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All Around Us 25%
Let’s Celebrate 66%
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This session gets the whole Drey moving with a fun, colourful look at carnival around the world. Squirrels will find out about carnival with a story about Nini and a traditional Jamaican children’s game.
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Activities
Play Punchinella, little fella
10 mins
Can you copy the person in the middle in this traditional Jamaican children’s game?
- Meets
- Requirement 4
- Meets
- Requirement 1
Let’s celebrate Caribbean carnival
45 mins
Make a colourful headband, try some Caribbean flavours and get dancing.
- Meets
- Requirement 3
- Meets
- Requirement 4
Preparation
Equipment
- Device to play music
- Big pieces of card
- Scissors
- Sticky tape
- A4 paper
- Coloured pens or pencils
- Craft materials (for example, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, stickers)
- Glue sticks
- PVA glue
- Music from the Caribbean - try calypso or reggae for dancing to
- Bright, colourful materials and scarves for dressing up (optional)
- Selection of Caribbean food
- Picture of Carnival outfits (optional)
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