Noticing how sounds can affect thinking and focus.
Exploring how small sounds can feel big to some people.
Recognising that the same sound can feel different to different people.
Understanding that knowing where a sound comes from can change how it feels.
Naming the difference between a sound and the feeling it brings.
In this clip from Pablo, a small fly makes a big buzzing sound. The buzzing stops when the fly lands and starts again when it flies off. The sound pulls the friends' thoughts away and makes it hard to think. Draff finds the buzzing annoying, and Wren says it is the buzzyness that feels annoying, not the fly. The friends look closely at the fly and work out that the buzzing comes from its fast wings.
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