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Motor Skills
To practise fine motor skills through stirring the dough and pretending to draw crosses with both left and right pointer fingers, and to develop gross motor skills through pretending to put buns in the oven, spreading them with a topping and taking a bite out of them
Musicality
To move in time with the pulse and to internalise the feeling of a crotchet rest through biting the buns during the crotchet rests
6. Choreographed dance: ‘Peter Cottontail’ by Easter Gang
EDUCATIONAL aims
PD (MH)
To develop coordination and control through moving the body in several different ways including bending, wiggling, crouching and tummy rubbing, to develop finger dexterity through pointing and to practise the locomotor skill of jumping on the spot and in a circle
PD (MH) & M (SSM)
To engage in the body tension activity of stretching and bending down
PD (HSC) & PD (MH)
To encourage children to be active and therefore improve fitness through performing a high energy dance with lots of jumping
CL (LA)
To follow the choreography instructed by the teacher
EAD (MM)
To dance in time with the music
EAD (BI)
To pretend to be the Easter Bunny hopping and handing out eggs to family and friends and to act out eating chocolate eggs on Easter morning
Dance Aims
Body Awareness
To observe the choreography shown by the teacher and recreate it with own body
Control
To practise control through jumping
Flexibility
To stretch up high
Motor Skills
To practise fine motor skills through pointing, gross motor skills through bending, stretching, wiggling and crouching and locomotor skills through jumping
Musicality
To dance in time with the music
Strength and Fitness
To develop cardiovascular fitness through performing a high energy dance and to develop strength in legs through jumping
7. Actionsong:‘LittlePeterRabbit’(traditional)
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