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1. Bees do the waggle dance - 2. Digging for worms - 3. A dragonfly hovers in the garden

The movements in the second dance session are inspired by the common earth worm.

2. Digging for worms

The movements in the second session are inspired by that most useful of garden creatures - the common earth worm. Our worm nearly becomes a tasty meal for a robin in the garden - but this worm is stubborn and manages to escape!

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Lesson summary

Warm up - digging: children begin with digging movements, using their hands as a shovel and throwing earth over their shoulders.

Digging and jumping: the sequence is modified by adding a small jump between the digging movement and the throwing.

Hopping robins in the garden: the class divides in two and takes it in turn to move as a hopping robin in the garden. Pull that worm! Children use their hands as beaks and pull at the worm, trying to get it out of the earth.

Pull that worm - harder! The pulling sequence is developed by adding a step backwards after each pull, ending with children falling forward to the floor as the worm escapes.

The adventures of an earth worm: the movement sequences are combined to create the earth worm dance - children begin by digging and throwing, then move as hopping robins in their own space, then reform group circles to pull at the worm…finally making a controlled fall forwards to the floor as the worm escapes.

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����tv Teach > School Radio > Dance > KS1: Let’s Move > Minibeasts

1. Bees do the waggle dance - 2. Digging for worms - 3. A dragonfly hovers in the garden