To know that music changes in style and popularity over the years To contrast styles of music

Firstly, watch and copy the movement of a swan. Then watch as two different dancers perform to Saint Saens ' The Dying swan '. Children dance using ideas from The Swan and ideas from the professional dancers. The video about the swan has directions to focus the attention The video provides a wonderful starting point for descriptive work

Backing track and lyrics in PPT. Web link to hear the song. which is suitable for assemblies.

Sort instruments into those that youc an pluck, shake or bang.

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Destiny Illustrates how lists can be used to good effect in song writing. In this case, she notices the litter in the street and put it into a pattern of sound. Useful as a stimulus for poetry, writing or protest song writing . . Children love the work of their peers .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.

Freya and Layla wrote a song about friendship Useful as a stimulus for poetry, writing, discussion 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) Run in slide mode to hear sound.

Year 6 boys collaborate and write a song outlining how man disrespects the planet. A sound bite from a partner school’s recording in Africa is added to Dance e jay to create a global feel. This is a good example of how dance e jay can work with imported sound files Useful as a stimulus for poetry, writing or protest song writing . . Children love the work of their peers .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.

carol starts C F C He come from the glory, F C F C7 He come from the glorious kingdom F C The virgin Mary had a baby boy C7 F The virgin Mary had a baby boy

A story with places highlighted for children's own sound effects The lyrics to Monster mash and the backing track

Worksheets with self explanatory activity. Children are given the rhyming words and choose the appropriate ones to make up their song. They then add a simple accompaniment choosing an instrument from the list.. There is also a resource under 'Music for the summer' which has suitable music to play. I use windows photo gallery to print out the worksheets on A4 paper

Using 'The Scream ' as a stimuli, the Power Point shows you how to make music from it and then invent a score. There are 2 examples of scores shown.

A very simple exercise that I wrote to let children experiment with the rhythm section of their keyboards. In the key of D

In various keys F, E and G. Includes a German version and short history of the carol

Suitable for ages 5 to 8. Sound embedded in PowerPoint The PowerPoint has various dinosaur "sounds" that the children are asked to listen to. Then they interpret the sounds with instruments which are suggested (More confident children will suggest their own.) Finally the sounds are layered (Texture is added) by the author and then the children are encouraged to put their own sounds together. For differentiation, If you have a competent musician in the class, he or she could play the keyboard above the percussion sounds.

This resource is intended to provide an Assembly for your children to perform or to to watch if you are taking the Assembly It also gives opportunities for audience participation if they join in with the chorus… As a class lesson it can be used in literacy, music and drama. For guitarist , to play in the same key as the video, please put your capo on the third fret

Using the mp3s , you can substitute the name of animal you wish to sing about. The example here is the dragon. The song encourages the use of drum and cymbal as children celebrate the Chinese new year. The vocals sing of the dragon but any animal may be substituted when you use the backing track. Powerpoint of song 2.Lyrics 3.video 4 .voice mp3 Backing no percussion mp3

The Halloween Party. Song with percussion parts. Non-specialist and specialist. This easy to learn song has a catchy chorus and is a lovely activity to use at the end of your Halloween day or it can be used over a few weeks to teach simple percussion parts. The percussion parts are graded in difficulty so there is something for everyone. In the teaching guide, there are audio examples of the percussion to help children play” by ear”. Opportunities for movement. 1. An animated video of the song 2.A teaching guide to the percussion parts with audio PPT 3. Separate lyrics 4. Notation – lead line -guitar- 5. Notation for the percussion 6. Notation for the xylophone 7.Notation – lead line -guitar- Sibelius 8. Notation for the percussion Sibelius 9. Notation for the xylophone Sibelius 10. Halloween song vocals MP3 11. Halloween backing and percussion 12. Halloween lead line and piano 13. Index to resources

1.A popular carol in either PowerPoint or video 2. The music in A4 ready to print or in Sibelius if you have it 3 .MP3s - Three backing tracks to ease your children in to playing without a lead line and a vocal track( in C) 4. Parts for chime bars and guitar chords/lyrics