The Aunties in Education

For twenty years, the Aunties have been entertaining, educating, and enthralling young audiences throughout New Zealand. They have been regulars on television (The TV Series Aunties Alphabet screened 15 times!), in the theatre, at festivals, and in Schools every year. 

Now the Aunties have produced a kit aimed directly at the new Primary Schools Arts Curriculum -and as the name suggests, "Ants in Ya Pants" really will get the kids up and moving.

Click here to see video clips Each kit includes: video, with 13 fully choreographed and staged movement songs to be used as a teaching aid CD, the professionally mixed and engineered soundtrack Workshop Manual, with comprehensive teaching notes, curriculum links, sample lessons, workshop ideas, sheet music and lyrics

ARTS CURRICULUM ASPECTS COVERED IN THE KIT

In alignment with The arts in the New Zealand Curriculum this kit combines the four disciplines: dance, drama, music, and visual arts, to enable the children to extend their knowledge, skills and experience  in these arts forms.

The four Strands of the Arts in the New Zealand curriculum

Each song section includes notes, which identify the four interrelated teaching strands-

1. Developing practical knowledge

2. Developing ideas

3. Communicating and interpreting the arts

4. Understanding the arts in context.

The kit also provides the experiences needed to give the children the opportunity to achieve the learning outcomes outlined in the curriculum's achievement objectives.

Essential Skills and Curriculum Strands

The video, manual and CD all word together to not only develop the arts but also to help develop other areas such as; communication, problem solving and social and co-operative skills.

In the workshop notes and strands links are also made to other curriculum areas such as;  science and social sciences, language and languages, health and physical well-being.

Click here to view how the Aunties performances align with NZ Arts Curriculum