This Summer, we celebrated with a musical journey to the seaside with Bangers & Smash!
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Kitty ran sessions at regular Bangers & Smash nurseries, The Oval Montessori, Purple Jay Nurseries, Crystal Nurseries, Under the Willow and School Outdoors Dulwich.
She also hosted Project Celebrations for parents and carers at Under the Willow and School Outdoors Dulwich.
A Journey to the Seaside
Children and staff enjoyed:
singing a new hello song, Learn To Say Hello
learning an action rhyme about a train, Up Like A Rocket
listening to a wooden train whistle
singing a song about a train going to the seaside, Puffer Train
creating a train soundscape:
Chugga chugga choo choo
Beep beep
‘All aboard!’
closing their eyes and listening as Kitty makes the sound of waves by scrunching a foil blanket
joining in with vocal sounds:
Shhhh
Whoosh
passing round an ocean drum while listening to Gymnopédie by Erik Satie
taking it in turns to wear a sun hat and play bells to The Sun Has Got His Hat On
singing a song about a little crab to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Photo courtesy of Felipe Portella on Unsplash
counting five fish and singing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught A Fish Alive
using claves to tap word rhythms of food you can eat at the seaside:
Candy floss
Sausage in a hot dog
Ice cream
Chips
singing Oh, I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside then learning actions and miming to an instrumental version of the song:
Eating ice cream
Rubbing their tummies and saying ‘Yum yum’
Digging and making a sandcastle
Dipping their toes in the sea and saying ‘Oo!’
Jumping in with a splash and swimming
Taking a bow
looking at a picture of a brass band (‘Where the brass band plays, tiddly om pom pom’) and pretending to play a trombone and a trumpet
adding in kitchen roll tubes to amplify the sounds they made
marching on the spot
dancing to The Swimming Song by Eddi Reader
Under the Willow and School Outdoors Dulwich
Under the Willow and School Outdoors Dulwich brought their termly projects to a close with Project Celebrations for parents and carers on Wednesday 4 June.
School Outdoors Dulwich
Staff and children presented songs and activities on the theme of A Journey to the Seaside.
School Outdoors Dulwich performed in their log circle as one big group while Under the Willow split into three smaller groups – babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
Each performance was special but highlights included babies dancing with their parents and carers to a Jamaican song, Moonshine Tonight, at Under the Willow and children singing Oh, I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside with their own specially decorated kitchen roll tubes at School Outdoors Dulwich.
Happy holidays from Bangers & Smash!
We’d like to wish you all a very happy Summer break from Bangers & Smash – we look forward to seeing you in September!