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Hi, I'm Miss Broomes, and I'm so very excited to be learning with you today.

You have made a great choice in choosing an English lesson.

We are going to do some fantastic learning and thinking, and I will be guiding you through our learning today.

So let's get started, shall we? Welcome to the lesson, 'Little Bo Peep.

' Your outcome for today is, I can understand that a nursery rhyme is a traditional song or poem for children.

So by the end of today's lesson, you should know that a traditional song or a poem for children can also be a nursery rhyme.

For this lesson, you are going to need your looking eyes, listening ears, thinking brains, and you are going to need your performing voice.

You may also need somebody to talk to or perform to.

So let's get started.

Our key words for today are: "nursery rhyme," "song," "traditional," "performance." Wow, great repeating.

Some of these words, you might have heard before.

Some of them, you might not have.

Either way, that's okay.

So the things we're going to be focusing on today are, what is a nursery rhyme? Introducing 'Little Bo Peep' and performing 'Little Bo Peep.

' So let's start with what is a nursery rhyme? Have a look at these pictures.

Hmm, what can you see? Do you recognise them? Because these are pictures from nursery rhymes.

Some of these you might recognise.

Have a look.

Just have a think in your brain.

Hmm, which nursery rhyme could they come from? So nursery rhymes are enjoyed by young children and everyone, really, but young children hear them first.

They're often sung in a tune like a short song.

Do you know any other nursery rhymes? So I can see here, I think there's Hickory Dickory Dock, Little Bo Peep with all her sheep, Little Miss Muffet, and Five Little Ducks went swimming one day.

I think these are the nursery rhymes that I know.

Do you know any nursery rhymes? Can you turn to someone nearby to you and tell them any nursery rhymes that you know? Pause the video here.

Wow, really good discussions.

So nursery rhymes are similar to traditional tales in so many ways.

They tell stories.

They were written a long time ago.

They don't always have a specific author.

That means they can change slightly.

And nursery rhymes are different to traditional tales because they're shorter, much shorter.

They often contain rhyming words, and they're sung to attune.

So they're really similar in lots of ways, but also quite different.

Having a look at these books here, these books, these pictures here, which of these are nursery rhymes? Maybe it's one, maybe it's two.

Which one do you think is a nursery rhyme? A, B, or C? Which picture do you think is a nursery rhyme? A, B, or C? Show me on your hands.

Show me on your hands.

Well done, I'm going to show you answer in three, two, one.

C.

C is the nursery rhyme, Little Bo Peep.

Well done if you got that.

If you didn't, that's okay.

Hmm.

True or false? I wanna see your thumbs.

Nursery rhymes often contain rhyming words.

True or false? What do you think? Show me in your thumbs.

Show me, show me.

The answer is true.

Nursery rhymes do often contain rhyming words.

Now, nursery rhymes often have words that rhyme.

So when we are talking about rhyme, we're talking about the ending sounds being the same.

So words that rhyme, they end in the same sound or sounds.

Hat, mat.

They both have 'at.

' Hat, mat, cat, bat, okay? Listen to the end sound.

Hat, mat, cat, bat, sat, okay? All of those had the at.

' Now, listen to this one.

Curl.

Hmm, curl.

Can you think of any words that rhyme with curl? Now that you know it's the ending sounds that are the same, can you think of any other words that rhymes with curl? Curl has the 'url' sounds.

Url, curl, have a think.

Just have a think to yourself, and whisper to your hands a word that rhymes with 'curl.

Can you think of one? Just whisper it.

I'm listening, whisper it now.

Good whispering.

Okay, twirl.

That's the one I thought of, twirl.

Hurl.

Pearl.

All of those have the 'irl' sound.

Also, 'girl.

' Great job if you managed to think of one that rhymed with 'curl.

' If you didn't, that's okay.

Rhyming can be tricky sometimes.

Now, the sound is the same, even though they are spelt differently.

Look at the different spellings for twirl, hurl, pearl, girl, curl.

The ending sounds, the rhyming, the ending sounds are spelt different, okay? But the sound is the same.

So really listening for the sound, not necessarily the spellings.

Nursery rhymes are often also easy to learn and remember, because they're usually sung, and they have rhymes, which help us.

For example, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

How I wonder what you are? Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." That's easy to remember, it's about a star.

So they're often sung to at tune and sound like a little song.

♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪ ♪ How I wonder what you are ♪ ♪ Up above the world so high ♪ ♪ Like a diamond in the sky.

♪ This sang to a tune.

Maybe you know that one.

Now, the rhyming words, they help you to remember them.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

How I wonder what you are?" Star, are.

"Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." High, sky.

See, star and are both have "ar." "Ar." High and sky both have an "I." The rhyme is so helpful.

Good repeating.

Now, which words rhyme with 'sing?' Have a think.

Which words rhyme with 'sing?' A.

Bag.

B.

King.

C.

Sun.

D.

Ring.

Pause the video here.

Really great thinking.

So which words rhyme with 'sing?' (A) bag; (b) king; (c) sun; (d) ring.

Show me in your fingers.

The answers are (b) king and (d) ring.

Sing, king, ring.

They all have an 'ing.

' Look at this nursery rhyme.

"Incy Wincy spider climbed up the water spout.

Down came the rain and washed poor Incy out.

Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain, and Incy Wincy spider climbed up the spout again." So let's identify the rhyming words, and notice where they come in this nursery rhyme.

Let's look out for them.

Hmm.

I can see 'spout' and 'out.

' Spout, out.

They both have 'out.

' 'Rain,' 'again.

' They both have 'ain.

' Now, they come at the ends of each of the lines of the sentences in the poems. So many poems and nursery rhymes, the rhyming words come at the ends of the lines, just like this.

Having a think about what I just said, the rhyming words in a nursery rhyme are often, (a) at the beginning of the line; (b) in the middle of of the line; or (c) at the end of the line.

(A) At the beginning; (b) in the middle, or (c) at the end.

Where are the rhyming words in a nursery rhyme? Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Well done.

Great thinking.

Now show me on your fingers, which one do you think it is? Okay, I am going to show you.

The rhyming words in a nursery rhyme are often at the end of a line.

If you got C, you were correct.

They come at the end of the line quite often.

Well done.

Let's look at this nursery rhyme again.

"Incy Wincy spider climbed up the water spout.

Down came the rain and washed poor Incy out.

Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain, and Incy Wincy spider climbed up the spout again." Some of these words are repeated.

That means they're said again and again.

Hmm, I can see, "Incy Wincy spider climbed up.

." Incy Wincy spider climbed up the.

." That phrase is repeated again.

So the repetition, every time it's repeated, it helps us to learn the rhyme and remember it.

And that's quite useful.

So I would like you to read this nursery rhyme out loud and circle the rhyming words, okay? The rhyming words, remember, are the words that end in the same sound or sounds.

So that's the first thing I'd like you to do.

Then I'd like you to underline the words that are repeated in this nursery rhyme, remembering that repeated means said again.

All right, some of you might have this in front of you to work on.

If you do, that's great.

You can underline and circle.

If you don't, can you turn to someone near to you and tell them the rhyming words in the nursery rhyme and the words that are repeated? And just point and have a look on the screen.

Pause the video here and do that now.

Really great focus on everyone.

Okay.

Hmm, when I'm reading the nursery rhyme out loud, I'm going to be circling the rhyming words.

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall." Wall, fall.

They both end in 'all.

' "All the king's horses and all the kings men couldn't put Humpty together again." Men, again.

Both end in "en." Now, I'm gonna underline the words that are repeated in this nursery rhyme.

I can see Humpty quite a lot.

Humpty Dumpty, Humpty Dumpty, Humpty.

Oh, that's quite helpful when I'm retelling the rhyme.

I can also see 'kings.

' "All the king's horses and all the king's men." So I've underlined them.

Well done if you've got these.

If you didn't, that's okay.

Now, we're going to move on to introducing "Little Bo Peep," our nursery rhyme.

Have a look at this picture.

What do you predict this nursery rhyme is about? Use everything in this picture as a clue.

What do you predict this nursery rhyme is about? Predict means what do you think it's going to be about? So can you turn to someone near to you and to tell them? Pauses the video here.

Wow, I heard some really great predictions.

Well, I can see that there are sheep, and I can see a girl looking around.

Maybe she's looking for the sheep.

I don't know.

I'm using the pictures though as clues to help me.

Now, 'Little Bo Peep' is a well-known nursery rhyme.

That means a lot of people know it or have heard it before.

"Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them.

Leave them alone and they'll come home, wagging their tails behind them." The rhyming words in this nursery rhyme are in the middle and the end of the lines.

'Little Bo Peep' sounds like this in a tune.

♪ Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep ♪ ♪ And doesn't know where to find them ♪ ♪ Leave them alone and they'll come home ♪ ♪ Wagging their tails behind them ♪ So the rhyme word's in the middle and the end of the lines.

Peep, sheep.

Alone, home.

That's where the rhyming pairs are.

So this is called a 'near rhyme.

' Good repeating.

So when it's right in the same line like that, in the middle and the end, it is called a near rhyme.

So true or false.

In nursery rhymes, the rhyming words must always be at the end of the line.

In nursery rhymes, the rhyming words must always be at the end of a line.

True or false? Show me on your thumbs.

Show me, everyone.

Oh, the answer is false.

It doesn't always have to be at the end of the line, just like we saw before.

It could be a near rhyme.

Sometimes, it might be in the middle of the line too.

Great job if you've got that.

Listen to this nursery rhyme again.

What do we know about 'Little Bo Peep' from it? Listen.

"Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them.

Leave them alone and they'll come home, wagging their tails behind them." Hmm, what do we know? Well, we know that Little Bo Peep is looking after the sheep.

Now, in this nursery rhyme, we can hear that she has lost her sheep.

So that's what we know, she's lost her sheep.

"Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them." Oh, poor Little Bo Peep.

Now, a person who looks after sheep is called a shepherd or a shepherdess.

Shepherd.

Shepherdess.

Good repeating.

So those are people who look after sheep.

And they make sure that the sheep have food, a nice, safe place to live, and that they're also very healthy.

So shepherds and shepherdess spend most of their day working outside in the fields, as that is where the sheep, that is where the sheep are.

So what is Little Bo Peep's job? What does she do? A.

She's a teacher.

B.

She's a shepherdess.

C.

She's a scientist.

A, B, or C.

What is her job? Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Okay, good job.

Show me your fingers.

A, B, or C? The answer is B.

Little Bo Peep is a shepherdess.

She looks after sheep.

Now, let's listen to the nursery rhyme again.

♪ Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep ♪ ♪ And doesn't know where to find them ♪ ♪ Leave them alone and they'll come home ♪ ♪ Wagging their tails behind them ♪ Where do you think the sheep might have gone? I would like you to turn someone near to you and tell them now.

Where do you think the sheep have gone? Off you go.

Pause the video here.

Really good discussions, everyone.

Hmm, I wonder where they've gone.

Now, I would like you to answer these questions about the nursery rhyme, 'Little Bo Peep' I want you to think about, one, what animals does Little Bo Peep look after? Two, how do you think Little Bo Peep is feeling? How is she feeling when she cannot find her sheep? Three, what does the rhyme suggest Little Bo Peep should do after losing her sheep? So after losing her sheep, what should she do? I would like you to answer these three questions and turn to someone nearby to you and tell them what you think.

Off you go and pause the video here.

Really, really good discussions, everyone.

Here are some of the answers that you might have thought of.

What animals does Little Bo Peep look after? Little Bo Peep looks after sheep.

How do you think Little Bo Peep is feeling when she cannot find her sheep? You might have thought, "Oh, I think Little Bo Peep is feeling worried that they're hurt.

Or maybe she's feeling a little bit sad." Number three, what does the rhyme suggest Little Bo Peep should do after losing her sheep? Well, the rhyme says that she should leave them alone and wait for them to come back.

"Leave them alone and they'll come home." That's what the rhyme says.

Let's move on to performing Little Bo Peep.

So today, we're are going to perform Little Bo Peep.

A performance is a show that you put on for others, okay? For other people, you put it on.

It's a performance.

It's something that we act out.

So that's a stage on the picture.

Have a look at the picture.

This is a stage.

If you've ever been to a show before, you might have seen one, or maybe you've seen one on the telly.

The audience sit and watch the performance.

The audience sit and they face the stage watching it.

Have you ever seen a performance, and have you ever been in a performance? Have a think.

Have you ever seen a performance, or have you ever been in a performance? I'd really love to hear your answers.

So can you discuss with your partner or someone nearby to you while I listen? Off you go.

Pause the video here.

Oh my goodness, what great answers.

So some of you have been to a performance before, and some of you haven't and that's okay.

I'm kind of like giving a performance to you.

So you kind of have seen one, okay? Hmm.

Let's have a think about what makes a performance exciting to watch.

I know that having actions and movement can make a performance exciting.

Also, having different facial expressions, that can make it exciting and engaging to watch, help the audience want to watch more of it.

So actions and movement, facial expressions, loud, clear voices.

Okay, a loud, clear voice, that can help the audience hear you better.

So some things to think about are our actions and movement, facial expressions, loud, clear voices.

Well done.

Today, we're going to be refocusing on using our voices.

So we're going to be thinking about our performance voices.

But first, a true or false.

True or false.

A performance is when you do a test.

True or false? Show me on your thumbs.

A performance is when you do a test.

What do you think? Pause the video here.

The answer is false.

A performance is not when you do a test.

A performance is something that you do to an audience.

So you could be acting something out, singing, dancing.

Today, we are going to imagine that we are actors.

Now remember, nursery rhymes are often sung to tune, like a song.

♪ Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep ♪ ♪ And doesn't know where to find them ♪ ♪ Leave them alone and they'll come home ♪ ♪ Wagging their tails behind them ♪ Oh, what beautiful singing.

Oh my goodness.

I'm in an excited shock.

Now, can you practise singing the rhyme in a loud, clear, sing song voice, just like we practised just now? I would like you to pause the video here and practise.

Oh, what beautiful singing, everyone.

Hmm, how should your voice sound in a performance? If we're singing, how should your voice, my voice, our voices sound? (A) loud, (b) quiet, (c) quick, or (d) clear? How should our voices sound in a performance? I'd like you to show me.

(A) loud, (b) quiet, (c) quick, (d) clear.

Pause the video here for some thinking time.

The answer is (a) loud and (d) clear.

Well done if you got that.

If you didn't, that's okay.

But remember, a loud, clear voice turns our regular voice into a performing voice.

Now, don't speak too quickly when you are performing, because people won't understand what you are saying.

So that's very important to remember.

We can also add expression to our voices to show how Little Bo Peep is feeling.

Now, we know that Little Bo Peep is feeling worried at the start of the nursery rhyme.

So let's try singing the start of the rhyme in a worried voice.

♪ Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep ♪ ♪ And doesn't know where to find them ♪ Fantastic.

♪ Leave them alone and they'll come home ♪ ♪ Wagging their tails behind them ♪ Really great singing.

Okay, now, we know that we can add expression to our voices to show how Little Bo Peep is feeling.

We know that Little Bo Peep is feeling relieved and happy at the end of the nursery rhyme.

So let's try singing the end of the rhyme in a relieved voice.

So remember, the first bit is worried, and the second bit is relieved and happy.

♪ Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep ♪ ♪ And doesn't where to them ♪ ♪ Leave them alone and they'll come home ♪ ♪ Wagging their tails behind them ♪ Wonderful.

Really, really great expression in your voice.

We can perform on our own in a small group or in big groups.

So when we are not performing, we are the audience.

Okay, we're the audience.

So it's very important, the audience, the people watching, that we are a good audience.

Now, have a think.

How can we be a good audience? Just think in your mind, how can we be a good audience? What do we need to do? Well, we can listen.

Make sure that we're not talking.

We don't wanna talk over the performance.

We can sit still and not roll all about.

That we can be supportive.

That could be cheering or smiling or just making sure that we're really watching very nicely.

And we can clap at the end of a performance.

So I would like you to practise performing Little Bo Peep.

Now, remember to think about your voice being loud, clear, and singing the tune.

Then I would like you to perform Little Bo Peep to an audience.

If you don't have anyone near to you, you can perform it to me.

I will be your audience.

I would like you now to perform and practise, to practise and perform Little Bo Peep.

I would like you to do that now.

Pause the video here.

Yay! (clapping) Oh my goodness, what amazing performances.

Oh, your singing was just so, so beautiful, everybody.

Well done.

Now, did you perform Little Bo Peep to an audience, and was your voice loud? Was it clear? Were you singing the tune? I hope so.

So today, we have been focusing on the nursery rhyme, 'Little Bo Peep.

' We have learned that nursery rhymes are often enjoyed by young children, that nursery rhymes have words that rhyme, that rhyming words end in the same sound or sounds, that nursery rhymes are sung in a tune like song, that nursery rhymes are often, and they have words that are often repeated, and that nursery rhymes are often easy to learn.

You have all been in incredible.

I mean, the singing, the performance, the actions and movements, fantastic.

Thank you so, so much for joining me in an English lesson.

I really, really hope that you pick another one.

I'd love to learn with you again.

Can you give yourself a really big ♪ One, two, three, well done me ♪ Well done.

It was great learning with you.

Bye!.