Fit For Fun! By Douglas Wootton. Come and get Fit For Fun! with this new musical for young Olympians!

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1 Fit For Fun! By Douglas Wootton Come and get Fit For Fun! with this new musical for young Olympians! To be used in conjunction with the Teacher s Book. The Teacher s Book with matching CD (Order No. GA12012) contains the piano score, vocal line and production notes. Copyright 2011 Golden Apple Productions. A Division of Chester Music Limited, part of the Music Sales Group, Berners Street, London, W1T 3LJ, UK. Scene: A school playground, doubling as a gym children gathering for break time and making noise. Playtime, playtime, time for break! What a lot of noise we make! We like to scream! (scream) We like to shout! (shout) We like to run and jump about! And all the teachers say to me... WHERE DO YOU GET THE ENERGY! Well. it s three things What you eat. What you do. And what you drink. AND WE ARE YOUNGER THAN YOU! (point at audience) Make up your own actions to go with the words. Me And My Body Just like ev rybody, I ve got to keep it young and fit. Just like ev rybody, Gotta look after ev ry little bit. Just like ev ry body, I m gonna look after ME! I like to bike it, Run or swim or hike it.

2 Floating like a butterfly! I like to bike it, Run or swim or hike it, When I m fit I feel I can touch the sky! Just like ev ry body, I m gonna look after ME! I m not a loafa, Don t like the sofa, I m not a couch potato me! I m not a loafa! Don t like the sofa. Gonna stop looking at the old T.V. Just like ev ry body I m gonna look after ME! Huurrrrr (big weary sigh) What s the matter (name)? I feel so tired. Why? I dunno! What time did you go to bed? Ten o clock. Ten o clock?! That s much too late at our age! You need more sleep! You Need Sleep Lots of sleep keeps you feeling bright. You need sleep ev ry night. If you want to stay, right through the day, Feeling sharp, feeling keen, feeling bright. Lots of sleep keeps you feeling bright. You need sleep ev ry night. If you want your brain to feel right as rain. And get all of your school lessons right. 2

3 Lots of sleep keeps you feeling bright. You need sleep ev ry night. You ll be walking tall, When you kick that ball, Scoring all of the goals in your sight. So close your eyes til sunrise, Get your sleep, count those sheep, ev ry night! Teacher: Come along children, it s time for Sport. Hooray! Move towards gym equipment. Look what I can lift. Child lifts a huge dummy barbell. Wow! Let me try. (lifts) Oh ha ha, it s just for the school play. (Pumps it up and down, all the children try it.) I m going to be a famous athlete. It means a lot of hard work. I want to run in the Olympics. I want to do the long jump. Javelin! Boxing! I want to play for Man United! YAY! CHELSEA! ARSENAL! Any one for tennis? I want to be a ballerina/dancer. Enter ballerinas/dancers and do some dance steps. Lovely! (applaud) If we want to do all these things 3

4 We must all eat right and exercise. So what s good to eat? BURGERS! NO! VEGETABLES! Enter Vegetables (in costume) and Market Trader. They sing downstage, with the rest of the cast. Vegetables Well we ve got carrots, onions, spuds and turnips. Get yer luverly cabbage! Get them down inside your tum, As much as you can manage! Celery, spinach, beans and peas, You should eat them too! That s a cure for knobbly knees! Do you think that s true! Not really, not really. But you know what I mean. Veg tables will keep you fit and keep your insides clean! Well you can cook them any way you want to. Boil or grill or roast them. Put them in a lovely salad, You can even toast them. Nothing quite like a nice big leek, Put them in your stew! That s a cure for knobbly knees! Do you think that s true! Not really, not really. But you know what I mean. Veg tables will keep you fit and keep your insides clean! What about fruit? FRUIT?! We love fruit. Fruit Is Lovely Apples strawberries and grapes. Fruit can come in lots of shapes. Oranges and mandarins. Lots of love-ly vitamins. 4

5 Enter Sports Scientist/s Helps you work and helps you play. HAVE YOU HAD YOUR FIVE A DAY?! If you re eating all of these, That s a cure for knobbly knees. Do you think that s true! Not really, not really. But you know what I mean. Lots of fruit will keep you fit And keep your insides clean! Sp. Sci.: Sp Sci.: Sp. Sci.: Hello, who are you? We re/i m a Sports Scientist. What s a sports scientist? We find out scientific ways of making you good at sport. COOL! But good food and exercise is the most important thing. Say No! Say Stop! We re gonna eat more vegetables. We re gonna eat more fruit. Gotta cut back on sweetie treats, If you wanna look good in your nice new suit. Don t give me a lolipop! I m gonna take more excercise. I m gonna ride my bike. Don t start the car mum we can walk Because walking to school is what I like! Don t give me a lollipop! 5

6 Sometimes its OK to have a choc late biscuit Or a slice of cake. But hey! Not three times a day! Cause that s the way to give yourself a tummy ache! I m gonna take more excersise, I m gonna ride my bike. Don t start the car mum we can walk Because walking to school is what I like! Don t give me a lollipop. Get up! Don t just sit! If you really really want to keep your body fit. So walk, run, hop, skip and jump, Cause that s the way to work your heart and make it pump! I m gonna take more excersise, I m gonna ride my bike. Don t start the car mum we can walk Because walking to school is what I like! Don t give me a lollipop. Don t give me a lollipop! say no! So please remember everyone, If you want to be really fit for fun. Good at sport, work and play, You must eat healthy every day, And exercise, that s the way. And go to bed early. Sleep tight. AND MIND THE BUGS DON T BITE! Bye bye! THE END 6