"GOODBYE MY FRIENDS"
Year 6 Leavers' Show from Magic Parrot Productions UK
UK Schools- order by Email and pay by invoice: fgreen14@btopenworld.com
GENRE: A special musical assembly for children
who are moving on to secondary school.
PRICE: £19.95. Supplied with CD, Script, Songsheets, Worksheets, simple score. No performance licence needed.
No musical ability needed – the children can use the “backing tracks” to perform the songs karaoke style.
The script comes with an 8 track CD containing 4 catchy songs. Each song has vocals (for rehearsing) and backing tracks (for performance).
CASTING: Flexible, for a whole class of
about 35 Year 6 children.
CAST LIST :
Narrator,Teacher 1, Teacher 2, Mum , Dad ,Grandpa ,Grandma ,School Children including:
Paul, Maria (His younger sister), Billy (a toddler), Alex ,Jasmeen ,Jason ,Heather
Leroy ,Michelle ,Abdul - plus Singers
DURATION: 25-35 mins
SYNOPSIS OF THE PLAY:
GOODBYE, MY FRIENDS!
This musical play celebrates the primary school career of a class of Year 6 pupils,
and comes with a CD of four poignant delightful songs
(with vocals and instrumental backing tracks).
It is very easy to stage, especially after those tiring SATs tests!
It gives the children an enjoyable new focus as they complete their final
term in Year 6. No musical ability is needed. The children can simply sing
along to the backing tracks. Simple sheet music is provided if you wish to
perform the songs with piano, guitar etc.
The play is suitable for an extended end-of-year assembly for the whole school,
hopefully with parents, lasting about 25-30 mins.
It can be easily be shortened,
by reducing the amount of children's own input in Scene 3.
Some schools extend it further by incorporating it into their
leavers' prizegiving assembly.
The script is also valuable as a basis for PSHE lessons
about making the transition from primary to secondary education
and issues such as making friends/ bullying/ facing challenges.
The script comes with 8 worksheets to assist this process.
Schools have used it successfully in other phases e.g. transition from middle school
to high school. If your school is single-sex,
a few minor amendments to the script (such as pupil names)
will be necessary. There are some intentional "gaps" in the script,
for you to customise it to suit you own circumstances.
Copyright Issues:
As purchaser:
· You may customise the script. You may alter the lyrics to suit your pupils too.
You have a single site licence to make copies of the script and lyrics.
· You can and should make a copy the CD in case of failure during a performance.
· You have site permission to perform this play in a non-commercial setting (e.g. school)
, whenever you like, as many times as you like.
List of props needed:
Scene 1: Kitchen -Table, chairs, cereal packet, spoons, crockery, toy aeroplane
Scene 2 : Playground- football (a soft sponge one is best), skipping ropes, hoops,whistle.
Scene 3: School Class room- teacher's chair, mat for children to sit on, pencils,
paper, prepared written answers to the teacher's question,
"Thank You" statements.
CD LISTING:
Track 1: MY JOURNEY (Rocky Song about Changes and Growing Up)
Track 2: NO MORE SCHOOL! (Joyful song about the forthcoming holiday)
Track 3: MILESTONE (A "march" beat, celebrating moving to a new school)
Track 4: TIME TO GO (Wistful Goodbye song- not a dry eye in the house.
Based on the traditional tune of "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go")
Track 5: MY JOURNEY-backing track to sing along to
Track 6: NO MORE SCHOOL-backing track to sing along to
Track 7: MILESTONE-backing track to sing along to
Track 8: TIME TO GO-backing track to sing along to
SAMPLE OF THE SCRIPT:
Scene 1: A Kitchen
MUM, DAD, GRANDMA, GRANDPA, TODDLER SITTING AT A BREAKFAST TABLE. CEREAL PACKET and CROCKERY ON THE TABLE.
(ENTER NARRATOR)
NARRATOR: Good morning and welcome to our special leavers'assembly.
First of all, we take you back to breakfast time this morning in an ordinary family
just like yours. (EXIT)
MUM (CALLING UPSTAIRS) Come on, you two! Hurry UP! Your breakfast's ready,
and it's nearly time for school.
PAUL (UNSEEN) Bor-ing! Mum! Have you seen my school trousers?
I hung it them up last night. (TO GIRL 1, UNSEEN)
I bet you've hidden them again……..(THUD)
MARIA (UNSEEN, LOUDLY) I haven't touched them. Mum! He's trying to hit me again!
MUM: (LOUDLY) Stop squabbling! Your trousers are probably on the bedroom floor.
That's where you usually hang them!
(Enter GIRL 1 and PAUL, squabbling)
DAD: No more arguing! (To PAUL) It's your last day at Primary school.
Look at you, with your shirt hanging out.
I thought you were supposed to be all grown up now!
GRANDMA (to GRANDPA) : I can remember when I left my elementary school!
PAUL: Can you, grandma? That was a long time ago! Were schools invented then?
GRANDPA: Don't be rude to grandma! Cheeky scamp! Yes, I remember my last day, too.
I couldn't wait to get out! We made up a funny rhyme...what was it?…….
Oh yes! I remember!
(GRANDPA and GRANDPA SAY THE RHYME TOGETHER, WITH ACTIONS)
No more school, No more stick
No more stupid arithmetic, No more English,
No more French, No more sitting on the old school bench…..
MARIA: Didn't you like school, grandpa?
GRANDPA: No. The teachers were so strict, and there were 55 of us in a class.
We weren't allowed to talk. We were supposed to be seen but not heard!
We didn't have TV's, computers or videos.
All we had was a scratchy old gramophone
and a big old radio in the hall. Schools were different in my day.
I hated it. (To MARIA and PAUL) You two are lucky. You love school, don't you?
PAUL: School's not too bad. I'm in the football team.
I wonder if I'll get chosen in my new school?
MARIA: School's fine. I'm in the netball team and I'm in the choir.
And I see my friends every day.
DAD: You've both done well at your school. (To Paul) How do you feel about leaving,
Paul?
PAUL: I'll miss my friends. Some of them won't be going to my new school.
DAD: You'll soon make new friends. I can't believe your eleven years old.
You're nearly as tall as me.
MUM: (Hugging Paul): You're not my baby any more! You're so grown up!
*********************** SONG 1 : MY JOURNEY **********************
When I was born My journey had be-gun!
When I was one I had my nappy on!
When I was two I grew and grew!
When I was three I liked to read!
When I was four I learned to paint and draw!
When I was five I went to school full time!
When I was six I made a poem rhyme
When I was seven life was good playing in the dirt and mud!
When I was eight I climbed trees in the wood!
When I was nine the world was mine!
When I was ten I made new friends
And now it's time to make new friends again!
BILLY: (PLAYING WITH TOY PLANE) Vwoom! Vwoom! I wanna go to school
and make new fwends mummy.
MUM: (TODDLER, wiping his nose, wiping his mouth etc.) Look at you!
Cornflakes all down you!
BILLY: Mummy! Mummy! When can I go to school?
MUM: It won't be long! Time flies!
TODDLER: Time flies! Vwoom! Vwoom! Vwoom!
MUM (To PAUL) I'm glad you like school. It's your last day.
You've done very well at (Insert school name) _______________________school.
Have a really good day.
(CHILDREN SAY THEIR FAREWELLS. ALL EXIT)
Scene 2: The Playground
NARRATOR: Maria and Paul went to school.
Here they are with their friends in the the schoolyard.
(ENTER TEACHER 1 WITH WHISTLE, PAUL, MARIA, HEATHER, JASMEEN, LEROY,
JASON, ALEX, MICHELLE AND OTHER CHILDREN PLAYING FOOTBALL,
PLAYING WITH HOOPS AND SKIPPING ROPES etc)
HEATHER (TO JASMEEN) : It's our last day. How are you feeling?
JASMEEN: Okay I suppose. But I'm sad to be leaving so many of my friends behind.
What about you?
HEATHER: Yes, but I think I'm quite good at making new friends.
I'm just a bit worried about all the extra homework.
TEACHER 1: Good morning, girls. It's your last day at this school.
Are you excited?
JASMEEN: Sort of…..and a bit worried ….
HEATHER: and a bit sad.
LEROY (TO HEATHER BUTTING IN): I know what you're sad about!
It's because you're going to an all girls school
and you won't be able to see me every day.
HEATHER (DISMISSINGLY) Oh right! What will I do without you, Leroy?
TEACHER 1: (To JASON): You don't look very sad about leaving, Jason!
JASON: Not really. I'm looking forward to the holidays! (To audience: Holidays! YES!)
BILLY: Me too! I can't wait! (Repeats rhyme No more school! from earlier)
SONG: ************* NO MORE SCHOOL FOR THE SUMMER *************
(TEACHER 2 BLOWS THE WHISTLE. CHILDREN LINE UP AND GO INTO SCHOOL)
Scene 3: A CLASSROOM. TEACHER SITS IN FRONT OF A CLASS OF SUBDUED CHILDREN including ALEX, JASMEEN, JASON, HEATHER, LEROY, MICHELLE, PAUL, ABDUL)
NARRATOR: And here is our classroom. It's the last morning for our Year 6 class.
See how quiet the children are.
he children are all quite subdued …..for a change! (EXIT NARRATOR)
Teacher 2: Good heavens! You've all gone quiet! What a nice change!
(To ALEX) What's on your mind this morning Alex?
ALEX: I was just thinking, Miss. I won't be able to feed the class hamster any more!
TEACHER 2: Never mind, I'll make sure he doesn't go hungry. (TO ABDUL)
Abdul. What are you looking so worried about?
ABDUL: I was thinking we might get bullied at our new school.
TEACHER 2: We've done a lot of work about bullying in our school.
Secondary schools have a strong anti-bullying policy too. (TO CLASS)
What do we mean by bullying?
(VARIOUS CHILDREN RESPOND BY PUTTING THEIR HANDS UP AND SUGGESTING ANSWERS SUCH AS: )
Hitting, fighting, name calling, threatening, teasing., taking possessions,
dirty looks…….
TEACHER 2: And what should you do if you feel you are being bullied?
ALL: Tell a grown up.
TEACHER 2: Correct. That's very important. (TO MICHELLE)
Which school are you going to in September, Michelle? (MICHELLE ANSWERS)
TEACHER 2: How might it be different to this school?
MICHELLE: It's a lot bigger. And I will have a different tutor for every lesson.
I'm sure I'll get lost!
TEACHER 2: You'll get used to it. Everybody does. (TO CLASS)
You will have face a lot of changes. Right, class,
I want you to write down some of your thoughts about changing to a new school. And then, I want you to stand up and read some of them out to the class.
(THERE IS A SHORT PAUSE WHILE THE CLASS STARTS TO "WRITE".)
(There is space to write your thought here if desired):
VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE CAST STAND ONE BY ONE TO READ THEIR GENUINE THOUGHTS.
PLEASE NOTE: THESE WILL HAVE BEEN PREPARED AND VETTED BEFOREHAND.
A WORKSHEET IS PROVIDED TO MAKE THIS TASK EASIER.
THE NUMBER OF ITEMS YOU ALLOW DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU WISH TO DEVOTE.
Teacher 2: Well done. You've obviously thought a great deal about how you are going to cope with your new school. Changing schools is a big stride forward in your life.
*************** SONG: MILESTONE ***************
Striding forward every day!
All the time we're learning!
Finding new things on the way!
On this life's great journey!
Hey! We're on our way! And yes it's sad for us to leave
Hey! We're on our way! It is sad but do not grieve!
Hey we're on our way and it's a time for celebration!
Hey we're on our way to a brand new destination!
END OF SCRIPT SAMPLE
Freddie Green
Magic Parrot Productions UK
14 Bolton Close, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2JG, UK
Tel: 020 8397 2569
Fax: 020 8397 3350
Email: fgreen14@btopenworld.com
Website: http://www.magicparrot.com
