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Globeducate Project Suitable for 6-7 Year Olds THE CIRCUS IS COMING TO TOWN Globeducate Project Suitable for 6-7 year olds Globeducate Projects 2020 The Circus is coming to town – Overview ABOUT THE PROJECT PROJECT TASK You are invited to the circus! Over the next 10 sessions you will create For a long time the circus has been a your own circus show from designing place people have gone to laugh, to be posters and tickets, to building your own entertained and to have fun. circus tent, to planning and performing Let’s discover why! your spectacular acts. RESOURCES NOTES Paper and pens for writing and drawing, If you prefer you can use your toys to Face paints (optional); balloons, rice; create a Toy Circus and take photos or Stuffed animals and toys; Fabric, blankets, videos of them! sheets for tent making; Balls for juggling and other play equipment; popcorn + flavours; straws, string. ©2020 Globeducate – Private and Confidential 2 The Circus is coming to town – Introduction CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ACCESS VIDEO ©2020 Globeducate – Private and Confidential 3 Session 1 CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ACCESS VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf3_r- uDQ0s Activity 1 Draw the outline of What does the circus a Big Top and mean to you? write down words or draw pictures of all the Have you ever been things you think of when you to a circus? hear the word Circus. ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential Session 1 Watch the 3 video clips. https://youtu.be/KYaSMYgzl-4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0UNj0NhvG0#action=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRl-MLkXcTw&t=9s Which of the 3 did you like best? Why? What were the differences? Do you like to see animals in a circus? Why? Activity 2 Make a list or draw pictures of all the things you want in your circus. ©2020 Globeducate – Private and Confidential 5 Session 1 Activity 3: Design a poster for your circus. Think about a name for your circus? How will you make people want to come to your circus? ©2020 Globeducate – Private and Confidential 6 Session 2 Activity 1 Look at the images on the next slide and think about the videos you watched yesterday. Imagine you are at the circus. CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ACCESS VIDEO Make a list of everything that: - You can SEE What does it feel like to be at - You can HEAR the circus? - You can SMELL - You can TOUCH - You can TASTE ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential Session 2 ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential Session 2 How to make popcorn Activity 2 (ask an adult to help you) You will need: Write a senses poem 2 tbsp vegetable oil 100g popcorn kernels about being at the circus. 250g caster sugar Use the sentence starters 50g salted butter, cubed to help you….. What to do: 1. Cover the pop corn kernels with the oil in a pan with a lid. Look! I can see…… 2. Heat over a medium heat until you hear the corn starting to pop. Shake the pan sometimes. 3. When the popping stops remove from the heat. Listen! I can hear….. 4. In a small pan heat 60ml water with the sugar to make caramel. Once the sugar is dissolved add the butter and Sniff! I can smell….. stir. 5. Spread popcorn on a tray and pour over the caramel (be very careful as it will be hot!) Yum! I can taste….. 6. Leave to cool for 5 minutes. Try these other delicious popcorn flavours: Wow! I can touch…… Cinnamon, salted, banoffee, chocolate, macha, ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential Session 3 Did you know that every clown has his own unique face? Just like us, every clown in special and different. CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ACCESS VIDEO Look at the clown faces on the next slide. Can you think of some words to describe their expressions? Can you think of a name for each clown that suits his face? ©2020 Globeducate – Private and Confidential 10 Session 3 ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential 11 Session 3 Activity 1 Design your own clown face. Think about whether your clown is happy or sad. What colours will you use? Give your clown a name! If you have face paints you can make your design on your own face. Don’t forget to ask an adult first! Follow the link for some help with your facepainting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYSwPVLBU4E Extra activity: why not make yourself a Clown Face sandwich for lunch! Don’t forget to take a photo ©2020 Globeducate – Private and Confidential 12 Session 3 Transform yourself into a clown! Print a photo of your face in black and white. Then add a clown hat, nose, big bow tie and face paint! Roll a clown 2-4 players For this game you will need a dice, a pencil and paper. Take it in turns to roll the dice. You need to roll a 1 to start so that you can draw the clowns head. Then add the other parts as you roll the numbers so if you roll a 4 draw a hat. The winner is the first person to finish their clown. ©2020 Globeducate – Private and Confidential 13 Session 3 Activity - performance Watch the video clip of the clowns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo gb9j4xr5M Did it make you laugh as much as the children in the audience? Why were the clowns funny? Plan your own clown act; be as silly as you like! ©2020 Globeducate – Private and Confidential 14 Session 4 Activity 1: Make your own juggling balls or Find 2 or 3 small soft balls at home. CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ACCESS VIDEO Watch this video of some amazing juggling:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13h__3of8fI ©2020 Globeducate – Private and Confidential 15 Session 4 Activity 2: Have a go at these 3 juggling techniques. You can use 2 or 3 balls for each trick. Juggling is NOT easy so keep trying and don’t give up! ©2020 Globeducate – Private and Confidential 16 Session 4 Activity - Performance Plan a juggling act for your circus. Can you Create a sequence then find all of practice it until you get the circus really good! words? Try playing music to create more atmosphere. ©2020 Globeducate – Private and Confidential 17 Session 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04kt21 GkQVQ CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ACCESS VIDEO Activity 1: How long do you think it takes to put up Make a list of what a a circus tent? Watch and see: circus tent needs to be. For example: big, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fgwnj4JM strong, colourful, safe, Uo&feature=emb_logo etc. ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential Session 5 Activity 2: Can you make a circus ring at home. You could use a hoop, a skipping rope or draw a circle with chalk. Now use your toys to create an audience and the performers. Make a video of your toy circus. ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential Session 5 Activity 3: Make a tent at home in your house or garden. Think about the materials you use. Examples: Pegs, sheets, blankets, string, scarves, ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential Session 6 CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ACCESS VIDEO How many pushes and pulls can you spot in the picture of the park. If you can, go to the park and see how many of these forces you can feel. ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential Session 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUfHzcgco8g&list=RDKUfHzcgco8g&start_radio=1&t=22&t=22 Activity 1 Activity 2: make your own trapeze artist Try swinging with a You will need: paper, pens, straws, string friend to see if you can swing at exactly To make: thread the string through the straw to create the same time like the triangular frame. Draw trapeze artists in different the trapeze artists positions, colour them and attach to the straw. did. Because you are swinging at different speeds (and the swings might even be different lengths) you will almost never be in the same spot as your friend. ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential Session 6 Activity 3 – Tight rope walking Draw a line on the ground with chalk or stick some coloured tape on the floor. Have a go at balancing along the line. Can you do it forwards and backwards? Can you do it with your eyes closed? Can you hop along or walk on your tiptoes? Extra activity: Maybe you can ask an adult to help you make some tin can stilts. You will need: 2 large tin cans Some string or ribbon. Hammer and nails to make holes. ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential Session 7 Do YOU think animals should be in a circus? Some people think it is cruel to make animals perform in front of an audience. Many circuses today don’t use animals. CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ACCESS VIDEO Click on the link and watch the news report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34648475 Activity 1: Take a survey amongst your family and friends to find out how many people agree that it is cruel to make animals perform in a circus. ©2019 Globeducate | Private and Confidential Session 7 People enjoy seeing animals Animals are well looked after Animals have a home, food and medicine Animals are made to do tricks Animals are kept in cages Animals are taken away from their families Wild animals can be dangerous Some circus animals are hit or live in poor conditions Activity 2: make a news report about animals in circuses.
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