MUSIC: ‘LISTEN ALL AROUND’ SONG
PRESENTER: Listen – what can you hear?
FX: SPLASH INTO WATER
CHILDREN: It’s a ssssplash! / Into water.
PRESENTER: Listen – what can you hear?
FX: SWIMMING
CHILDREN: I can hear somebody in the water. / In a pool!
PRESENTER: What are they doing?
CHILDREN: They’re swimming! / Up and down the pool!
PRESENTER: Listen again – what game is being played?
FX: TABLE TENNIS
CHILDREN: Table tennis!
PRESENTER: Listen again – what game is being played?
FX: BOWLING ALLEY
CHILDREN: It’s bowling!
MUSIC: LINK
PRESENTER: Listen – what can you hear?
FX: FOOTBALL BEING KICKED
CHILDREN: It sounds like a ball. / Being kicked!
PRESENTER: Listen – what can you hear?
FX: FOOTBALL CROWD
CHILDREN: There are lots of people. / It’s a crowd!
PRESENTER: Listen – what can you hear?
FX: FOOTBALL WHISTLE
CHILDREN: That’s a whistle!
PRESENTER: Listen again – what can you hear?
FX: MONTAGE: FOOTBALL MATCH
CHILDREN: It’s a football match! / Pass it to me! / Goal!
PRESENTER: Listen again – what do you hear?
FX: HORSES NEIGHING / TROTTING
CHILDREN: They’re horses! / Neigggghhh!!!
PRESENTER:** Listen again – what do you hear?
FX: HORSES RUNNING
CHILDREN: I can hear lots of horses! / Running!
PRESENTER: Listen again – what do you hear?
FX: MONTAGE HORSE RACE
CHILDREN: There are horses running! / People cheering! / It’s a horse race!
MUSIC: LINK
PRESENTER: Listen again – what can you hear?
FX: TENNIS BALL BOUNCED
CHILDREN: It’s a ball. / Being bounced.
PRESENTER: Listen again – what do you hear?
FX: TENNIS RALLY
CHILDREN: The ball being hit. It’s a game of tennis!
PRESENTER: Listen again – what do you hear?
FX: CRICKET BALL HIT WITH BAT
CHILDREN: It’s a bat… / Hitting a ball…
PRESENTER: Listen again – what do you hear?
FX: CRICKET CROWD
CHILDREN: It’s some people…
PRESENTER: Listen again – what do you hear?
FX: CRICKET MONTAGE
CHILDREN: It’s a game of cricket!
MUSIC: LINK
PRESENTER: These sounds are very hard – so you’ll have to listen as carefully as you can. What sound do you think this is…?
FX: SKIS THROUGH SNOW
PRESENTER: It’s another sport…
FX: SKIS THROUGH SNOW
PRESENTER: For this sport you wear something special on each of your feet…
FX: CONTINUE
PRESENTER: For this sport you need snow…
FX: CONTINUE
CHILDREN: It’s skiing! / In the snow!
PRESENTER: Listen again. What can you hear?
FX: COMEDY ARROW FLIES. STRIKES TARGET
PRESENTER: For this sport you fire something that has a sharp point…
FX: AGAIN
PRESENTER: You shoot it at a target….
FX: AGAIN
CHILDREN: It’s shooting a bow and arrow! / Archery!
PRESENTER: Listen again. What can you hear?
FX: GOLF TEEING OFF
PRESENTER: You play this sport by hitting a small, hard ball with a club…
FX: ANOTHER SHOT
PRESENTER: The ball flies through the air…
FX: WHOOSH OF BALL IN AIR
PRESENTER: And finally you hit the ball into a hole…
FX: PUTT
CHILDREN: It’s a game of golf!
PRESENTER: Lots of different sports. Listen to all the different sounds!
MUSIC: ‘LISTEN ALL AROUND’ SONG
Have fun identifying sounds and playing listening games about sports and leisure activities. See the Teachers' Notes below for more information and guidance on how to use the content.
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