15.6.20 Music Home Learning Task – Food Topic (Week 1)

Food, glorious food!

Watch this scene from the musical, ‘Oliver!’. A musical is a film or play where there is singing or dancing. Lots of Disney films are musicals. The musical is based on a story by Charles Dickens called ‘Food, glorious food!’

At this point in the story, Oliver is an orphan in a workhouse. The story is set in the Victorian times, when poor children were not treated very well.

What are the children singing about?

Why do you think they are singing about it?

Do you agree with them? Which are your favourite foods? Can you try singing or writing the lyrics for a song about your favourite foods?

Have a go at learning to sing the song here.

In the song they sing about something called ‘gruel’. Find out more about it by watching this video.

 

 

 

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