The Musicians of Bremen. 3: The robbers get a big fight

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1. On the road to Bremen - 2. Into the forest - 3. The robbers get a big fright

Justin Fletcher has the final dance session in this unit exploring the well-known traditional story.

3. The robbers get a big fright

Donkey, Dog, Cat and Cockerel frighten away the robbers, then have a feast to celebrate. But when they are asleep, one of the robbers returns to the house to investigate. The animals give him a nasty fright and he runs away, never to return. The animals live happily ever after together in the forest. In this session children perform their travelling dance. They work on a sequence, which includes the creeping steps that they have been practising and a happy celebration dance.

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Lesson summary:

Warm up: alternate clapping and hopping.

Donkey sets off down the road: reprise of first part of a developing step pattern sequence.

Donkey and Dog set off: reprise of second part of a developing step pattern sequence.

Donkey, Dog and Cat set off: reprise of third part of a developing step pattern sequence.

Donkey, Dog, Cat and Cockerel set off: reprise of the final part of a developing step pattern sequence.

Remembering the whole sequence: children put together the complete step sequence.

The animals creep up to the robbers’ house: reprise of contrasting heights and steps.

The animals climb up at the window: reprise of climbing from Episode 2.

The animals do a happy dance: revisiting the dance from the warm up.

A robber comes back: contrasting movement and stasis with the class divided into two groups.

Cool down: controlled breathing on the floor.

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1. On the road to Bremen - 2. Into the forest - 3. The robbers get a big fright