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Here are today’s musical activities from Emmeline.
Musical Story: The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
This weeks musical story is the Listening Walk, we hope you enjoy it. Think about all of the sounds mentioned in the story, can you hear them from your garden or when you are out for a walk? Here is a bingo type board for you to use on your next walk or visit to your garden to see if you can hear any of the sounds mentioned in ‘The Listening Walk’.
500 Miles: Part 5 – Whole Song
Let’s see if we can now put together the whole of 500 Miles by the proclaimers and sing and sign along with it. If you are singing it with someone at home can you take turns singing the ‘y-ye-dl-et-de’s? Good luck!
Here are today’s musical activities from Emmeline.
Song: Five Little Speckled Frogs
We are going to sing Five Little Speckled Frogs in a very similar way to how we have sung Five Little Monkeys and Five Little Ducks.
We have prepared our version of it with 5 printed frogs stuck to desk bells! Every time a frog jumps into the pool the ‘glug glug’ will be played on that bell! Again, please don’t worry if you do not have instruments like this! You could sing, clap, sign or tap the ‘yum yums’ and the ‘glug glugs’. You could also print and cut out or draw five Little speckled frogs to practise counting down.
500 Miles: Part 4 – Verse 3
This is the last part we need to learn of 500 Miles before we put the whole song together tomorrow.
When I’m lonely,
well, I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who’s lonely without you.
And when I’m dreamin’
Well I know I’m gonna dream,
I’m gonna dream about the time when I’m with you.
And when I go out,
well, I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who goes along with you.
And when I come home,
Yes, I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who comes back home to you.
Here are today’s musical activities from Emmeline.
Musical Soundscape: Space
Today we are going to be playing a space soundscape. We have provided this picture as a visual stimulus for Space but perhaps you have your own Space picture or book you would like to use at home or you would like to use your imagination.
Please relax, listen to the music, look at the picture, imagine different things you might find in outer space and take deep breaths. Perhaps you have some things at home that sound like noises you might find in space that you could play along with.
500 Miles: Part 3 – Verse 2
We are going to learn the second verse of 500 Miles. The words are;
When I’m working,
Yes, I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who’s working hard for you.
And when the money,
comes in for the work I do,
I’ll pass almost every penny on to you.
And when I come home,
Oh, I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who comes back home to you.
And if I grow old,
Well, I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who’s growing old with you.
Our Expressive Arts team have been busy creating more videos for you to enjoy at home throughout the week.
They include an art activity from Diane for you to copy and drumming from Keith. Sam’s online dance classes have also been popular over the last couple of weeks and we are hoping that these can be recorded in the future to share with you, so watch this space!
Once again, if you would like to share any of your photos and videos with our school community, please email them to:
Amy Dunnett (Principal Teacher Primary) adunnett@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Here are today’s musical activities from Emmeline.
Action Song: Clap Those Hands
This is a wonderful action song for everyone to join in with. It starts with clap your hands and we will then do a variety of other actions along with the music. Can you think of any more actions to do to the music at home?
500 Miles: Part 2 – Verse 1
It’s now time to learn the first verse of 500 miles together. Here are the lyrics:
When I wake up,
well I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who wakes up next to you.
When I go out,
Well I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who goes along with you.
If I get drunk,
Well I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you.
And if I haver,
Well I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who’s haverin’ to you.
Here are some fun activities for you to try at home this week.
Remember, we’re always delighted to see what you’ve been doing so please, feel free to share you photos and videos with us either through the school Facebook messenger page or email adunnett@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Story Of The Week: We’re Going On A Beat Hunt by Michael Rosen
This week’s book study is a favourite with many of our our pupils – We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. In this story, a family go on a fun day out, looking for bears and exploring a variety of wonderful places, but they’re in for a BIG surprise!
Below you can read and listen along to the author Michael Rosen retelling the story:
The book study below has some great activities for you to try at home based on the story.
Science: Rainbow Experiments
The rainbow has become a popular symbol of support during this time, so why not have a go at some of our rainbow inspired science activities!
Learning Grid: Life Skills
Here is a learning grid for Life Skills. It contains 16 activity ideas for you to help develop and promote your child’s independence in a range of household and life skills tasks.
These activities are only suggestions and we would recommend that, where appropriate, you adapt these activities to meet your child’s ability level.
Learning Grid: Get Active!
Here is a learning grid for Getting Active! It contains 16 activity ideas for you to help promote physical activity both in and out of the home on a daily basis.
These activity are only suggestions and we would recommend completing one activity each day. However, we would love to see what other creative ways you and your family are using to Get Active daily!
Links to YouTube Channels and websites can be found below.
Here are today’s musical activities from Emmeline.
Vocal Warm-Up: The Musical Slide
This week’s vocal warm-up is the musical slide. It is very similar to our musical pencil vocal warm-up that we have done previously, but this time we are going up the steps of the slide and then slide down and vocalise along with this! Are you on a garden slide or maybe a very big water slide?
500 Miles: Part 1 – The Chorus
We are keeping with our Scottish theme and this week’s Makaton song is going to be 500 miles by the Proclaimers. This has been a big favourite at Orchard Brae’s Makaton Choir and we have been singing it every choir practice. But it is also very tricky with a lot of words and signs! Today we will learn the chorus.
I would walk 500 miles
and I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walks 1000 miles
to fall down at your door.
Information from both the National and Scottish Government regarding Covid-19 is constantly being updated but we felt that it was important to share the latest update about social distancing from the Scottish Government with our school community.
We are aware that the restrictions put in place about social distancing and exercise outwith the home have proved challenging for many within our school community. However, recent amendments to the social distancing guidance issued from the Scottish Government makes it clear that, if you’re autistic or have a learning disability, you can leave your home more than once a day and travel beyond your local area if this is important to your health.
“You can leave your home for medical need. If you (or a person in your care) have a specific health condition that requires you to leave the home to maintain your health – including if that involves travel beyond your local area – then you can do so. This could, for example, include where individuals with learning disabilities or autism require specific exercise in an open space two or three times each day.”
(Scottish Government, 16th April 2020)
If you need carers with you, they don’t have to stay the two metres apart from you that is usually required by social distancing. However, it is still important to be careful and only go out when you really need to, to reduce the chance of getting ill or infecting other people.
“Even in such cases, in order to reduce the spread of infection and protect those exercising, travel outside of the home should be limited, as close to your local area as possible, and you should remain at least 2 metres apart from anyone who is not a member of your household or a carer at all times.”
(Scottish Government, 16th April 2020)
Here are today’s musical activities with Emmeline.
Musical Story: The Musical Life of Gustav Mole by Kathryn Meyrick
This is a lovely story of a mole born into a musical family. If you would like to listen to a part of the opera Carmen which is mentioned in the story there is a link to the most well-known part of the opera below.
Because we completed the whole song yesterday, today I am going to provide a violin accompaniment for ‘Oh Flower of Scotland’ that you can listen to and practise your singing/signing along with. I hope you enjoy it!
