NEW PUPIL AT SCHOOL

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NEW PUPIL AT SCHOOL

• Scene 1
• Narrador One Friday morning at Julio Gurriarán
  school.
• Teacher Good morning children.
• Pupils Good morning teacher.
• Teacher How are you today?
• Pupils Fine, thank you, anyway.
• Teacher Sheila, whats the weather like today?
• Sheila Its sunny and hot everywhere.
• Teacher Well, and now tell me Tania the planets
  you know.
• Tania I know Saturn, Earth and Pluto
• Teacher O.K. Tania, but tell me some more.
• Tania Sorry, teacher but I dont know more.

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• Teacher Well, Santi helps Tania to say us all.
• Santi I dont know teacher, sorry I dont.
• Teacher Angela, Maite what about you both?
• Angela, Maite We dont know teacher, sorry we
  dont.
• Teacher And the rest of the class, please tell
  me the solar system. Im sure you remember all.
• All We dont know teacher, sorry we dont.
• Teacher I have to think of something to make
  you remember the solar system and all the
  planets.
• Teacher Let me think, let me think. Ive got a
  song for you. Lets sing.
• (The music sounds. The teacher tries to place the
  children as planets around the sun).

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• Teacher Maite, youll be Mercury. Come here.
• Angela, youll be Venus. Come here.
• Sheila, youll be the Earth. Come here
• David, youll be Mars. Come here.
• Jenni, youll be Jupiter. Come here.
• Santi, youll be Saturn. Come here.
• Sheila Sorry teacher, Am I Venus?
• Angela Sorry Sheila, but Venus its me.
• Santi Sorry teacher, Am I Jupiter?
• Jenni Sorry Santi, but Jupiter its me.
• Teacher Oh Lord!!! What a mess!!!
• Juanjo, youll be Uranus. Come here. Pablo youll
  be Neptune, Andrea Pluto. And Sonia youll be the
  Moon. Lucía and Tania the rings of Saturn.

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• Pablo Sorry teacher, Am I Uranus?
• Juanjo Sorry Pablo, but Uranus its me.
• Sonia Sorry teacher, Am I Pluto?
• Andrea Sorry Sonia, but Pluto its me.
• Teacher Stop children, stop. Everybody ready,
  steady go
• (The music is louder now)
• Teacher Stop, I forgot the sun.
• Scene 2
• Narrator Somebody knocks at the door
• All Come in!
• (A new pupil comes into the class.)
• Teacher Good morning, whats your name?
• New pupil Sorry, I dont understand.

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• Teacher My name is Ana, her name is Lucía, his
  name is Pablo Whats your name?
• New pupil My lake is Brais.
• Everybody laughs.
• Teacher O.K. Come in and sing with us the SOLAR
  SYSTEM SONG.
• Place in the middle, youll be the Sun.
• Everybody look at me, sing along and dance like
  this.
• The music sounds Brais gets lost

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• SONG
• The sun is a star
• Nine planets spin around this great star
• Mercury is small and hot
• Mars is called the red planet
• Venus is like a star. It brights a lot
• Earth is where we livewith animals and plants.
  With all of them, we can be friends.
• Jupiter is the biggest planet.
• Saturn has beautiful rings made of ice and rock.
• Uranus and Neptune are far away
• And Pluto is not a planet any more.

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• Narrator Brais doesnt know the solar system
  song and everybody laughs at him.
• When the class goes up he goes down, when the
  class turns right he turns left
• The bell rings.
• Scene 3
• Narrator Everybody plays, but Brais is alone at
  the corner.
• Sheila realizes that Brais is on his own.
• Sheila Ive got an idea. Come here please.
• (They make a circle and talk slowly. Then they
  go to Brais corner.)
• Sheila Hi, why are you sad?
• Brais Sorry I dont know, I dont understand.
• Juanjo Dont worry Brais we are friends now.
• All And all of us want to help you.
• Tania Youll be a mirror. Do what we do.

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• SONG
• Up- down/ right- left
• Jump, swim, fly, run (BIS)
• Wave your arms like this
• Shake your head like that
• Tap your legs
• Move your hands
• Shake it all around.
• (BIS)

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• All Well done Brais!!!
• Santi the bell, lets go to class
• Scene 4
• Teacher Children, stop. The solar system song.
• Brais youll be the Sun.
• Brais (very shy).Sorry teacher, I dont know, I
  dont understand
• Tania (winking an eye). Dont worry. Remember
  up-down/right-left
• Brais Oh! Yes!! Thanks.
• (Brais goes to the middle and performs the song
  very well.)

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• SONG The solar system
• Narrator This time Brais does it very well.
• All Congratulations!!!
• Maite How happy you are!!
• Brais Yes, Im happy. I really am.
• Thank you everybody. Thanks for your friendship