Night and Day 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 those people busy working

# I want to see what they all do

# Come on, let's weave round 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. #

Seven 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. #

ME TOO!

Hallo, Honeypie! 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 Molly and we've got Hope.

Don't just sit there, my cherrybuns.

Come on! What's in Granny Murray's shelves today?

Let's have a wee look, girls.

We can see the world through different colours.

Oh, I love red. Let's have a look.

Oh, wow! See Molly?

What about yours, Hope? You hold yours up.

Oh, how do you see the world, Hope?

All bright, like the sunshine.

So it is! What about yours, Molly?

I think I'm under the sea.

You think you're under the sea?

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

Someone's missing from home today.

Oh, not any more! Who's coming home to Granny Murray?

Oh, it's Mickey John with Rebecca. Hallo, there!

Mickey John, hallo. And Rebecca.

Hello, girls, what are you up to?

Looking through coloured windows, seeing different colours.

Try this one, Mickey John.

Oh, right.

Oh! Everything looks golden yellow now.

Like the sky this morning. That was golden yellow, too.

Why was that?

I don't know, you'll have to ask the professor.

You always say "ask the professor" when you don't know the answer!

Now you're here, Rebecca,

let's dress Claude up as a wise old professor,

and you, Mickey Brainbox John,

can take a seat over with the chairs.

You might have to ask the professor about that one!

THEY LAUGH

You're a right tease, Mickey John, so you are.

You don't know the answers.

You get away with it or you make up some nonsense!

That's not true! Well, not always.

-Sometimes things are complicated.

-Not because you're a muddlehead?

How dare you! I know the answer to lots of things.

It isn't always easy to explain.

You can make it simple.

-Do you really think so?

-Yes.

What do you make of that, professor? THEY LAUGH

Now we have a professor to ask. Can you tell us about

the colour of the sun at dawn?

Hello, professor? Anyone there?

He is a professor, he's just taking a long time to think.

-Here you go, Daddy.

-Thank you, sweetheart.

A picture of the sun. That'll keep me happy all day. Thanks, Rebecca!

Bye-bye, have fun with Granny Murray.

Come on.

Now remember, if you know the answer, you can make it simple.

-Thank you. See you later.

-Bye-bye, my darlin'.

-We'll be thinking of you!

-Me too!

Will you keep a wee 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?

BOAT HORN

That's right, thanks!

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

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

# I'll 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,

# 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, put my tie on!

All dressed and ready to go.

# The sun has got his hat on, Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

-Oh! And there's Mickey John, Kai.

-Hello.

Hello, Kai! Hello, Bobby. Have you come to look round the school?

-Yes.

-One of the older children will show Kai around.

I've asked Sean to look after you.

He'll show you the exciting things we do in school.

Tell Kai what sort of things.

Today I'm teaching about Night and Day.

When it's light that's day,

and when it's dark, that's night-time.

How does it get dark?

That's a very complicated question.

How does it get light?

That's another very complicated question.

I think I'll have to ask the professor about that!

See? You'll learn all sorts of things at school.

Oh look, there's Sean.

OK, off you go, Kai.

Have a great time. I'll pick you up at lunch time.

-Bye, Mummy.

-Bye!

Aw, my grown-up boy! Will he all right?

He'll be right as rain, happy as a sunbeam.

Sean will look after him.

-See you later.

-OK. See you!

Ah. I hope you're happy, my little sunbeams!

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal, Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

Ooh, wow, have you seen one of these before, cupcakes?

Do you know what it is? It's a sundial.

How it works is, on a sunny day,

the sun casts a shadow on this wee bit here,

and the shadow points to the numbers on the dial and tells us the time.

-Your daddy would love one of these at home, wouldn't he?

-Yes.

-BELL

-What are you doing now, Daddy?

There goes the bell and here comes my class.

That's it, in you come. Quick march, let's have you.

We've got a lot to get through this morning.

-Good morning everyone.

-ALL: Good morning.

Today we're going to learn all about Mr Smiley Sun...I mean the sun,

and what it does. We'll also learn about night and day.

But first we need to learn a bit about the world.

This is the world. And this is Riverseafingal.

So. Where do we fit on the world?

I'll tell you.

Oh. Where's Riverseafingal?

There it is! Good job.

Right. It goes there.

I want you all to look at the world,

and see if you can draw what shape it is. Go on, then.

What shape is the world?

I'm seeing some good shapes here.

Let's have a look.

Excellent, you've all got it right.

You've drawn a circle. That's right.

So far, so good. Now it's time to get down to some really hard work.

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

# Teaching with my chums and see the children learning

# School day, work away!

# I'm learning, learning, learning when I'm teaching

# I'm teaching, learning, teaching learning, teaching

# School day, work away!

# Teaching to count and teaching to read

# Learn about plants and birds and seed

# Playing games and sports outdoors

-# Blowing my whistle and keeping the score

-School day, work away!

# I'm learning, learning, learning when I'm teaching

# We're learning, learning, learning when he's teaching

# School day, work away!

# The secretary's filing as she does her organising

# The janny fixes, the cookie mixes and the cleaner keeps us shining

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

# Forming a line in the dinner queue The cookie cooks and serves us too

# Answering the questions where and why

# How does it work and how does it fly?

# School day, work away!

# I'm learning, learning, learning when I'm teaching

# He's learning, learning, learning when he's teaching

# School day, work away!

# All the children peep and eye me as they sit and try their writing

# I take a look I mark their books

# The good ones get a smiley

# Oh, what joy when I go to school in the morning! #

Well done, everyone. It's been a good morning's work.

SCHOOL BELL

Off you go and have lunch.

Be back this afternoon to learn more about night and day.

Hi, Teacher!

I've brought you an apple.

Oh, hi, Dr Juno. What are you up to?

I've been handing out fruit, part of my healthy-eating campaign.

I see. Jolly good.

-There you go - one bit of fruit with your lunch.

-Thanks very much.

-Hmm.

-It's not got a maggot in it, if that's what you're thinking.

Oh, no, I was just thinking.

What does it remind you of, floating in space?

-An apple.

-No, it's our very own world.

-The Blue Planet!

-It's not blue,

it's a Red Delicious. Anyway, I'm due back at the hospital.

Make sure you actually eat your Blue Planet, all right?

Ahh! I hope you are having fun, Rebecca.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

One beautiful day in Riverseafingal, the sun came out

and all the little bunny rabbits came out of their burrows.

They were eating the grass and resting in the sun,

but all too soon the sun went down and it was night-time.

What comes out at night-time?

-The moon.

-The moon!

-And an owl came flying by. What did the owl say?

-Twit-twoo!

Good girl! Twit-twoo!

SCHOOL BELL

Settle down now.

Fantastic. This afternoon, I'm going to tell you all about night and day.

Now, when it gets dark at night,

we go to bed and animals come out that don't come out in the day,

like mice, badgers, foxes and owls. Twit-twoo!

CHILDREN GIGGLE

Then, in the morning, the birds sing and we all get out of bed.

There, night and day.

What is night?

That's a good question. Night is when it's dark.

How does it get dark?

That's a complicated question. We'll need to ask the professor about it.

How does it get light?

We'll have to ask the professor about that! Any questions? No? Good.

Can we ask the professor a question, please?

Aye...

I've been working hard preparing my lesson about night and day,

but when the children ask, "What is night?" and "What is day?",

I can't think of an easy answer. Where did the time go?

'At seven o'clock, I dropped Rebecca off at Granny Murray's house.

'We talked about how the sun changes the colour of the sky

'and she asked me why it happens.

'I wasn't sure how to explain so I told her to ask the professor.

'At eight o'clock, I got to work.

'I told Kai about the things we learn in class,

'like about night and day.

'He asked questions and I wasn't sure how to explain the answer,

'so I told him to ask the professor.

'At nine o'clock, my class came in and we learned about the world.

'At 12 o'clock, my class went off for lunch.

'Dr Juno came with a fruit trolley and an apple for me.

'I thought it looked like the world floating in space.

'At one o'clock, my class came back from lunch.

'I started to tell them the difference between night and day,

'but they asked lots of questions. I can't explain them easily.

'What am I going to do?'

Now, remember, if you know the answer, you can make it simple.

If you know the answer, you can make it simple.

Well, I do know the answer, so I just have to make it simple.

I've got an idea. 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 this 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 has begun?

# To show his real friends he will get there in the end

# Cos he knows what he should do and work it through

-# I'm going to do it

-He's going to do it

# I'm going to beat the clock before the chime

-# I'm going to sort it

-He's going to sort it

# I'm going 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 I finish that so-o-o-ong. #

Now, this is the world,

and this here is Riverseafingal. That's where we live.

Can someone spin the world for me? Up you come.

That's it. Give it a good twirl.

Now, the world is always spinning, like this.

Sometimes - stop that there -

Riverseafingal is facing towards the sun,

and the sunlight shines down on it, and that's daytime.

Give it another spin.

Stop it there.

And sometimes Riverseafingal is facing away from the sun,

which means the sunlight can't hit it, and that's night-time, see?

-Do we all understand the difference between night and day? ALL:

-Yes!

-Great! So we don't have to ask the professor any more.

-No, we don't.

I wonder how you're getting on, my little ray of sunshine.

-Who wants to play the Light and Dark game?

-ALL: Me!

Me, too. Are you ready to dance about?

When the music stops, hide under the blankets, OK? Go!

MUSIC PLAYS

Good dancing, girls.

And stop! Oh, quick! Quick as a flash!

Well done, girls.

And start.

Stop!

That's right!

Oh, Rebecca, we'd better watch our time. Your dad'll be here soon.

SCHOOL BELL

-Mickey John.

-Hi, Granny Murray.

Ah, come away through.

Rebecca, Daddy's here.

Hello, beautiful girl!

-Hello, Daddy.

-Looks like you've had a lovely time.

-Yes!

We certainly did. It was a pleasure.

-Thank you, Granny Murray.

-Oh, my special girl!

-You're good as gold.

-Thanks from me, too, Your saying -

if you know the answer, you can make it simple - saved the day.

I'm glad to hear it. Come on, you two.

Home, home.

-Looking forward to next time.

-Me, too!

Rebecca, let's chat about our time away.

And 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

# Bathing, dressing singing, swinging

# Rocking, sliding, hunting, hiding

# Jumping up and turning round

# Dressing up and sitting down. #

But what was really special about today? Well,

Claude was dressed as a professor because we wondered

why the sun makes the sky different colours through the day.

Mickey John couldn't explain,

so he told us to ask the professor.

The silly onion!

I took the children to the park and we found a sundial.

It's a special clock that tells the time using the sun.

When we got home, we made night-and-day shadows,

and I told the children a story.

Later, we played the Light and Dark game, and hid under blankets.

I made the rules simple so the children could understand.

That's just what Mickey John did in his class, too.

SHE GIGGLES

I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Me, too!

Bye-bye, honey pie!

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