EDUC 3001: Music, Dance and Drama

Assembly Item

Tutor: Wendy Harmon

Chantelle Stock, Sophie Baker , Rochelle Brush, Shania West, Scott Olsen, Hannah Chitty

Due Date: 22nd October 2019

 Background: Commotion in the Ocean

This assembly item is based off the book Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae. It is
designed to be performed by Year 2 students. The performance will inform the audience of the
habitats of some sea creatures.

Unit of Inquiry: Where do sea creatures live?

Curriculum Links:

Music: Dance: Drama: Science:

Performance Performance Performance Biological Science
Development of Performance of dance Performance of Living things live in
performance skills to an audience that drama to an audience different places where
(singing in tune, communicates an demonstrating story
their needs are met
moving and playing idea demonstrating a structures to set the
classroom beginning and ending scene, link action and (ACSSU211)
instruments with (ACADAM003) create an ending
correct timing and (ACADRM029)
technique)
(ACAMUM081)
EYLF:
Learning Outcome 5: Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of
media.
● Children use the creative arts such as drawing, painting, sculpture, drama, dance,
movement, music, and storytelling to express ideas and make meaning.
● Children experiment with ways of expressing ideas and meaning using a range of
media.
Resources: Music used:
Props: Instruments:
● Balloons - shades of blue ● Xylophone
● Backdrop - ● Shakers/ egg shakers/ Maracas
https://www.youtube.com/watch? ● Drum
● Cymbal
v=LdQJw5S4nAQ
● Castanets
● Blue scarves
● Coral and seaweed Music:
● Shark body Full duration of assembly:
● Dolphin costume Deep Sea Soundscape – 9 hours of
● Crab costume underwater ambience – Deep Ocean Sleep
● Scuba diver wetsuit Sounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
● Jellyfish costume
v=UjQxhOXco_k
● Deep water fish costume Elements:
● Blue sheets
● Neting Elements of Music:
 ● Plastic/ Litter ● Dynamic and expression.
● Speaker
● Music ready on devise. Elements of Dance:
● Body, space and time in dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=UjQxhOXco_k Elements of Drama:
● Devise ● Role
● Desk ● Character & relationship
● Backdrop/Screen
● Instruments
Roles: Stage:
Shania - Scuba diver
Audience
Sophie - Crab (1) Left Stage Middle stage Right stage
Rochelle - Dolphin (2) Backstage
Hannah - Jellyfish (3)
Chantelle - Shark (4)
Scott - deep sea fish (5)

Scene/ Action/s
Character/
Time
Introduction Scott: “Welcome to our Year 1 Assembly. We have been learning about where
animals live.
30 sec
We started by reading Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae. The story
starts like this…”

Everyone enters the stage from the right and stands in one line in the middle of
Commotion
in the the stage and says:
Ocean x2
pg 1 All read from book:
“There is a curious commotion
at the bottom of the ocean.
I think we ought to go and take a look.

You’ll find every sort of creature

that lives beneath the sea
swimming through the pages of this book.

There are dolphins, whales, and penguins.

There are jellyfish and sharks.
There’s the turtle and the big white polar bear.

But can you see behind the wrecks

and in between the rocks?
Let’s see if we can find who’s hiding there.”

Music starts once everyone exits stage. (Chantelle - press play).

Deep-water Fish, Shark, Dolphin, and Jelly fish exit stage right.
Scuba diver and Crab exit stage left.

Music element: Instruments

Plays for duration of assembly:
Deep Sea Soundscape – 9 hours of underwater
ambience – Deep Ocean Sleep Sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjQxhOXco_k

Scene 1 Scuba diver enters from stage left.

Scuba Shania/ Sally: “I’m a scuba diver and I’m spending the day exploring creatures
Diver Sally that live beneath the sea. Come with me to see what commotion we can find in
(Shania) the ocean.”
Crab
(Sophie) Crab enters from stage left.

1.5 min Scuba diver bumps into crab (Chantelle: Cymbal)

(Music & Shania/ Sally: “Hello there, my name is Sally the scuba diver. What’s your
Drama name?”
Element)
Sophie/ Crab: “Hello! I am Clicker the crab.”

Shania/Sally: “Woah look at those big claws you have! What do you use your
claws for?”

Sophie/ Crab: “Yes I have two big claws. My Claws keep me safe and help me
to hunt for food.” (Click, click)

Shania/ Sally: “How cool! What else can you tell me about crabs?”

Sophie/ Crab:
● “I can tell you lots about Crabs Sally...Crabs have hard shells called
exoskeletons. Our exoskeleton protects us from predators and provides
support for our bodies. (Click, click)
● Crabs have 10 legs and walk and swim sideways. We like walking
sideways and I think the reason why is to make myself look sneaky and
pretend that I’m a spy. (Click, click)
● Crabs live along the ocean shoreline. We like to live in rocky areas.
Some crabs like to be covered with water and some crabs live half in half
out of the water, their habitats are varied. (Click, click)
● Crabs like to be able to burrow out of sight for protection. Crabs like to
burrow into soft mud and sand. Have you ever seen evidence of our
burrowing on the beach? And did you know there are over 4000 types of
crabs in the world ?” (Click, click)

Sophie/ Crab:
Hey Sally I have a question for you:
“Why wouldn’t the crab share his toys?”

Shania: “Why?”

Sophie/crab: “Because he was shellfish hahaha”

(Click, click)(Click, click)(Click, click)

Shania/ Sally: “Hahaha, good joke Clicker! I am so excited to get exploring in

the ocean, will you come with me to meet some other sea creatures?”

Sophie/Crab - “Yes I’d love to come with you Sally”

Scuba diver and crab walk backwards into the ‘ocean’ towards right of stage and
 move like they are swimming until next scene)

Music elements: Instruments:

During: Castanet: clicking together throughout scene. ● Castanet x2
Transition scene 1 to scene 2: ● Egg shakers
EEEEEEEEEEEEE ● (Cymbol)
Key:
Cymbol: Scuba diver and Crab bump into each other. E: 1 shake on each
beat.

Scene 2 (Scott: Egg Shakers)

Dolphin Dolphin enters from stage right.
(Rochelle)
Scuba diver bumps into Dolphin! (Chantelle: Cymbol)
Scuba
Rochelle: “Hi i’m Darcy the Dolphin!
Diver The wonderful thing about dolphins is hearing them trying to speak,
(Shania) But it’s not how d’you do?
Like I’d say to you,
1.5 min It’s more of a “click-whistle-squeak!”

(Music & (Moves around stage as though dolphin is swimming)

Drama
Shania/ Sally: “Hi Darcy the Dolphin, I am Sally and this is Clicker. It’s nice to
Element) meet you! Can you tell me all about you and your life in the ocean?”

Rochelle - “Hi Sally, some fun things you might not know about me is that;

● I cannot breathe in the water, I must show myself to the surface for air
and I am a warm-blooded animal.
● Us dolphins stick together you know Sally and we have some awesome
friends. We live in schools, or pods of up to 12 Dolphins!
● I mainly feed on small fish and squid.
● Dolphins can live for about 17 years in the wild Sally! and there have
been some that have lived up to 50 years old! In dolphin years that’s a
lot!

Shania/ Sally: “Woah you must eat a lot of fish and squid to fill up your stomach!
Would you like to come with us to meet some more creatures in the deeper
layers of the sea?”

Rochelle: “Yes, Let's go! “(dolphin noise)

Scuba diver (Shania) and Dolphin (Rochelle) move through the ocean. Crab
(Sophie) leaves to stage right and joins the orchestra.

Music element: Instruments

Transition scene 2 to scene 3: ● Egg shakers
EEEEEEEEEEEEE ● Cymbol
Key:
 Cymbol: Scuba diver and dolphin met. E: 1 shake on the
beat.

Scene 4 (Scott: Egg Shakers)

Jellyfish
(Hannah) Jellyfish (Hannah) enters from stage right.
*Blob blob*
Scuba
Diver Scuba-diver runs into Jellyfish! (Chantelle: Cymbol)
(Shania)
Hannah (Jellyfish):
“Hello! Im Jello the Jellyfish…but despite the word fish being in my name - i am
1.5min not really a fish at all!”

(Music & Shania/ Sally: “Hello Jello the Jellyfish! Hang on...if you are not a fish then what
Drama exactly are you?”
Element)

Hannah/Jellyfish:
1. “The reason I’m called a JELLYfish is because I’m quite literally made of
jelly! But not the jelly you may be used to eating. My body is 95% water,
and my jelly which is found inside me is made of only water and salt!
2. I am super squishy and flexible and that’s because I don’t have a single
bone in my body!
3. As well as having no bones I also have no heart, no brain and no eyes!
4. Lastly, I tend to hang around the surface of the ocean, and bob or float
around wherever the ocean tides take me, usually with a group of my
friends in a group we call a school!”

Shania/ Sally: “You have told me so many wonderful things about jellyfish but
one thing I was wondering is where do you jellyfish sleep?”

Hannah/Jellyfish: A: “In TENT-acles”

Shania/ Sally: “Haha you’re a funny one! It has been great meeting you Jello! I
wonder who we are going to meet next?”

Scuba diver, Jellyfish and Dolphin start swimming..

Music: Instruments:
Transition from scene 3 & 4: ● Cymbal
Drums: Slow to fast tempo. ● Drum
D D D D D D D dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd

Scene 5 Shania/ Sally: “Hey Jello, it’s starting to feel a bit spooky down here. Can you
Shark see that...there’s a big shadow, it is coming closer!”
(Chantelle) Drums
Slow tempo leading to fast tempo. (Scott: drum)
Scuba diver and Shark run into each other. (Cymbal: Sophie)
Scuba
Diver Chantelle/ Shark:
(Shania) “Hi! My name is Sherly, Sherly the shark, Bruce's girlfriend if you didn't know.
I swim with a grin up to meet you,
See how my jaws open wide.
Jellyfish
Dolphin I have special slits in my body, these are my GILLS.
1.5 min They make me breathe underwater!
Nifty hay!!
(Music & That means I can only live underwater so the whole ocean is my home.
Drama I cruise through the: Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean (that is where I
am now!), Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean.
Element)
I generally stay in the twilight zone between 200 and 1,000 meters deep, but I
do come up to the sunlight zone if I need to. These levels are generally where all
my meals live… but don't worry I’m not hungry NOW!!!”

Jellyfish: “Maybe so but I’m still going to keep my eye on you in case you do get
hungry!”

Shania/ Sally: “Come on guys, let’s keep swimming!”

Scuba diver, shark and jellyfish swim through the ocean.

Dolphin leaves to stage right and joins the orchestra.

Music Instruments:
Transition 4 & 5: ● Xylophone
● Cymbal
1 3 5 7 9 11 repeat x2 Key:
xxxxx X x: 1 Xylophone tap
xxxxx X C X: hold 2 beats.
C: 1 clap

Scene 6 Rochelle: Xylophone- slow tempo

Deep sea Lights off (Sophie).
fish (Scott) Shania/ Sally: “Is it just me or did it suddenly get super dark down here? Stay
close!”
Scuba
Diver Rochelle: Xylophone - Slow tempo.
(Shania)
Chantelle/ Shark: “Hello? Is there anybody down here?”
1.5 min
Angler Fish appears by turning on headlight (Cymbal: Hannah).

(Music & Scott/ Angler Fish: “Hello, I am Angela the Angler fish.”
Drama Shania/ Sally: “Good gosh! You look pretty cranky! Are you okay Angela?”
 Element) Scott: “Cranky!? I live in the murky depths of the deepest oceans, over 1000
metres deep! So yes, I guess I am a little cranky…but I am mostly lonely...I don’t
have many friends down here…”
Shania/ Sally: “Wow! I love your little light.”
Scott: “My light is my very special feature, this spine has a luminous lure which
acts like a built in fishing rod! I use it to catch my prey.”
Shania/ Sally: “How can you survive down here? I can’t see any food for miles!”
Scott: “Well, I am a carnivore! That means I only eat meat!
My mouth is oh so big, I have many translucent teeth and I can open my jaw
wide enough to eat things that are twice my size!”
Shania/ Sally: “Oh my! Let’s get out of here!”

Scott turns his light off.

Angler Fish chases other sea creatures away.

All creatures scream and run off stage.
(Egg shakers: Rochelle)

Chantelle(Shark), Shania (Scuba Diver), Scott (Angler Fish) exit stage left.
Sophie (Crab), Rochelle (Dolphin) and Hannah (Jellyfish) exit stage right.

Characters take off restricting costumes.

Lights are turned on. (Sophie)

Music: Instruments:
Sea creatures run off stage: Egg shakers.
Egg shakers: Fast tempo.

Scene 7 Chantelle(Shark), Shania (Scuba Diver), Scott (Angler Fish) enter from stage left
Song/ Sophie (Crab), Rochelle (Dolphin) and Hannah (Jellyfish) enter from stage right
Conclusion
Shania -
Starting positions:
Scuba diver
Sophie -
Audience
Crab
Chantelle Hannah Sophie
Rochelle -
Shania Scott Rochelle
Dolphin
Hannah -
Underwater Discovery Dance and Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Jellyfish
Chantelle - v=W0poVpxdUgA
Shark
Scott - deep (First minute of the underwater discover dance)
sea fish

2 min
(Dance
Element)

Reference List:
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Andreae, G. (1996). Commotion in the Ocean. London, United Kingdom: Hachette Children's

Group

Awesome Ocean. Facts about crabs. Retrieved from http://awesomeocean.com/news/super-

cool-facts-crabs/

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SROc44KeRmAiV96XmGzMxewSbY

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Ocean Sleep Sounds. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=UjQxhOXco_k
Teacher Notes:

Commotion in the Ocean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pRhgZ8Jffs

Curriculum Links (Year 1)

Biological Science
Living things live in different places where their needs are met (ACSSU211)
Unit of Inquiry - Where do Animals Live?

Ideas:
● Each person is a sea creature
● The scuba diver swims along and meet other creatures
● The new creatures introduce themselves - talk about the creatures; Who they are?
Where do they live?
● End song: Hi 5 - Underwater Discovery https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=W0poVpxdUgA
★ Audience is class - as adults

Characters:
Shania - Scuba diver
Sophie - Crab (1)
Rochelle - Dolphin(2)
Hannah - Jellyfish (3)
Chantelle - Shark (4)
Scott - deep sea fish (5)

Props:
● Balloons - shades of blue
● Background - projector screen
○ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdQJw5S4nAQ
● Blue scarves/ sheets
● Animal dress-ups

Audience - learning/response
- Facts are: where sea creatures live and what they need to live.
★ Script can have direction from pictures/whatever helps with stage direction