WHAT WOULD YOU WEAR TO WORK TODAY?

WHAT WOULD YOU WEAR TO WORK TODAY?

Written by Jennifer McCormack, Jan 2010

What would you wear to work today?

To do your job in the very best way?

What would you wear to work today,

If you were a fire fighter?

If I were to be a fire fighter

And drive my truck so red

I would wear my safety goggles

And a helmet on my head

I would be in my fire proof suit

With my gloves and pockets

And my fire proof boots

If I were to be a fire fighter

And drive my truck so red.

What would you wear to work today?

To do your job in the very best way?

What would you wear to work today,

If you were a police officer?

If I were to be a police officer

Driving in on the beat

I would wear my blue checked hat

And blue uniform so neat.

I’d have my belt with pockets

For all the handy things I need

And keep a notebook ready

To write down things I see.

What would you wear to work today?

To do your job in the very best way?

What would you wear to work today,

If you were an expert chef?

If I were an expert chef

In my busy kitchen

I’d wear good shoes, to protect my toes

If I dropped anything on them!

A clean apron to cover

My checked shirt and black pants

A hat to cover up my hair

And of course I’d have clean hands!

If I were an expert chef

In my busy kitchen

THE LITTLE YELLOW DIGGER

The Little Yellow Digger

By Jennifer McCormack, based on the story by Betty and Alan Gilderdale

(to the tune of  “A Foolish Man built his house upon the sand”)

There was a little digger, a little yellow digger

There was a little digger, a little yellow digger

There was a little digger, a little yellow digger

Working hard to dig a hole

The rain came down and the digger got stuck

The rain came down and the digger got stuck

The rain came down and the digger got stuck

Got stuck in the mud and the muck!

So a bigger digger came to help the yellow digger

So a bigger digger came to help the yellow digger

So a bigger digger came to help the yellow digger

That was stuck in the mud and the muck!

It pulled and it pulled and its wheels spun around

It pulled and it pulled and its wheels spun around

It pulled and it pulled and its wheels spun around

And it got stuck in the mud and the muck!

And so along to help came another bigger digger

And so along to help came another bigger digger

And so along to help came another bigger digger

To pull the two diggers from the muck!

It pulled and it pulled and its wheels spun around

It pulled and it pulled and its wheels spun around

It pulled and it pulled and its wheels spun around

And it got stuck in the mud and the muck!

SPOKEN

The rain went away and the sun shone bright

The people came to help the three diggers stuck tight!

The ground dried up and they brought in a truck

To pull out the little yellow digger that was stuck!

The people dug and the truck pulled and pulled

The people dug and the truck pulled and pulled

The people dug and the truck pulled and pulled

And the little yellow digger came free!

And the little yellow digger dug out the bigger diggers

And the little yellow digger dug out the bigger diggers

And the little yellow digger dug out the bigger diggers

Free from the mud and the muck!

(Repeat 1^st Verse to finish)

THE BOY WHO BUILT THE BOAT

The Boy Who Built the Boat

Adapted by Jennifer McCormack 
from the story of the same name, 
by Ross Mueller and Craig Smith

(Published by Allen & Unwin ,2006)

Down at the bottom of Henry’s backyard is a shed where his dad builds boats. It is a shed filled with tools that hang on the walls and sawdust and big ideas. There are hammers and nails and drills and saws and useful things that his dad likes to keep there because “You never know when you might need them.”

Early one day, when his dad was working in the shed Henry decided it was time he built a boat of his own.

So ...

Henry set out to build a boat that day and he took along a hammer to hammer in all the nails.

And you never know when you might need a hammer.

Henry went out to build a boat that day and he took along a drill, to drill some holes in the wood.

And you never know when you might need a drill or a hammer,

or a drill or a hammer.

Henry went out to build a boat that day and he took along a saw, to cut a mast for the boat ...

And you never know when you might need a saw or a drill or a hammer,

Or a saw or a drill or a hammer.

Henry went out to build a boat that day and he took along a drop sheet, to use for the sails on his boat.

And you never know when you might need a drop sheet or a saw or a drill or a hammer,

Or a drop sheet or a saw or a drill or a hammer.

Henry went out to build a boat that day and he took along a tape measure to make sure he measured everything correctly.

And you never know when you might need a tape measure or a drop sheet or a saw or a drill or a hammer,

Or a tape measure or a drop sheet or a saw or a drill or a hammer.

Henry went out to build a boat that day and he took along his wheelbarrow to see if the boat would float. He filled the wheelbarrow with water from the hose and soon it became his ocean.

He held up the boat for his dad to see, and he said very loudly in his best Captain’s voice, “Good luck to the S.S. Henry!”

The boat bobbled and it wobbled

And it tumbled and it tacked

And the wind was behind it

And the ocean was rough.

The mast was straight and the sail was filled

And it all held together

And the S.S.Henry was STRONG.

He was very excited and his dad was impressed.

He had used all the tools from the shed down the back,

The hammer and the drill

And the saw and the drop sheet,

The tape measure and the wheelbarrow,

The useful bits and pieces that were needed that day.

Henry had put them all together and created something special

He had built ...

A really good boat.