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The Witch's Cauldron
  • Key Stage 2
  • Year 6
  • Music
In "Hansel and Gretel," we meet a wicked witch called the Gingerbread Witch, who lives in a house made of yummy gingerbread and sweets. The witch tries to trick children into coming inside to push them in the oven and turn them into gingerbread. We are going to become the Gingerbread Witch, and use body percussion and our imagination to create our own magical potion in a warmup called "The Witch's Cauldron." I want you to imagine that there's a witch's cauldron in the center of our circle, and we have all become the Gingerbread Witch. So I'm gonna count down from three, and I want to see a room full of witches. Three, two, one, quick. Even bigger for me now, three, two, one, quick. Lovely stuff, back to normal. So what we're going to do is we're going to create some magical potions in our cauldron. But to do that, we need to learn a magic spell. I'm gonna do it first, and then you'll do it back to me. The magic spell looks like this. My turn. (hands thudding) Your turn. (hands thudding) Amazing. But remember, we are all witches. So I want you to use different parts of your body to send your magic spell into different directions. Twice through, let's try it all together now. (hands thudding) Amazing stuff. Okay, so no potion is complete without some magic ingredients. So we need to throw some ingredients in. Maybe we'll sprinkle in some cinnamon. What would that look like? Let's get that a go. Nice. Maybe I'll throw in a big bucket full of stinky, cheesy toes, go! Lovely stuff. So we need to think of some things to throw into the cauldron. What's an idea from the group that we could throw in? Yes. <v ->You can throw in tons of rainbows. </v> <v ->Tons of rainbows. </v> And what will happen? <v ->It'll give you the power to make everything into gold. </v> <v ->So everything you touch turns to gold. </v> You ready? We're gonna throw the rainbows in. We're gonna do the spell. It's gonna bubble, hopefully, if we are magic enough. And then everything we touch will turn to gold. You ready? Get your rainbows. Throw then. Magic spell, let's go. (hands thudding) It's bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling. Everything you touch turns to gold, wow. How do you feel about that? (all murmuring) Lovely stuff, and back to me. Who's got another idea of something we can throw into the cauldron? Yes. <v ->We could throw in a goblins tail. </v> <v ->We could throw in a goblins tail, I love it. </v> And what will happen when we throw in a goblin's tail? <v ->We turn into a goblin. </v> <v ->We turn into goblins. </v> Are you ready? Brilliant, show me your goblin's tail. Mine's gonna be teeny-tiny. And let's throw it in. And magic spell, go. (hands thudding) And it's bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's worked. We turned into goblins. How can you use your body and faces? Amazing. And back into the circle. Lovely, lovely goblins. We've had some examples from the group. Now, it's your turn to all do your own ingredients. So I would like each of you to think of your own ingredient and the effect it's gonna have. And we're gonna try them all at the same time. Think you've got your ingredient ready? <v ->Yeah. </v> <v ->Show me your ingredients. </v> Show me in your body how it is to hold. Is it massive? Is it tiny? Is it low? Is it high? And we're gonna throw it in the cauldron after three. One, two, three. Very nice magic spell. Last time, off you go. (hands thudding) Bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling. And show me what your ingredient does, go! (all murmuring) You've used your imagination and your body to conjure up some magical potions, just like the wicked Gingerbread Witch.
The Witch's Cauldron
  • Key Stage 2
  • Year 6
  • Music
In "Hansel and Gretel," we meet a wicked witch called the Gingerbread Witch, who lives in a house made of yummy gingerbread and sweets. The witch tries to trick children into coming inside to push them in the oven and turn them into gingerbread. We are going to become the Gingerbread Witch, and use body percussion and our imagination to create our own magical potion in a warmup called "The Witch's Cauldron." I want you to imagine that there's a witch's cauldron in the center of our circle, and we have all become the Gingerbread Witch. So I'm gonna count down from three, and I want to see a room full of witches. Three, two, one, quick. Even bigger for me now, three, two, one, quick. Lovely stuff, back to normal. So what we're going to do is we're going to create some magical potions in our cauldron. But to do that, we need to learn a magic spell. I'm gonna do it first, and then you'll do it back to me. The magic spell looks like this. My turn. (hands thudding) Your turn. (hands thudding) Amazing. But remember, we are all witches. So I want you to use different parts of your body to send your magic spell into different directions. Twice through, let's try it all together now. (hands thudding) Amazing stuff. Okay, so no potion is complete without some magic ingredients. So we need to throw some ingredients in. Maybe we'll sprinkle in some cinnamon. What would that look like? Let's get that a go. Nice. Maybe I'll throw in a big bucket full of stinky, cheesy toes, go! Lovely stuff. So we need to think of some things to throw into the cauldron. What's an idea from the group that we could throw in? Yes. <v ->You can throw in tons of rainbows. </v> <v ->Tons of rainbows. </v> And what will happen? <v ->It'll give you the power to make everything into gold. </v> <v ->So everything you touch turns to gold. </v> You ready? We're gonna throw the rainbows in. We're gonna do the spell. It's gonna bubble, hopefully, if we are magic enough. And then everything we touch will turn to gold. You ready? Get your rainbows. Throw then. Magic spell, let's go. (hands thudding) It's bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling. Everything you touch turns to gold, wow. How do you feel about that? (all murmuring) Lovely stuff, and back to me. Who's got another idea of something we can throw into the cauldron? Yes. <v ->We could throw in a goblins tail. </v> <v ->We could throw in a goblins tail, I love it. </v> And what will happen when we throw in a goblin's tail? <v ->We turn into a goblin. </v> <v ->We turn into goblins. </v> Are you ready? Brilliant, show me your goblin's tail. Mine's gonna be teeny-tiny. And let's throw it in. And magic spell, go. (hands thudding) And it's bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's worked. We turned into goblins. How can you use your body and faces? Amazing. And back into the circle. Lovely, lovely goblins. We've had some examples from the group. Now, it's your turn to all do your own ingredients. So I would like each of you to think of your own ingredient and the effect it's gonna have. And we're gonna try them all at the same time. Think you've got your ingredient ready? <v ->Yeah. </v> <v ->Show me your ingredients. </v> Show me in your body how it is to hold. Is it massive? Is it tiny? Is it low? Is it high? And we're gonna throw it in the cauldron after three. One, two, three. Very nice magic spell. Last time, off you go. (hands thudding) Bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling. And show me what your ingredient does, go! (all murmuring) You've used your imagination and your body to conjure up some magical potions, just like the wicked Gingerbread Witch.
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