RIC-6277 I can dance the Barramundi

BUSH DANCE
Preparation
• Copy the words on the invitation onto a
poster as a stimulus for or introduction to
the lesson.
Presentation
• Share the poster with the class and discuss
the term ‘bush dance’.
• Say the rhyme with the actions for the class.
• Ask the class to relate experiences
involving the animals mentioned in the
rhyme. Stimulus questions may include the
following:
– Have you ever eaten barramundi?
Where? When? How did it taste?
– Has a possum ever come to live in your
roof? What happened?
Additional activities/information
• Change the words of the rhyme using the
names of other Australian animals. Add
suitable actions. For example:
I can dance
The willy wagtail
I can dance
The quokka hop.
I can dance
The brumby gallop
I can bush dance
’Til I drop!
Bush dance
for all bush families
Saturday 3 September
4 pm – 7 pm
at Gum Tree School, Wattle Road
Ringo Possum’s Band & bush tucker supper
ALL WELCOME!
– How does a kookaburra sound? Do you
think it is as jolly as it sounds? Why/Why
not?
– Do you know the names of any other
Australian animals—especially those
with unusual names?
(Examples may include numbat, bilby,
dugong, bandicoot, mopoke, babbler,
dollar bird and barking owl.)
• Say the rhyme again, with the actions, for
the class.
• The class claps the beat while saying the
rhyme.
• The class says the rhyme with the actions.
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Lines 1 & 2 Waggle tail.
3 & 4 Rest chin on paws and hop.
5 & 6 Gallop hands on thighs.
7 Clap twice.
8 Clap once. Drop.
• In 1696, when Dutch explorer Willem de
Vlamingh saw quokkas on an island off the
mouth of the Swan River, Western Australia,
he described a quokka as a ‘kind of rat as
big as a common cat’. He named the island
‘Rottenest’ (Rat nest). The island is now
known as Rottnest.
• ‘Brumby’ is an Australian name for a wild
bush horse.
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