Exploring Scottish Culture: The Learner Journey Through "The Boy and the Bunnet"

1. Learner Journey Studying Scotland through Music The Boy and the Bunnet

2. Studying Scotland through Music Learner Journey: The Boy and the Bunnet Overview • Possible prior experience • One learner had attended the Celtic Connections production of ‘The Boy and the Bunnet.’ • He explained the Boy and the Bunnet to the other learners in the class. • Learners may have had experience of dancing to traditional Scottish music. • Learning in lead curriculum area: Music/ Language • Scottish Traditional Music. • Characterisation using music. • Scottish traditional dances. • Scots language. • Skills • Communicating • Problem Solving • Co-operating • Interdisciplinary Opportunities • English and Literacy • Maths and Numeracy • Technology • Social Subjects

3. Learning Opportunity A: The Boy and the Bunnet Trigger for Learning One learner went to see the The Boy and the Bunnet at Celtic Connections, the class were very interested in his experience and wanted to learn more. The Boy and the Bunnet became a Scottish context for learning. Possible Learning Opportunity Learners listened to the story summary and made a Scots word bank. • Learning • Scots nouns – selkie, craw, stag, bunnet. • Skills • Comparing (between Scots and English.) • Discussing (What are the characters like) Possible Evidence of Learning Word bank, pictures of learner drawings with annotation using Scots Words, Recordings of the children discussing the characters.

4. Learner Opportunity B The Boy and the Bunnet Trigger for Learning One learner went to see the The Boy and the Bunnet at Celtic Connections, the class were very interested in his experience and wanted to learn more. The Boy and the Bunnet became a Scottish context for learning. Possible Learning Opportunity Learners listen to the musical excerpts and predict which character they belong to making comments about what they hear and the relevance to the character in the story. Learners could also listen to instruments used. • Learning • Names of traditional Scottish music (reel, strathspey, march etc.) • Names of instruments being played. • Skills • Listening • Communicating • Predicting • Justifying Possible Evidence of Learning Observation of comments, correct identification of instruments being played.

5. Learning Opportunity C: The Boy and the Bunnet Trigger for Learning One learner talks about the setting of the story and asks ‘Where does the Granny live?’ Possible Learning Opportunity Learners decide to make a map of the setting for the story in groups. They then use directional vocabulary to explain where different places are. • Skills • Remembering • Identifying • Creating • Communicating and Collaborating. • Learning • Directional vocabulary (right, left, across, through etc.) Possible Evidence of Learning Observation of group work, complete maps, correctly explaining positions