Week 5: Hear the crocodiles roar!

No technical problems today, which was nice.

Today, we did more work on Hotland animals, their physicality and sounds they make. It was the turn of the giraffe and crocodile today. We started off by looking at photographs of giraffes and trying to think of the sounds they make. It turns out that we think giraffes are rather quiet – they eat quietly, walk quietly and don’t really shout that much. The children spent a bit of time creating a cutout of a giraffe to place on their desks and to start thinking about what the giraffe looks like. Then we came up with new lyrics and actions for ‘If you’re a giraffe and you know it….’

If you’re a giraffe and you know it, eat a leaf

If you’re a giraffe and you know it, take a drink

If you’re a giraffe and you know it, stick in the mud

This gave us some new ideas for a Giraffe Flashmob, with more instructions this time compared to the Elephant Flashmob. The giraffes were walking on sand as they made their way to the playground, laughing, giving each other hugs, getting stuck in the mud and walking back through the mud to get back to class.

After our exploration of the giraffe, we moved on to look at a more scary creature, the crocodile. Again, we looked at photographs of crocodiles and explored what they might do, where they live and the sounds they make. We had a singing session at the end for the crocodiles, which included a crocodile chasing Fionnuala around the screen! These crocodiles are very hungry and soon had to go on lunch. Phew!

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