Bandy Bunyips
This activity is linked to the National Profiles, level 1, The Arts.
Materials:
Earplugs (for the teacher)
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Break class into groups. This exercise is funnier if groups are uneven
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Tell class you are going to conduct your own private orchestra (if applicable, prior discussion can take place on the role of a conductor and their link to an orchestra)
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Discuss the different noises bunyips might make: growl, rumble, yap, squeak, squark, yowl, cough, etc.
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Give each group a noise from the collection the class decides
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Have each group practice in turn (LOUDLY)
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Have each group sit slightly apart from each other to minimise confusion
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Point to each group to make them practise their noise, have a signal arranged for stop (other wise this game can get very messy)
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Conduct like an orchestra, bringing volume up and down and combining sounds
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This exercise can be performed alone, or with music in the background to add another element
A humorous note can be added by secretly choosing a student (a very confident and outgoing one) to jump up alone when pointed to and shout out a silly phrase, such as;
I cant see any bunyip!
What was that?
Over HERE!!
For some reason this breaks the rest of the class up
National Profiles, Level 1, The Arts
Music
A student
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Creates and makes music by using imagination and experience from play
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Makes music by singing songs, creating rhymes and chants, copying sound patterns and inventing written symbols to represent sounds
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Responds to music by swaying, dancing, clapping and stamping feet
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