Chinese Dragon Dancing workshop

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The Ducklings thoroughly enjoyed their Chinese Dragon Dancing workshop on Friday. They were so confident in performing to the rest of the school. Some children performed the dragon dance, others performed a dance with traditional Chinese fans or parasols to the audience. Amy, the dance teacher,…

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Firework Dancing

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In PE, we listened to Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks and we used scarves and ribbons to explore moving along to the music to create fireworks. We twisted, turned, swirled, leapt, skipped, spun around, twirled and much more! It was great fun and lovely to see them come up with their own…

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Skeleton Dance

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As part of our Science week we have been looking at the body. We have been learning body parts, Little Chicks danced to The Skeleton Dance, Head, shoulders, knees and toes, My body song.

 

 

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Elephant watch me grow

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Little Chicks have been looking at non-fiction books, learning that they are books with facts and information. As we are learning about the Savannah and the animals today we looked at the DK book Elephants.

 

 

In the hall Little Chicks danced to Elephants have wrinkles, Nellie the…

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Yellow Ducklings African Dance

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The Ducklings thoroughly enjoyed the African Dance workshop today. They listened so well to the instructions and soon picked up the dance moves to complete a whole routine which they performed to African music.

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African Dancing

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Little Chicks have been learning African dance.

Learning to dance to the beat and the rhythm of a sequence of moves.

Little Chicks thoroughly enjoyed dancing.

 

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Chinese dragon dancing

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The Ducklings have enjoyed finding out about how Chinese new year is celebrated. They have loved watching video clips of the lion and dragon dances. Outside, they have reenacted their own dragon dances together, while some children played percussion instruments to dance along to.

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Penguin Groove

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Little Chicks have been learning the Penguin dance they followed dance moves and coordinated their body movements to the music.

 

 

follow the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf0uKmKwnKs to learn dance and join in with your Little Chicks.

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Elephants have Wrinkles

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Little Chicks have been learning the song Elephants have Wrinkles. They followed the lyrics to do the actions and join in singing.

 

 

follow the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJonGSbUWXE

Enjoy at home dancing and singing.

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Pirate Gang!

The Ducklings have loved being part of a Pirate gang in PE today!

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Under The Sea Dance and Music

The Ducklings have enjoyed creating under the sea dances and exploring accompanying the dance by playing percussion instruments.

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Under the Sea Dance

The Ducklings enjoyed their PE dance lesson on Friday. They explored moving like different sea creatures.

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