Class Plan
Title
Age
Zippo’s Wonderful Circus Comes To
Town
3-5 years old
Additional Resources
Paper for children to draw their own favourite animal or to draw their own multi coloured
circus tent. Colouring pencils.
Key Learning:
Physical Benefits:
PSHE: 4b-to listen to other people, and play
and work cooperatively.
Sun salutation increases the heart rate and
En1: 2a-to sustain concentration
stabilising muscles. Tent extends the
PE: 4b- to recognise and describe how their
bodies feel during different activities.
hamstrings and reduces tightness in the
burns fat. Bumpy Truck strengthens core
lumbar spine. Camel helps children to
release emotional feelings. Magic Birdreleases stiffness in shoulders and a
powerful breathing exercise.
Introduction / Warm up
Okay YogaBugs let’s start will our Snake, Dog, Cat and Mouse poses to warm up our spines
and strengthen our arms in preparation for what lies ahead at the Circus. We need to make sure
we’re fit and ready to do all the things that the animals and clowns can do!
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Hurray the circus is in town!
We love the circus. Grandma is taking all of us on the bus/bumpy truck. When we arrive at
the Circus. It’s very MUDDY squelch .The first sight to greet us, is the Big Top. A huge
white Tent with four tops it is huge.
Grandma buys our tickets and we find our seats inside we sit on hard wooden
benches. (Chair) Everyone is noisy and chattering, we smell the sawdust and
animals (concertina breath). It’s hot and dusty. We need to do Sitting twists to see the
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size of the tent.
Suddenly the music starts up. A there is a hush around the Tent.
Horses come galloping into the tent. They are white and have feathered plumes
(Unicorn).The ring master is holding the horse’s leads, Back bends as the acrobat’s Star
jump onto the horse’s backs. They twirl (standing twists) and spin on the horses and jump
over them backwards (Crab). The crowd gasps in amazement. (Wide legged forward bend
and dancer) Everybody claps.
Next are the clowns. We laugh and hold ourselves (Hug and Forward bend) because we
are laughing at what they look like. So funny! (Mime clowns putting on huge orange wigs,
red noses, very silly costumes and enormous shoes)( Forward Bends) They dance,
they wave, and they pretend to throw water at us from a bucket standing (back arch).
They squirt water from lapels (twist and pull funny faces).They run off (on the spot).
Next on are the fire eaters, Camel and jugglers (marching action) who throw balls to each
other. Then their take their hoops and make circles on their hips and on their ankles (by
stretching leg out in front and arms wide).
Now they want children from audience. Hands Up!!
We are to be the torches Candles, he lights us up and juggles the torches with his eyes
covered!!! Don’t drop us please!!! He thanks us for helping and the crowd roars their
approval.
We settle back in our seats. Grandma is so proud; she gives us all a hug and buys us huge
ice cream. Such fun.
Tightrope walker Balancing in Magic Bird and sideways stretches and back
arches/forward bends.
Next is the Magician with his hat & suit. He removes his hat and waves it (Warrior 2) from
hand to hand and then drops it, (wide legged forward bend) down to show nothing inside.
Now he produces a Rabbit and then a Pigeon (both sides). Now he’s got all the delicious
ingredients to make a cake (sitting crossed legged) he mixes them all together. He leans
forward (Wide legged forward bend) to put the cake in the oven. Take 8 breaths and
count 2 between breaths whilst the cake is cooking is then (seated forward bend) lean
forward and eat the cake.
Next come the Hoola Hoopers (swing the hips) and now there are the acrobats, (Boat,
Crab and leg raises, lunges and twists). Wow! The crowd below goes wild. The Press
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men flash their cameras to take photos. In the papers next day. The Front page reads:
‘Zippo’s wonderful circus comes to Town’.
After the Amazing Circus we get to go home in a hot air balloon. Let’s blow it up together!!!!
Relaxation and Visualisation
Now it’s time for us to Relax
Let’s Breathe in softly and out softly, slowly, peacefully (Shavasana)
Let’s think about being happy in your toes, knees, tummy heart, elbows, throat, hands, head
Calm and happy.
Think ‘My whole body smiles. I look forward to the rest of the day. There is nothing to fear.
Say to yourself I am happy I am happy. All is well in my world.’
Suggested follow on Games and Activities
Adventure Poses: Create 4 areas of the room with the names of postures from the
adventure. The children have to go from one to the other (walking through the sticky mud
between them) and then perform the selection of postures in that space.
Encourage the children to draw their own Big Top using their favourite colours and the
animals, which they saw inside the tent.
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