The idea is - you tell the children you have been given a recording by your friend. He was sitting on the cliff one night, when he heard a strange sound. He recorded it on his phone but can’t understand what the voice is saying. You give out large pieces of paper to groups of 4. Ask them to listen and try and decipher the recording. They will surprise you with their ingenuity! Then next lesson, you play a version of the recording that you have cleaned up on the computer. Is it clearer? What course of action can you take now? Enclosed are the lesson plans for Art, ICT, drama, music and song writing plus the 2 soundscapes. (The sea, an ethereal sound and a disguised voice) This would make a very interesting children’s Assembly piece.

There are 10 different curricular areas in the Sunflower Project. The one here concentrates on the mixing of colours and the making of a paper mosaic. The sheets can be trimmed easily by the child so that they can be pasted into an A4 booklet. The presentation is in A4 size, so the worksheets can be printed directly from the PowerPoint. I have included a free song from the musical “The Sunflowers” which could be a starting point. The sunflower Project starts with the sowing of the sunflower seed and follows the observation through until Harvest. Each resource covers a curriculum area. The assumption is that natural science knowledge is absorbed through these various activities.

Ages 6-8 You will need sunflower seeds for the last part of the exploration The presentation is in A4 size, so the worksheets can be printed directly from the PowerPoint. I have included a free song from the musical “The Sunflowers” which could be a starting point. There are 10 different areas in the Sunflower Project. The one here concentrates on using the tools in simple graphics programmes. I have used PowerPoint and Paint but you could use anything you are familiar with. It uses copy, paste, rotate fill and different types of pens. The aim is to make a colouring book based on the shapes of sunflowers. The sheets can be trimmed easily by the child so that they can be pasted into an A4 booklet. The sunflower Project starts with the sowing of the sunflower seed and follows the observation through until Harvest. Each resource covers a curriculum area. The assumption is that natural science knowledge is absorbed through these various activities.

Ages 6-8 This resource is more effective after the harvest of the Sunflower seeds. The presentation is in A4 size, so the worksheets can be printed directly from the PowerPoint. I have included a free song from the musical “The Sunflowers” which could be a starting point. There are 10 different areas in the Sunflower Project. The one here concentrates on the celebration harvest, nutrition, recipes, using drawing and writing and poetry to express these ideas. The sheets can be trimmed easily by the child so that they can be pasted into an A4 booklet. The sunflower Project starts with the sowing of the sunflower seed and follows the observation through until Harvest. Each resource covers a curriculum area. The assumption is that natural science knowledge is absorbed through these various activities.

Can be previewed on https://youtu.be/5YNC8CrAqyA National curriculum requirements  play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression  listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory  use and understand staff and other musical notations I needed another song to teach letter notes in music as "Doh ray mi" from the Sound of music has been done to death. So I wrote this little piece to aid the teaching of these letter notes. The non specialist could also have a go if they have chime bars or glockenspiels . Keyboard teachers might also find it useful Included in the folder 1. video with music , lyrics and some notation . However it is not necessary to be able to read music. 2. Teaching notes 3. mp3 voice and backing mp3 Backing and lead line mp3 Backing no lead line

Kye wrote a song when he was fed up. An example of song writing being used to express all sorts of feelings. Useful as a stimulus for poetry about feelings..Method -Brainstorm ideas, Chose most relevant words and then find words which rhyme with them. Develop a backing track using Dance E jay or a similar programme. Sound activated when PowerPoint in slide mode

An entertaining example of harmony as performed by the VocaPeople. Link to their website and original source

A good starting point for a discussion about the value of green space and conserving trees in towns.This was a protest song written in 1999. It was against the proposed building of a car park on a green space in a busy town, .The proposal was scrapped after a long campaign. The lyrics are also displayed on a self running Power Point with embedded sound. In order to hear it, you must run the Ppt in slide mode..

What is tempo? What situations are there when we need to use the same pulse?

The office perform 'A Little Night Music' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.. . Instruments. Anything they can lay their hands on! I had to share this. Our children watched it as they walked into Assembly and you could have heard a pin drop. PowerPoint with L.O ' I can alter the pitch of a sound ' Web link to original source

Looking at tone clusters as they are played, Videos available Applying that sound / technique to art ,voice or instruments.

Using the tone bank Ideas for using the sounds in the tone bank Finding the notes C and E

Destiny wrote about her favorite place in the garden. Can be used as a stimulus for poetry about special places Method -Brainstorm ideas, Chose most relevant words and then find words which rhyme with them. Develop a backing track using Dance E jay or a similar programme.

Joe loved cars; Oliver wanted to be a mountain climber. These examples show what key stage 2 children can achieve when using the Dance e jay music programme. To follow up the children made a CD and illustrated the CD cover

Carliannes song is about the fish in an aquarium. Useful as a stimulus for poetry, writing or song writing, Children love the work of their peers. Method -Brainstorm ideas, Chose most relevant words and then find words which rhyme with them. Take the first sentence as a blueprint for subsequent lines (syllables) Develop a backing track using Dance E jay or a similar programme. Run in slide mode to hear sound.

Inspiring words and good tune. Useful for assemblies, PHSE etc

Romanze from Piano Concerto No.1 The resources contains piece of music and PowerPoint slides with some detail about the piece. It is useful for Assembly music or to listen during the day. The music creates the right mood for concentrating and calming. web link to original source