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PD (HSC) & PD (MH)
To encourage children to be active and therefore improve fitness
CL (LA)
To develop listening and attention through the repetition of the words “Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas”
EAD (MM)
To dance in time with music
DANCE aims
Body Awareness
To observe the choreography shown by the teacher and recreate it with own body
Control
To practise control through jumping
Motor Skills
To practise fine motor skills through clicking and to practise gross motor skills including locomotor skills (jumping and side stepping) and non-locomotor skills (tapping knees, waving arms above heads and turning)
Musicality
To move in time with the music
Strength and Fitness
To improve cardiovascular fitness through performing a high energy dance and to develop leg strength through jumping
7. Action song: ‘When Santa Got Stuck Up the Chimney’ by Jimmy Grafton
When Santa got stuck up the chimney, (pat belly to pulse)
He began to shout, (hands to side of mouth as if shouting)
“You girls and boys won't get any toys, (point index finger to pulse as though telling off)
If you don’t pull me out. (pulling action to pulse)
My beard is black, (stroke beard)
There's soot in my sack, (point thumb behind back)
My nose is tickly too.” (tap nose to pulse)
When santa got stuck up the chimney, (pat belly to pulse)
“A-choo A-choo A-choo!” (hands to side of mouth and sneeze three times, left, middle then right)
EDUCATIONAL aims
CL (LA) & (S)
To develop listening, attention and speech through singing
CL (U)
To understand the meaning of words through actions
PD (MH)
To develop upper body coordination and control through joining in with the actions (patting belly, hands to side of mouth as if shouting, pulling, stroking beard, tapping nose)
L (R)
To develop an awareness of rhyme
EAD (MM)
To move in time with the pulse
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