Planning Sheet_Carnivals

Planning for Teachers

Carnival Example R.E. one week

Week beg.

Focus

Learning objectives

Children should:

Activity (see lesson plan for more detail)

Learning outcomes

Children

How is the festival celebrated in different parts of the world - Mardi Gras - America

P1(i) show simple reflex responses

P1(ii) give intermittent reactions

P2(i) show interest in events

P2(ii) recognise familiar events

P3(i) sustain concentration for longer periods

P3(ii) respond to choices

P4 join in with an activity

P5 take part in activities with other learners

P6 make their own contribution to celebrations

P7 make purposeful relationships with others

P8 reflect on what makes them happy or excited

There is a plan for an assembly for Mardi Gras which could take place sometime during this topic

Talk to the children about special times that we celebrate. Can they give you ant specific celebrations Explain that they are going to learn about a festival that is celebrated in America called Mardi Gras

Talk about the celebration, its, meaning, when it occurs and what happens.

Make a headdress, play some samba music

Have some party food nibbles at the end of the session.

P1(i) startle when the quick, relatively loud samba music is played

P1(ii) may become excited at the loud, fast music of the samba

P2(i) watch as everyone puts on their head dress

P2(ii) start to move (dance) when the fast music starts

P3(i) focus on the sequins as they put them on their headdress

P3(ii) accept wearing their headdress or not

P4 move their bodies as a dance to the music

P5 Dance and eat the food along with their peers

P6 put on their headdress and wear it whilst dancing

P7 help others make their headdress and share out the food

P8 explain that they are excited when the music plays fast and loud and happy when they can have the party food.

Resources:

Picture of Mardi Gras celebrations, card, sequins, feathers, shredded tissue paper, samba music, 1,2,,3 , musical instruments, food for party, assembly for Mardi Gras

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Points to note:

Pupil Grouping(s), differentiation and support:

Objective:

To find out about one way that Mardi Gras is celebrated

Intended Outcomes: Children will:

hear how Mardi Gras is celebrated in America
celebrate Mardi Gras in the fashion of the Americans

Language used:

Celebration, festivals, mardi gras, carnival, giving,

Lesson Plan:

Talk to the children about special times that we celebrate. Can they give you ant specific celebrations e.g. birthday, weddings, Christmas etc?
Explain to the children that a special celebration called Mardi Gras (translated from French as Fat Tuesday) or Shrove Tuesday is celebrated differently in different places in the world. This actually takes place in February but if this is not done in that month, this can be explained to the children. It happens the day before Lent when people are supposed to give up eating something for forty days until it is Easter
Explain that in New Orleans, a place in America, used to be very rich and on this day they would give money and jewels to the poor people of the town. Today the Mardi Gras is a very spectacular carnival which features samba music, elaborate costumes made with feathers and sequins etc., and lots of dancing.
Show the picture of the lorry and all the people in the street.
Make a headdress using card. Measure the child’s head and cut out a pattern at the top. Decorate it with sequins, feathers, shredded tissue paper etc.
When they have finished their head dresses, let them wear them and play some samba music so that the children can dance – some may prefer to play the instruments to the music.
Have some party food nibbles at the end of the session.

Resources:

Picture of Mardi Gras celebrations, card, sequins, feathers, shredded tissue paper, samba music, 1,2,3 , musical instruments, food for party

(click on words underlined to go to that resource)

Contingency

Type of Session:

□ New Learning

□ Reinforcement

□ Maintenance

□ Revisiting

□ Assessment

Skills:

· observation

· fine motor

· sensory

□ objective achieved

□ outcome realised

□ skills learnt/used

□ resources appropriate

□ session aborted

Evaluation:

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