Shoo Fly

Music

Beat and Rhythm - play the song and clap the beat (the steady pulse of the song). Play the song again and clap the rhythm (the short and long sounds that fit over the underlying beat).

Drama

Mime a 'pesky fly scene ' e.g. lying in bed trying to sleep but you can 't because a fly or a mosquito is buzzing around your head!

Dance

With a partner dance the moves of the song e.g. pat each other 's hands then link arms and dance around.

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.