THE ARTS AT FOUNDATION STAGE

Children’s creative, expressive and physical development is closely linked with all aspects of their learning. Children should be given opportunities to explore and share their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of: art and design, music, movement, dance, dramatic and role-play activities. Through taking part in a range of well-planned activities, children’s fine and gross motor skills will develop, they will gain confidence in what they can do and this will help build their self-esteem.

For further information about The Arts at Foundation Stage from the Northern Ireland Curriculum click here.

THE ARTS AT KEY STAGE 1 AND KEY STAGE 2

This Area of Learning comprises the subjects of Art and Design, Drama and Music.  It provides rich opportunities for developing creativity, allowing children to express their ideas, feelings and interpretations of the world through pictures, sound, drama and dance.

For further information about The Arts at Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2 from the Northern Ireland Curriculum click here. 

Foundation Stage:

Play is the essence of drama and when children play, drama happens. Children learn naturally by acting out roles as parents and as other people from their community. They come to school having explored a range of role-play situations and these experiences need to be extended during dramatic play to allow them to express their own thoughts, ideas, feelings and concerns. The situations can be enhanced and stimulated by providing children with clothes and props such as hats, cloaks, glasses, a walking stick or a telephone. Puppets can also help children to act out scenarios and stories.

As pupils progress through the Foundation Stage they should be enabled to:

• co-operate during role-play, negotiate roles, agree rules and act out scenarios;
• express thoughts, ideas, feelings and imagination with confidence in a range of dramatic contexts using verbal and non-verbal language;
• adopt and sustain a role.

Drama in Foundation Stage will involve:

• Role play in the home corner / the vets / the dentist etc;
• Puppet play;
• Retelling / acting out a familiar story and changing tone for voice for each character e.g. Little Red Riding Hood;
• Entering into an imaginary world for example, travelling in a spaceship, visiting a beach in winter, going through an imaginary door into the Queen of Hearts garden, playing in the Selfish Giant’s garden, going on a bear hunt;
• Enjoying and co-operating in games, for example, ‘Who am I ?’, mirror images, charades, grandmother’s footsteps, musical statues, fruit salad bowl, number shapes, group alphabet, sculptor and the sculpture;
• developing facial expressions through feelings cards 

Links to support the teaching of Drama in Foundation Stage:

• N.Ireland Curriculum ~ Drama in Foundation Stage
• Early Learning HQ - EYFS & KS 1
• Teaching Drama - Drama Resource
• Drama Games for 5 year Olds

Key Stage 1:

During Key Stages 1 and 2, children will begin to refine their skills of understanding and analyse, compare and discuss their feelings with others. Their observation skills will become more structured in script work and polished improvisation. Vocal and movement skills will become more sophisticated in terms of audience and evaluation skills will become more focussed on negotiation, co-operation and sharing.

As pupils progress through the KS1 they should be enabled to:

• Develop their understanding of the world by engaging in a range of creative and imaginative role-play situations on their own and with others, and responding in role to the dramatic play of others and to teachers in role;
• Develop a range of drama strategies including freeze frame, tableau and hot seating;
• Develop dramatic skills appropriate to audience, context, purpose and task by using simple props to suggest character, and by using symbols and images to develop action and make meaning.

Drama in KS1 will involve:

• Creating situations in an imaginative way on their own and with others, e.g. building snowmen at the North Pole or looking for butterflies in a secret garden
• Responding in role to the dramatic play of others and to the teacher in role e.g. pupil in role as car driver who has had an accident responds politely to the questions of the teacher as a policeman 
• Using a simple prop to suggest character or action, for example, using a crown to suggest a king and a chair to suggest a throne or a pencil to suggest a flute and a ruler to suggest a baton to conduct music
• Participating in dramatic activity and sharing ideas with others, for example, taking part in a group activity where someone has lost their purse or wallet and needs help to find it
• Taking on a role and working with others in an imaginary context e.g. taking on the role of space travellers encountering aliens
• Using symbols and images to make meaning, for example, using a fist to suggest anger, a torch to suggest it is dark

Links to support the teaching of Drama in Key Stage 1:

• N.Ireland Curriculum ~ The Arts » Key Stage 1 Drama
• Drama Resources for KS1
• Drama Games for Kids
• Drama - KS1 Speaking Primary Resources - Twinkl
• Drama Warms Ups & Circle Games
• Creative Drama Lessons (childdrama.com)
• Drama Toolkit~ A-Z Drama Games
• Arts on the Move ~ Drama in KS1

Key Stage 2:

During Key Stages 1 and 2, children will begin to refine their skills of understanding and analyse, compare and discuss their feelings with others. Their observation skills will become more structured in script work and polished improvisation. Vocal and movement skills will become more sophisticated in terms of audience and evaluation skills will become more focussed on negotiation, co-operation and sharing.

As pupils progress through the KS2 they should be enabled to:

• develop their understanding of the world by engaging in a range of creative and imaginative  role-play situations
• Begin to explore their own and others’ feelings about issues, and by negotiating situations both in and out of role
• Develop a range of drama strategies including freeze frame, tableau, hot seating, thought tracking and conscience
• Develop dramatic skills appropriate to audience, context, purpose and task by exploring voice, movement, gesture and facial expression through basic exploration of a specific role, and by structuring dramatic activity to make meaning clear for a chosen audience.

Drama in KS1 will involve:

• Exploring issues creatively through use of drama, for example, exploring the theme of family relationships using a story from a book or a cartoon
• Explore voice, movement, gesture and facial expression through basic exploration of a specific role e.g., taking on the role of Willie Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory;
• Structuring dramatic activity to make meaning clear to a chosen audience e.g. using a series of freeze frames to present a short chat show interview for the class;
• Using drama to begin to explore their own and others’ feeling about issues e.g. the bully in a bullying incident;
• Negotiating situations, in and out of role e.g. exploring the implications of debating the siting of a refuse disposal plant with children in role as lawyers, councillors, town planners and members of the public.

Links to support the teaching of Drama in Key Stage 2:

Warm ups:

• Use feeling cards —act out feelings and class guess
• Use prompt cards— characters / jobs / what am I doing etc - act out and class guess
• Charades
• In groups use bodies to create shapes ( timed activity)

• N.Ireland Curriculum~ The Arts - Drama in KS2
• Drama Games for Kids
• Playscripts
• KS2 Drama Lesson Ideas
• Drama Games for Kids
• Drama Toolkit KS2
• Arts on the move - Primary Drama Lessons
• The use of Drama in KS1& 2
• Drama Resource
• Kensuke's Kingdom Drama Activities Pack - KS2 Drama Resources

Moana: How far I'll go

I’ve been star-ing at the edge of the water,       Long as I can remember,

Never really knowing why.

I wish I could be the perfect daughter,             But I come back to the water

no matter how hard I try.
Ev’ry turn I take,   ev’ry trail I track,   ev’ry path I take,   ev’ry road leads back

To the place I know, where I can-not go, where I long to be.

See the light as it shines on the sea,              It’s blinding,

But no-one knows, how deep it goes.

And it’s seems like it’s calling out to me,       So come find me,

And let me know,

What’s be-yond that line, will I cross that line?

The line where the sky meets the sea,           It calls me,

And no-one knows,                                         how far it goes.

If the wind in my sail on the sea stays be-hind me,    

One day I’ll know,                                         how far I’ll go.                                                                          

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Zootopia: Try Everthing

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Try ev’rything,          Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Try ev’rything,

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Try ev’rything,         

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I won’t give up, no I won’t give in      ‘till I reach the end and then I’ll start a-gain. No I won’t leave, I want to try ev’rything, I want to try even though I could fail.

I won’t give up, no I won’t give in ‘till I reach the end and then I’ll start a-gain.

No I won’t leave, I want to try ev’rything, I want to try even though I could fail.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Try ev’rything,           Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Try ev’rything,

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Try ev’rything, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

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Trolls: Get back up Again

Looking up at a sunny sky, so shiny and blue and there's a butterfly
Well, isn't that a super fantastic sign        It's going to be a super fantastic day
Such marvelousness It's gonna bring       got a pocket full of songs that I'm gonna sing

And I'm ready to take on anything           Hooray!
Some super fun surprise around each corner
Just riding on a rainbow, I'm gonna be okay

Hey!
I'm not giving up today                            There's nothing getting in my way
And if you knock knock me over                I will get back up again
If something goes a little wrong                Well you can go ahead and bring it on
'Cause if you knock knock me over,           I will get back up again
Whoa oh oh oh, get back up again,           whoa oh oh oh oh oh

I'm marching along I got confidence          I'm cooler than a pack of peppermints
And I haven't been this excited since

I can't remember when!

I'm off on this remarkable adventure         Just riding on a rainbow
What if it's all a big mistake                     What if it's more than I can take
No                                                         I can't think that way 'cause I know that
I'm really really really gonna be okay

Hey!
I'm not giving up today                           There's nothing getting in my way
And if you knock knock me over               I will get back up again
If something goes a little wrong               Well you can go ahead and bring it on
'Cause if you knock knock me over,          I will get back up again

Whoa oh oh oh, get back up again,           whoa oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh, get back up again,           whoa oh oh oh oh oh
And if you knock knock me over, you knock knock me over
I will   get    back    up    again

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Move Your Feet (Trolls)

Ev’rybody move your hair and feel united oh oh oh,   

Ev’rybody shake your hair and feel united oh oh oh, Yeah!

Ev’rybody’s comin’ to the celebration,                                                                                                    

I’mma hook you up with the invitation.                                                                                                      

Let your hair swing and party with me,                                                                                                       

No bad vibes just love you’ll see.                                                                                                                 

Do the D A N C E One Two Three Four fight,                                                                                             

Stick to the B E A T get ready to ignite.                                                                                                     

You are such a P Y T catching all the lights,                                                                                               

Just easy as A B C that’s how you make it right.                                                                                          

Ah it ain’t hard out here when you’re doin’ it right,                                                                                     

Put a smile on blast, that’s the Troll life.                                                                                                   

And I’m here to help you through it, Come on Smidge I know you can do it.

Don’t stop, don’t stop, don’t stop the beat,                                                                                                    

I can’t stop, can’t stop, I can’t stop the beat.                                                                                           

Don’t stop, don’t stop, don’t stop the beat, I can’t stop, can’t stop, I can’t stop the beat.                                  

I won’t stop, won’t stop the beat, no!

Ev’rybody move your hair and feel united oh oh oh,                                                                            

Ev’rybody shake your hair and feel united oh oh oh, Yeah!

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REACH
When the world                           leaves you feelin’ blue,

you can count on me                   I will be there for you.

When it seems                           all your hopes and dreams,

are a million miles away,             I will reassure you.

We’ve got to all stick together,     good friends are there for each other,

ne-ver ever forget that I’ve got you and you’ve got me.

So reach for the stars,                 Climb ev’ry mount-ain higher,

Reach for the stars                      Follow your heart’s desire.

Reach for the stars                      And when that rainbow’s shining over you,

That’s when your dreams will all come true.

There’s a place                           waiting just for you,

it’s a special place                      where your dreams all come true.

Fly away,                                  swim the ocean blue,

drive that open road                  leave the past behind you.

Don’t stop gotta keep movin’,     Your hopes gotta keep building,

Never ever for-get                     that I’ve got you and you’ve got me.

So reach for the stars,               Climb ev’ry mount-ain higher,

Reach for the stars.                   Follow your heart’s desire.

Reach for the stars                    And when that rainbow’s shining over you,

That’s when your dreams will all come true.

Don’t believe in all that you’ve been told,

the sky’s the limit, you can reach your goal.

No-one knows just what the future holds,

there ain’t nothing you can’t be

There’s a whole world at your feet,

I said reach, climb ev’ry mountain,

Reach, reach for the moon,

Reach, follow that rain-bow,

And your dreams can all come true.

Reach for the stars,                   Climb ev’ry mount-ain higher,

Reach for the stars.                   Follow your heart’s desire.

Reach for the stars                    And when that rainbow’s shining over you,

That’s when your dreams will all come true.

So reach for the stars,               Climb ev’ry mount-ain higher,

Reach for the stars                    Follow your heart’s desire.

Reach for the stars                    And when that rainbow’s shining over you,

That’s when your dreams will all come true.

Good Morning Baltimore

Oh, oh, oh woke up today           feeling the way I always do

Oh, oh, oh, hungry for some-thing that I can’t eat, then I hear that beat.

That rhythm up-town, starts calling me down,

it’s like a message from high above.

Oh, oh, oh, pulling me out to the smiles and the streets that I love.

Good morning Baltimore,        ev’ry day’s like an open door,

Ev’ry night's like a fantasy,      ev’ry sound’s like a symphony.

Good morning Baltimore,       and some day when I take to the floor,

The world’s gonna wake up and see, Baltimore and me.

I love you Baltimore,             ev’ry day’s like an open door

Ev’ry night's like a fantasy,         ev’ry sound’s like a symphony.

And I promise Baltimore,       that some day when I take to the floor,

The world’s gonna wake up and see,

gonna wake up and se---e,

Baltimore and me,              Baltimore and me,        Baltimore and m--e.

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Nicest Kids In Town

So ev’ry afternoon when the clock strikes four,

A crazy bunch of kids crash through that door, yeah,

So they throw off their coats and leave the squares behind,

And then they shake it, shake it, shake it like they’re losing their minds,

You’ll never see them frown ‘cause they’re the nicest kids in town.

So ev’ry afternoon drop ev’rything,

Who needs to read and write when you can da-nce and sing.

Forget about your algebra and calculus,

You can always do your homework on the morning bus,

Can’t tell a verb from a noun, They’re the nicest kids in.............

You Can’t Stop The Beat

You can’t stop today as it comes speeding down the track,

child! Yesterday is hist’ry and it’s never coming back.

‘Cause tomorrow is a brand new day and it don’t know white from black.

‘Cause the world keeps spinning round and round,

And my heart’s keeping time to the speed of sound,

I was lost ‘till I heard the drums, then I found my way,

‘Cause you can’t stop the beat.

Ever since we first saw the sun,  no matter what it’s nice to shimmy when the day is done,

And now I’m gonna shake and shimmy it and have some fun to-day.

‘Cause you can’t stop the motion of the ocean or the rain from above

They can try to stop the paradise we’re dreaming of,

But they cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay.

‘Cause, you can’t stop the beat.

INSTRUMENTAL

Oh, oh, oh you can’t stop today as it comes speeding down the track,

child! Yesterday is hist’ry and it’s never coming back.

‘Cause tomorrow is a brand new day and it don’t know white from black.

‘Cause the world keeps spinning round and round,

And my heart’s keeping time to the speed of sound,

I was lost ‘till I heard the drums, then I found my way,

‘Cause you can’t stop the beat.

Ever since we first saw the sun no matter what it’s nice to shimmy when the day is done,

And now I’m gonna shake and shimmy it and have some fun to-day.

‘Cause you can’t stop the motion of the ocean or the rain from above

They can try to stop the paradise we’re dreaming of,

But they cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay.

‘Cause you can’t stop the beat.

Ah Ah Ah     Ah Ah Ah     Ah Ah Ah

Ever since we first saw the sun no matter what it’s nice to shimmy when the day is done,

And now I’m gonna shake and shimmy it and have some fun to-day.

You can’t stop the motion of the ocean or the rain from above

They can try to stop the paradise we’re dreaming of,

But they can-not stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay.

You can’t stop the beat, You can’t stop the beat, You can’t stop the beat.

Blame It On The Boogie

My baby’s always dancin’       And it wouldn’t be a bad thing

But I don’t get no lovin’ And that’s no lie

We spent the night in Frisco   At every kind of disco

From that night I kissed our love goodbye

Don’t blame it on the sunshine    Don’t blame it on the moonlight

Don’t blame it on good times      Blame it on the boogie

Don’t you blame it on sunshine   Don’t blame it on moonlight

Don’t blame it on good time       Blame it on the boogie

I just can’t, I just can’t I just can’t control my feet

I just can’t, I just can’t I just can’t control my feet

I just can’t, I just can’t I just can’t control my feet

I just can’t, I just can’t I just can’t control my feet

sunshine Don’t blame it on the moonlight

Don’t blame it on good times        Blame it on the boogie

Don’t you blame it on sunshine     Don’t blame it on moonlight

Don’t blame it on good time          Blame it on the boogie

Sunshine Don’t blame it on the moonlight

Don’t blame it on good times        Blame it on the boogie

Don’t you blame it on sunshine     Don’t blame it on moonlight

Don’t blame it on good time          Blame it on the boogie

POP MEDLEY

Rather Be – Clean Bandit

We’re a thousand miles from comfort,

We have travelled land and sea,

But as long as you are with me,

There’s no place I’d rather be.

With ev’ry step we take, Kyoto to the Bay,

Strolling so casu’lly,

We’re diff’rent and the same, gave you another name,

Switch off the batteries.

If you gave me a chance I would take it,

It’s a shot in the dark but I’ll make it,

Know with all of your heart you can’t shame me,

When I am with you there’s no place I’d rather be.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no place I’d rather be,

No, no, no, no, no, no, no place I’d rather be,

No, no, no, no, no, no, no place I’d rather be,

When I am with you there’s no place I’d rather be.

Chained To The Rhythm – Katy Perry

Are we crazy? Living our lives through a lens,

Trapped in our white picket fence, like ornaments.

So comf’table we’re living in a bubble, bubble,

So comf’table we cannot see the trouble, trouble.

Turn it up it’s your fa’vrite song

Dance, dance, dance dance all day long.

Turn it up, keep it on repeat,

Dance dance dance get on your feet .

Now! Yeah, we think we’re free,

Think, why can’t we see.

We’re all chained to the rhythm, to the rhythm, to the rhythm,

Turn it up it’s your fa’vrite song

Dance, dance, dance dance all day long.

Turn it up keep it on repeat,

Dance dance dance get on your feet

Now! Yeah, we think we’re free,

Think, why can’t we see.

We’re all chained to the rhythm, to the rhythm, to the rhythm,

On Top Of The World – Imagine Dragon

If you love somebody,

Better tell them while they’re here ‘cause,

They may just run a-way from you.

You’ll never know quite when well,

There again it just depends on,

How long a time is left for you.

I’ve had the highest mountains,

I’ve had the deepest rivers,

You can have it all but life keeps moving.

I take it in but don’t look down,

‘Cause I’m on top of the world eh,

I’m on top of the world eh,

Been waiting on this for a while now,

Paying my dues to the dirt.

I’ve been waiting to smile eh,

Been holding it in for a while eh,

Take you with me if I can,

Been dreaming of this since a child.

And I know it’s hard when you’re falling down

And it’s a long way up when you hit the ground,

But get up now, get up, Get up now.

And I know it’s hard when you’re falling down

And it’s a long way up when you hit the ground,

But get up now, get up,

Get up now.

‘Cause I’m on top of the world eh,

I’m on top of the world eh,

Been waiting on this for a while now,

Paying my dues to the dirt.

I’ve been waiting to smile eh,

Been holding it in for a while eh,

Take you with me if I can,

Been dreaming of this since a child.

I’m on top of the world.

Hurricane – The Vamps

Rolled out of bed today and I feel brand new,

And I cannot explain so let me show you.

I feel alive and I’m gonna let me let it show,

Try Keep me down I’m a full hot air balloon,

I’m gonna take this in my stride.

I’m feelin’ tip top, I’m not gon-na stop tappin’ my shoes hey!

I ain’t got a clue, got nothin’ to lose, So wa-tch me move.

It’s a brand new da-a-a-a-a-a-a-y,

I’m a hit you like a hurrica-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ne. Hey!

Woah, woah. Woah, woah.

I’m feelin’ tip top, I’m not gonna stop tappin’ my shoes

I ain’t got a clue, got nothin’ to lose, So wa-tch me move.

I’m feelin’ tip top, I’m not gonna stop tappin’ my shoes

I ain’t got a clue, got nothin to lose with you.

I’m feelin’ tip top, I’m not gonna stop tappin’ my shoes hey!

I ain’t got a clue, got nothin’ to lose,

so wa-tch me move.

It’s a brand new da-a-a-a-a-a-a-y,

I’m a hit you like a hurrica-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ne.

I’m feel-in’ tip top,

I’m not gonna stop tappin’ my shoes hey!

I ain’t got a clue, got nothin’ to lose,

So wa-tch me move.

It’s a brand new da-a-a-a-a-a-a-y,

I’m a hit you like a hurrica-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ne.