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Process:
• Introduce the children to the task.
• Tell the story of 24 hours in the rainforest.
• Break the 24 hours up into 6-8 segments of time.
• Identify the creatures that will be active in the particular segments.
• Identify other sounds i.e. not made by creatures that might be heard e.g. rain.
• Form the class into groups.
• Allocate specific time segments.
• Highlight availability of resources .
• Play examples of relevant music.
• Once children are in groups allow a time for brainstorming and free thinking. At the end of the initial
planning time invite a report back to the whole class on progress made.
• Set a time frame for the composition.
Conclusion:
A group based feedback.
Focus:
• Could we identify sounds of creatures?
• What we learnt as a group.
• What was difficult.
• How did we solve it?
• What could we do next?
Development:
• Make a recording of the composition.
• Play it as assembly music.
• Use it as a starting point for a class assembly.
• Don’t forget that you can submit this work to the PRP website and use it to gain a higher award.
• Material may be used for PRP publicity leading up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference
in Copenhagen 2009.