Lolly Sticks Me Too!

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the trains all clatter through

# Hey! Look at that driver driving

-# I want to ride that train of blue

-Me too

# I'm looking way up high to the windows

# Take a peek for an inside view

# All these people busy working

# I want to see what they all do

# Come on, let's weave around the market

# Do you hear the hullabaloo?

# Everybody's busy selling

-# I wanna buy me something new

-Me too

# Look through the arches under the station

# Down where the pigeons perch and coo

# Take a taxi ride to the river

# I wanna drive down the avenue

# Hey, look at those buses gleaming

# They look so clean and spanking new

# All lined up to drive around the city

-# Let me ting that bell

-Ding, ding!

# Going to ride on round to the school stop

# Where the children hurry through

# Sit down, the teacher's teaching

-# I'd love to learn a thing or two

-Me too

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea. #

Eight o'clock.

# Come on and get on down to the city

-# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

-Sails are blue

# Time to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say hello to you... #

Hello, honey pie!

Come away in and see who's at home today.

# Granny Murray's house has two at home to play

# Granny Murray's house is home to...? #

Who's here today?

Well, we've got Rachel

and we've got Hope. Don't just sit there, darlings.

Come on, let's have fun.

-What's Granny Murray got in her shelves today?

-Sponges.

Aprons on first.

Today we're going to do some fairground pictures.

Paint some on the sponge and then you can make a shape.

Who likes going to the fairground?

-Me!

-Me too.

Well, we've got Hope and we've got Rachel.

Someone's missing from home today.

Oh, not any more!

Who's coming home to Granny Murray?

Oh, it's Rebecca with Mickey John.

Hello there!

Mickey John! Hello!

And Rebecca!

Come away through, my honey pie.

Ah, we're having fairground fun today.

But now you're here, we'll do something new.

Why don't you all dress Claude up as a clown!

-Will they have clowns at the fairground?

-Oh, yes.

At the Riverseafingal fairground there was a clown

who made shapes from balloons.

-Oh, what a giggle!

-Yes!

Come on, let's giggle over here, darling.

I've got a fairground joke for you.

-What do you call a merry-go-round that won't stop?

-Don't know.

-What do you call a merry-go-round that won't stop?

-A merry-go-round

and round and round...

-Mickey John, that was a good one.

-Thanks.

I've been making up jokes for Rudi. He pesters me for new ones.

Oh, yes. Rudi makes me laugh.

-Are you going to the fair later?

-Oh, yes. Going to see some rides.

It's all right for some. I'll be busy teaching.

There aren't enough hours in a teacher's day.

So many things I want to show the children,

I don't know where to start and finish.

Start with the fairground, there's so many things there -

colours, numbers, movement and shapes!

-All in the one place.

-I hadn't thought about that.

Oh, will you look at Claude. He's a comical clown.

-What a funny looking chap you are.

-Just like the clown

-at the fairground.

-There you are.

-Hey! Look at this.

-My very own fairground picture. Thanks, Rebecca.

-Bye!

A fairground I can carry around with me.

Come on, then.

Remember, there's all sorts of things

you can learn from the fairground.

-Thanks, Granny Murray. See you later.

-Be thinking of you.

-Me too!

Now, you keep an eye on Mickey John.

Make sure he goes the right way to work.

Oh, I don't have much time. How can I speed across the river to work?

HOOTER BLOWS

That's right. Thanks!

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I nee, nee, nee, need to speed to work

# I take a take a ticket on a speedboat

# I'll be, be, be, be, be, be there quite quick

# Hurry, hurry, hurry down the river

# Splashing, splashing, splashing through the waves

# Whining, whining, whining drives the speed up

# Chugga, chugga, chugga slows us down

# Rocking, rocking, rocking to the dock

# Go splashing, splashing to our stop

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I nee, nee, nee, need to speed to work

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry! #

Hurry, hurry, hurry!

And hurry, hurry, hurry to put my tie on.

All snazzy and ready to go.

Right, I'd better get these worksheets sorted.

-Knock, knock.

-Oh! Hi, Rudi.

-Er, what?

-Knock, knock.

-Who's there?

-Boo.

-Boo who?

There's no need to cry! It's only a joke.

-Have you got any jokes for me?

-I might do.

But I can't tell them to you just now.

We have to be serious. The children will be here soon.

-There's so much to get through.

-There's always time for laugher.

We'll have to save the jokes.

9 o'clock and here come the children.

Good morning, everyone. That's it. Get yourselves settled.

Morning.

Rudi, I'm very busy. Is there anything you wanted?

-I wanted to show you these.

-Lolly sticks?!

-A customer gave me these.

-Why would someone give you lolly sticks?

-Cos each stick has got a joke on it.

-Brilliant!

-I thought you could tell me what the jokes are.

-By all means.

Bring these round later and we'll have a joke party.

Good idea. I'll see you later.

OK. Right, then.

Who's bright-eyed and ready for the day?

-ALL:

-Me!

-Brilliant. Right.

Look at the questions on your worksheets.

They're about counting coconuts. I want you to answer them.

I wonder what Rebecca's up to.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal that's for me. #

Oh, good girl, Rebecca!

What about a roundabout? Will we give someone a shot?

# La la la la la la la... #

Whee! Do you want to do it?

Well done! We'll have great fun at the fair today, too.

It's a shame Dad will not be able to go. But we'll tell him all about it.

What are you doing now, Daddy?

Right, let's see how you're getting on.

Oh, dear! That's a big yawn, Emma.

Hmm, you're all looking a bit floppy.

Oh, Bobby! Come here.

Hiya. Is everything OK?

There's so much I want to teach the class

but we have to be zinging and alert.

I don't think there's enough room to do any gymnastics.

-How about movements we can do sitting down?

-Oh, I like that idea!

Ah, Bobby's doing some exerciseswith us

so if put your pencils down and look over here.

-What about doing some fairground movements?

-Oh! OK.

I want everyone to imagine that you're in a fairground.

The first thing we're going to do is get in a dodgem. Get comfy...

put your seatbelt on and put your hands on the wheel.

-Are you ready to go?

-Yeah.

-SHE IMITATES CAR ENGINE

-Gently does it to start off with.

But someone's coming straight for you.

You'll have to turn the wheel. That's it.

Put your brakes on.

-Uh-oh! We've stopped.

-Good. We've got time to go on another ride -

the merry-go-round.

Stretch your fingers out. Start off going round in little circles.

Merry-go-rounds go round and round. They get bigger and bigger

and some merry-go-rounds go really fast, so you go even faster! Whoo!

OK, time to slow down. And...

stop!

-Thanks, for livening us up, that was fun.

-Bye bye!

-ALL:

-Bye!

-Bye.

Right, I'd better get to work.

# Oh, I whoop with joy when I go to school in the mornin'

# Teaching with my chums and see the children learning

# School day, work away

# I'm learnin' learnin' learnin' when I'm teachin'

# I'm teachin' learnin' teachin' learnin' teachin'

# School day, work away

# Teaching to count and teaching to read

# Learning about birds and plants and seeds

# Playing games and sports outdoors

# Blowing my whistle and keeping the scores

# School day, work away

# I'm learnin' learnin' learnin' when I'm teachin'

# We're learnin' learnin' learnin' when he's teachin'

# School day, work away

# Oh, the secretary's smiling as she does her organising

# The janny fixes The cookie mixes

# And the cleaner keeps us shining

# Oh, I whoop with joy when I go to school in the morning

# Holding the line in the dinner queue

# While the cookie cooks and serves a stew

# Answering the questions where and why

# How does it work and how does it fly?

# School day, work away

# I'm learnin' learnin' learnin' when I'm teachin'

# He's learnin' learnin' learnin' when he's teachin'

# School day, work away

# All the children peep and eye me

# As they sit and try their writin' I take a look, I mark their books

# The good ones get a smiley

# Oh, I whoop with joy when I go to school in the mornin'. #

Right, I think that's all the worksheets.

BELL RINGS Oh, 12 o'clock.

Have a good lunch. Don't keep the dinner ladies waiting.

KNOCK ON DOOR Oh!

-Knock, knock!

-Who's there?

-Al.

-Al who?

-I'll give you a kiss if you open the door.

-Ha ha!

I hope it's a sloppy one.

I've got something better than a sloppy kiss to show you.

A collection of lolly sticks.

-I bet there are some great jokes on these.

-Let's see.

"Where does a king keep his armies?"

I don't know. Where does a king keep his armies?

"Up his sleevies!"

-Get it?

-Up his sleevies!

-I love a good joke.

-Oh, me too.

But I must get on with planning my lesson for this afternoon.

-We'll be learning all about shapes.

-All right.

I'll leave you to it. But I'll see you later for more jokes.

I'll be seeing you. Ha ha ha!

Look at all these sticky shapes.

Triangles.

Squares.

And circles.

HE HUMS A FAIRGROUND SONG

I wonder if Rebecca's at the fairground yet.

Hello my darling!

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

Hope you had a tasty lunch.

That's it, get yourselves settled and sorted. Now,

we'll be thinking about shapes,

so I've put lots of sticky shapes on your tables.

I want you to do sort them out for me and then stick them in your books.

KNOCK ON DOOR

-Psst!

-Hi, Rudi. What is it?

Have you got time for one more joke?

Oh, OK then. Just one.

-"What kind of button can't be unbuttoned?"

-Oh...

I don't know. What kind of button can't be unbuttoned?

"A belly button!"

THEY GIGGLE

-OK, Rudi. I'd better get off.

-OK. Hey, what are your class up to?

They seem quiet as mice.

We're doing work on shapes at the moment, and then...

Oh, dear. I've been so busy telling jokes,

I haven't prepared anything for later.

Where did the time go?

At eight o'clock I went to Granny Murray's to drop off Rebecca.

The children were painting fairground pictures and dressed Claude up

as a clown

At nine o'clock I got to work. Rudi dropped by to tell me some jokes

and show me his his lolly sticks as the children arrived for class.

At ten o'clock, I noticed that my class looked floppy.

so I asked Bobby could liven us up with some exercises.

At 12 o'clock the children went to lunch and I told Rudi some jokes.

At one o'clock the children came back from lunch

and as they did their shapes activity I told Rudi even more jokes.

Then I realised I'd been so busy telling jokes,

I hadn't planned anything to do with the class.

Remember, there's all sorts of things you can learn

from the fairground.

That's right. There's lots you can learn from the fairground.

You can learn about colours, movement and numbers and shapes.

Rudi, I need the lolly sticks.

But it's no joke. It's a race against time.

# I've got to do it I've got to do it

# I've got to beat the clock before the chime

# I've got to sort it I've got to sort it

# I've got to do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'm going to beat that bong

# I'm going to finish this job before you finish that so-o-o-ong

# Do we think he's going to do it Do the job that needs to be done?

# Will he know how to fix it? Will he finish what he's begun?

# As sure as we are friends he will get there in the end

# He knows what he should do and work it through

-# I'm gonna do it

-He's gonna do it

# I'm gonna beat the clock before the chime

-# I'm gonna sort it

-He's gonna sort it

# I'm gonna do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'm going to beat that bong

# I'm going to finish this job

# Before I finish this so-o-o-ong. #

OK, children. Look at this great fairground picture.

Let's see what we can learn. Now, how many coconuts can you see?

-ALL:

-One, two, three,

-four, five.

-That's right.

Five coconuts. What do we call this over here?

-A merry-go-round.

-That's right.

Now, what shape's this here?

-A triangle.

-That's right. It's a triangle.

Oh, what's this thing up here?

It's a big wheel, isn't it?

-How does the big wheel move?

-It goes round and round.

Makes you feel sea sick maybe.

Now, what colour is this dodgem?

-Pink.

-That's right!

So, as you can see from this fairground mural

-there's lots you can learn from the fairground. ALL:

-Yes.

I bet Rebecca will love this fairground.

Oh! That's amazing, isn't it?

I keep waiting on them to pop. But they never do.

I think your dad would be good at making balloons pop.

The wee flower's gorgeous.

-What do you say, darling?

-Thank you!

Good girl. That's beautiful. Thank you.

-Mickey John.

-Hi, Granny Murray.

Come away through.

Look who's here, Rebecca!

-Hello, beautiful girl.

-Hello, Daddy.

Have you had a lovely time?

-Yes.

-You bet we have.

-Say thank you to Granny Murray.

-Oh, a cuddle.

Oh, clever girl.

And it's thanks from me too, Granny Murray.

Your saying "there's all sorts of things you can learn

-"from the fairground" saved the day.

-Well I never did!

Come on, let's get you home.

-Looking forward to next time.

-Me too!

Come on, Rebecca, let's talk about our time away.

I suppose you'll want me to tell you all about my time too?

# Well, there was...

# Playing, running, creeping, jumping

# Chasing, painting, laughing, baking

# Moving, dressing, singing, swinging

# Rocking, sliding, hunting, hiding

# Jumping up and turning round

# Dressing up and sitting down. #

Ho! But what was really special about today?

Well, the children dressed Claude up as a clown

with baggy trousers and a red nose.

Rebecca made a model playground out of bits and bobs

from the recycling box. Seeing the roundabout got me in the mood

for the merry-go-round at the funfair.

It wasn't long before we were actually at the funfair.

It was so exciting

and all the time, Mickey John was teaching his class lots of things

about the fairground too.

He he! Do you think I look cheeky with a clown nose?

Me too!

Bye bye, honey pie!

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