Hot Cross Buns

Music
Listening to music is the central focus for learning. Ask children to close their eyes and listen to the song. What can they tell about the vocalist/singer? Is she very young? How does her voice sound?
Sing along to the instrumental version using 'sweet sounding voices. '

Visual Art
Draw or paint a hot cross bun.

Food Technology
Bake hot cross buns.

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.