Giraffes can’t dance
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What is Arts Award DISCOVER?
Arts Award is a fantastic chance for you to get a national qualification and a really cool certificate that you can show to your
family, your teachers and keep in your record of achievement. All you need to do is work your way through this booklet and fill
in each of the pages. Be as creative as you want to be, draw pictures, use photos, print stuff from the internet and use pictures
from magazines. You can also add additional pages if you want.
Arts Award DISCOVER has three parts:
Part A: Discover
Discover the arts around you and take part in different arts activities
Part B: Find out
Find out about artists and their work
Part C: Share
Share your Arts Award discover experience with others
Arts Award is offered at five levels:
Discover: Start your Arts Award
Explore: Be inspired by the arts
Bronze: Get involved in the arts and share your skills
Silver: Challenge yourself to build your creativity
Gold: Drive your personal development in the arts
Arts Award log designed with Tameside in mind by Tameside Council Cultural Services
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About the author
Giles Andreae the
author of “Giraffe’s
Can’t
Dance” is one of th
e most successful
children’s
writers today, and
is best known for
his picture
books like Comm
otion in the Ocean
.
Giles started writin
g stories when he
was at primary
school. He studied
English at Oxford
U
niversity and his
first book for child
ren, ‘Rumble in th
e Jungle’, was an
instant hit. Giles ha
s written many be
stselling books fo
children, includin
r
g Giraffes Can’t Dan
ce. Published in
1999, this story ha
s become an intern
ational children’s
classic, selling over
1.5 million copies
worldwide.
Steve Pickett – Hallé Education Direct
or
The Hallé
The Hallé is one of the UK’s top orchestra’s, with a long history of excellent
performances, award-winning recordings, radio broadcasts and music for
children.
Giraffe’s Can’t Dance is an interactive concert for children composed by
the Hallé’s Education Director Steve Pickett. Based on the popular children’s
book, ‘Giraffe’s Can’t Dance’, the concert uses descriptive rhymes from the book
to introduce children to the instruments of the orchestra in a fun and exciting
way.
During Giraffe’s Can’t Dance you will see Hallé musicians perform as you’ve
never seen them before. In addition to playing their instruments, they will recite
poetry, act, sing and dance! The audience will also get involved – exciting!
After completing 20 years service as
Principal
Contra Bassoon with the Ulster Orc
hestra,
Steve Pickett moved to the Hallé as
Education
Director in 2002. During his time at
the Hallé
the Education Programme has more
than
tripled in size. Last year over 50,000
participants
and audience were engaged throug
h 68
projects ranging from Early Years, to
young
offenders, from working with dement
ia patients
and care home staff to ‘Come and Pla
y’ concerts
where thousands of children play
with the Orchestra. Outside of
the Hallé Steve is joint-chair of the
Association of British Orchestra’s
Education Managers group.
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Part A
The arts around you...
How many different types of art form
do you know?
Draw or stick in pictures that show as many different types of art forms as you can think of
Draw or stick in pictures that show as
many different types of art forms as
you can think of
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Part A
Write about your visit he
re.
How did your visit to the concert make you feel?
Which bits did you enjoy most?
You can include a photograph, leaflet or your ticket if you like.
Is this something you would like to do again?
Congratulations - you have now completed Part A: Discover
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Part B
Feelings
Listen to the story again. Think about how Gerald
felt at different times during the story, use the
boxes to tell Gerald’s story in your own words.
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Part B: F
‘Giraffes can’t dance’ has pictures illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees.
Which artist are you going to find out about?
Perhaps you could look at artists who have used animals as the
subject for their art.
Can you find some images?
include them here and say what you like about them.
Choose your favourite image and use it
to create a drawing of your own.
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Part B: F
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Rhyming and Poetry
There are lots of rhyming words in the story, can you
find these and make a note of them here?
Giraffe and Jungle Craft
Can you create a sculpture of a giraffe, use photographs
of real giraffes to help you get the shape.
Describe how you did this
and include a photograph of
your finished sculpture.
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Part B: F
What do you know about real Giraffes?
Do some exploring to find out lots of interesting facts
about them. Record them here and share them with your
friends.
Work in a group to create a performance based on Gerald’s Story, this
could be a small play, a piece of music, a dance or a song. Perhaps you
could think about Gerald being sad, happy or excited
Record you doing this here.
Continued... Record you doing this here.
Taking part...
Which arts activities did you take part in?
A record of you taking part in the arts:
You can show this by using pictures or drawings
What have you enjoyed most about completing this Arts
Award?
What would you do differently?
Congratulations - you have now completed Part B: Find out
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A record of What you are going to share
Please stick or draw pictures here.
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I am going to share my work with
How will you share your work?
What did you enjoy most?
Why?
Congratulations
Your Arts Award log is complete
Adviser signature
Participant signature
Let’s make sure your log is complete! Place a tick in the ‘complete’ box as
you finish each section of your Arts Award log. Once you have six ticks
your Arts Award log is complete and you are ready for assessment.
Good Luck!
Discover Assessment Criteria
Part A: Art form knowledge and understanding
Pass: A basic understanding of a range of art forms
Typically children and young people will:
• Show a range of art forms by using pictures,
photographs, drawings and words
• Gain a basic understanding of artists and their work
Part B: Creativity
Pass: Show commitment in arts activities
Typically children and young people will:
• Take part in a range of arts activities
• Respond to the ideas of others and demonstrate
enjoyments of the arts
Part C: Communication
Pass: A basic understanding of communication
Typically children and young people will:
• Share information with others in any format
• Undertake clearly defined tasks and answer all
questions within this log
Assessors feedback
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This ‘Giraffes can’t dance’ Arts Award DISCOVER resource has been created by Tameside Council, The Halle and supported by Curious Minds.