields. Pistol explains all about Henry's mischievous youth, his kingship ad his decision to fight in France. We learn about the invasion and Harfleur and Pistol gives us echoes of Henry's famously rousing St Crispin's Day Speech before the Battle of Agincourt. Pistol comes across as a lovable rogue, but there is a real sense of pathos in his re-telling. He wants us to know of the vain-glorious futility of war; despite the victory in France, his friends are dead and he can't get a living now that he is back in England.
7 - All For a Pound of Flesh
In this adaptation, the story is told through the eyes of a young slave boy who realises that, to most, he is as invisible as "a dog or a goat". It is a faithful and detailed retelling which raises some very interesting questions about freedom, slavery and humanity. Is Portia any freer than a slave if her father has decreed that she must marry anyone who solves a riddle? Aren't we all human, whether we are Jewish, Christian, slave or master?
8 - Ol'Fella
In this modern day retelling, the story is relocated to a high school. The theme of racial prejudice against Othello is removed but the jealousy and purely evil motivations of Iago (Jags) remain intact. Othello becomes the popular and kind Olly, nicknamed Ol' Fella on account of his big, beefy build. Olly's surname is "Moore" - an echo of Othello "The Moor" in the original play. The plot begins with Jags feeling jealous that Olly has given Caspar (who takes the Cassius role) a place in the football team. The handkerchief becomes a baseball cap which Olly gave to Mona as a gift. Jags uses social media to provide evidence of the fake relationship he creates between Caspar and Mona. The story does not end with any deaths, but with the discovery of Jags' treachery and the humilliation of Olly, who loses both the girl and his spotless reputation.
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BBC School Radio Broadcast - 10 episodes
Time to Move - movement and dance programmes for children aged 6-8.
Ten Pieces
Dances based around music from the BBC's Ten Pieces programme. Skills developed through this unit include moving with control, using high and low levels, partner working, lone working, group work, movements such as skipping, jumping, crouching, swaying, turning, and stretching. Music used includes:
"Storm" Interlude from Peter Grimes by Britten, Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven, Horn Concerto No. 4 by Mozart, "Zadok the Priest" by Handel, "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" by Adams, "Mars" from "The Planets" by Holst, "A Night on the Bare Mountain" by Mussorgsky, "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg and "The Firebird" by Stravinsky.
Episode 1 - The Sea: A Storm is Coming
Episode 2 - The Sea: Sea Creatures
Episode 3 - The Sea: Storm!
Episode 4 - On the Mountain: Wild Weather
Episode 5 - On the Mountain: The Trolls Are Coming!
Episode 6 - Planet Mars: Ice Shapes
Episode 7 - Dust Storms and Two Moons
Episode 8 - The Firebird and Prince Ivan
Episode 9 - The Magic Garden
Episode 10 - The Giant Kaschei
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Format: Sound effects CD
1: Children in a park (0:41)
2: Park sounds (5:00)
3: Tennis games (1:43)
4: Running stream (5:04)
5: Children cheering (0:11)
6: Crowd cheering and clapping (0:21)
7: Duck (0:26)
8: Dog (1:02)
9: Horse walking (2:06)
10: Cat (1:50)
11: Chickens (1:05)
12: Cows 1 (2:17)
13: Cows 2 (0:31)
14: Pigs 1 (2:05)
15: Pigs 2 (0:45)
16: Sheep (2:08)
17: Sheep and lambs (0:55)
18: Push bike and bell (0.13)
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Format: Sound effects CD
1: Robin (1:31)
2: Moorhen (0:12)
3: Coot (0:23)
4: Water Fowl (2:28)
5: Swan (1:31)
6: Garganey (0:35)
7: Ruddy Shelduck (0:17)
8: NeNe (0:47)
9: Flamingos (1:04)
10: Cockatoo (0:50)
11: Dusky Lory (0:30)
12: Red Rumped Parakeet (1:51)
13: African Scops Owl (3:14)
14: Blackbird (3:13)
15: Blackcap (3:14)
16: Chaffinch (2:40)
17: Chiffchaff (2:40)
18: Common Gull (2:09)
19: House Martin (2:23)
20: Lapwing (1:09)
21: Linnet (3:02)
22: Nightingale (2:06)
23: Tawny Owl (2:14)
24: Oyster Catcher (0:53)
25: Reed Warbler (2:37)
26: Ring Ouzel (3:01)
27: Robin (3:02)
28: Rookery (3:05)
29: Sledge Warbler (3:03)
30: Skylark (2:30)
31: Stonechat (2:47)
32: Coal Tits (1:58)
33: Wheater (3:03)
34: Willow Warbler (3:08)
35: Whitethroat (1:14)
36: Lesser Whitethroat (1:27)
37: Wren (1:04)
38: Cockerel (0:25)
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Format: Sound effects CD
1: 999 dialled, "Emergency, which service?" (0:04)
2: Police wail siren (0:49)
3: Police yelp siren (1:18)
4: Fire brigade alarm bell, firemen descend pole (0:21)
5: Fire engine departs with two-tone horns (0:27)
6: Fire brigade hoses used on fire (1:55)
7: Fire brigade - CO2 type fire extinguisher used (0:23)
8: Ambulance wail siren (1:08)
9: Ambulance yelp siren (0:47)
10: Ambulance service R/T chat (0:47)
11: Hospital - operating theatre (3:27)
12: Pulse monitor - erratic (1:30)
13: Heart beat - fit young person (3:34)
14: Foetal heart beat - 38 weeks (1:29)
15: Hospital entrance lobby near lifts (3:50)
16: Trolley passes in hospital corridor (0:19)
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