PLAY: THE WORLD IS OUR PLAYGROUND
SCRIPT OF THE PLAY
The World Is Our Playground
In the gym, pupils are sitting down leaving a square free for the play.
12 pupils are playing and two more arrive.
Narrator: This is the story of Piotrek and Ayse. This is their first day in a Spanish school.
P: (speaking to the audience) Hello! My name's Piotrek. I'm.....years old. I'm from Poland.
A: ( '' ) Hello! My name's Ayse. I'm.....years old. I'm from Turkey.How are you?
Piotrek and Ayse introduce themselves again to the group that is playing.
P: (speaking to the pupils) Hello! My name's Piotrek. I'm.....years old. I'm from Poland.
A: ( '' ) Hello! My name's Ayse. I'm.....years old. I'm from Turkey.
Two pupils from Africa stand up and speak to Piotrek and Ayse.
Aminata(w):Hello! My name's Aminata. I'm.....years old. I'm from Africa.
Abdoulaye(m): Hello! My name's Abdoulaye. I'm.....years old. I'm from Africa.
Aminata: Do you want to play with us?
Abdoulaye: We are going to play “Trente cinq”
N: Two groups.Group 1. Go to the hoops! Group 2. In the middle, one foot inside, a ball in your hand. Ready, steady, go! (Pupils follow the instructions)
(Game instructions: two teams with four participants each. Five hoops, four making a square and one in the middle at a distance of 5 meters. The participants of one group are safe in the hoops. They have to go running from one hoop to the next until they arrive the starting point. The other group in the hoop of the middle should try to touch the others using balls.After this, the group change positions and the winner is the group with more survivors.)
Pupils play the game, one time each group. When the game finish the narrator says which one is the winner. They sit down and two of them stand up and go next to Piotrek and Ayse.
Hannah: Hello! My name's Hannah. I'm.....years old. I'm from America.
Billy: Hello! My name's Billy. I'm.....years old. I'm from America.
H: Do you want to play with us?
B: We are going to play “Catch the ribbons”.
N: Three groups. Group 1, blue ribbons. Group 2, red ribbons. Group three, yellow ribbons.
Colour red. Catch the ribbons!. Colour yellow. Catch the ribbons! Colour blue. Catch the ribbons! After each colour the narrator counts how many pupils still carry on their ribbons. At the end the narrator says which group is the winner.
(Game instructions: Three groups. Each group carries on their backs a colored ribbon. A player of each group will say a colour and the other groups should go and take these ribbons. If a player catches a ribbon will put it on his back with his own. This way the player who has lost the ribbon can get it back.)
They sit down and two of them stand up and go next to Piotrek and Ayse.
Akenehi (w): Hello! My name's Akenehi. I'm.....years old. I'm from Oceania.
Amahau (m): Hello! My name's Amahau. I'm.....years old. I'm from Oceania.
Ak: Do you want to play with us?
Am: We are going to play “Follow the mother”.
N: (choosing a mother) You are the mother. Follow and imitate the mother.Ready, steady, go!
(Game instructions: all players make a row and the one in first play will be the mother. The others should repeat exactly every movement of the mother. If they don’t do it they will be out of the game)
At the end they sit down and two of them stand up and go next to Piotrek and Ayse.
Yan-Yan (m): Hello! My name's Yan-Yan. I'm.....years old. I'm from Asia.
Kumiko (w): Hello! My name's Kumiko. I'm.....years old. I'm from Asia.
Y: Do you want to play with us?
K: We are going to play “The fisherman”
N: The fisherman in this line. Players in this line. Ready, steady, go!
(Game instructions: A field divided in two by a line. All players stand in one side of the line. One player stands on the line and can move along it but not out. This player is called “the fisherman”. The other players should go to the other side without being catch. If a player is catch he/she should hold hands with the fisherman and try to catch the others)
At the end they sit down and two of them stand up and go next to Piotrek and Ayse.
Alejandro (m): Hello! My name's Alejandro. I'm.....years old. I'm from Europe.
Patricia (w): Hello! My name's Patricia. I'm.....years old. I'm from Europe.
Al: Do you want to play with us?
Pa: We are going to play “Chu-chu-a”
N: Listen to the song and follow the instruction. At the end they sit down.
Piotrek and Ayse speaking to the audience:
Piotrek: Now it's our turn.
Ayse: Do you want to play?
Piotrek: We are going to play “Pass the ball”.
N: Two groups. Pass the ball using your chin. Ready, steady, go!
All the participants: (to the audience) Do you want to play “Pass the ball”?
Group 1, group 2...Ready, steady, go! Pass the ball!!!
The audience plays together “Pass the ball”.
(Game instructions: two or more groups in a line. Each group has a ball. The ball should arrive to the end of the line going from one participant to another using only the chin. If the ball falls down, they have to take it again and follow.)
While the audience plays, pupils in pairs and in order of appearance in the play make a cue. When the game finish they say the name of their continent showing their t-shirts. Finally, they say all together the title of the play, which is written on the narrator's t-shirt.
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