Grand Old Duke of York

Music

• Follow the band leader. Children can select their own sound source e.g. tap chest; rhythm sticks; home-made drum etc. Choose a band leader, march and play along to the song while following the band leader.

Dance

• Teacher plays a beat on a drum or by clapping hands. Children march on the spot along to the beat when the teacher stops the beat the children make a ‘freeze frame.’
• Alternatively children can march around the room being aware of their own ‘space bubble.’

Maths

• Ask less or more questions e.g. is 10 less or more than 10,000? Is 100 less or more than 10,000?

Literacy

• Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning “Do it, see it and hear it!”

Print out the song PDF

• Read the song lyrics – ask children a variety of questions.
• Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
• Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. “ ” ! ? . ,
• Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
• Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
• Word study – phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.