What characteristics do humans and animals share?

A simple worksheet . Children draw the main events of their life since they were born. Looks lovely when completed - good display fodder. I open this with windows live photo gallery and select full page to print.

The music helps to accelerate learning processes. It is from Ennio Morricone - On Earth As It Is In Heaven

From early years to year 4. A statement covering what the child has covered in class over the year

Accelerated learning Dueling_banjos from the film Deliverance, Although the film itself has a violent theme, this snippet is very innocent and energizing Original source from you tube

A life spent making mistakes Is not only more honorable, But more useful than A life spent doing nothing. (1856-1950) Irish writer. George Bernard Shaw was a playwright, essayist, political activist, lecturer, novelist, philosopher, revolutionary evolutionist, and most prolific letter writer in literary history.

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas Silent night All I want for Christmas Ill est ne. I wish it could be Christmas Everyday Away in a manger Merry Christmas everybody. O come all ye faithful

Downloads for keys of F D and Eb with lyrics

Guess what the sounds are . There is an icon to press for new sounds. SOUND FILES OPEN WHEN THE POWERPOINT RUNS IN SLIDE MODE What can you hear outside? Worksheet to draw their results. This really worked. The children were quiet, focused and intent on listening. Updated 18th Nov. Previous download did not hide the images. sorry.

Karen used song writing to express how she felt about leaving her home town. Can be used as a stimulus for poetry about feelings Method -Brainstorm ideas, Chose most relevant words and then find words which rhyme with them.

How one feels when entering a special place. The Hindu's special place is the temple

Visual worksheet or poster showing Egyptian Instruments. Children are encouraged to recognize the similarities and draw those that they recognize

An illustrated poster to stimulate discussion in PHSE. Examine their lifestyles.Do they agree with the 10 things?

A finished picture is shown and then a picture which is incomplete. The children have to say what is missing and create a completed one. I say that they were photocopied incorrectly and I need their help to make completed pictures. The first one introduces the idea of audience. From then on the pictures depict various scenes from the Nativity and they are treated in a similar vein . Good for discussion and creative impulses.

Edited-examples of Inuit throat singing and traditional dancing are given as examples for the children to copy and try for themselves. There are suggestions, on the video, for children to make their own Inuit dance and music

Edited video emphasizing the role of music and Shakespeare in the opening ceremony 2012 olympics. Pupils encouraged to appreciate Danny Boyle and Underworld's inspiration. The video also emphasizes the industrial Revolution. Good starting point for this topic and for studying creative impulses. The quality had been impaired by reducing size in order to upload.

This is a useful little video that I have edited. It's from 'It&'s a bugs life ' The ants collect food and later celebrate . The video explores each aspect, the lifting, throwing, carrying, marching ,flying etc. I&';m using it for movement, but you could use it for Harvest festival, literacy , poetry etc . We are using it in our mini beasts topic. Children can make props for their foraging. We drew fruit and cut it out. We staggered under the weight and deposited the 'fruit' on our 'mountain '

Teaching G Choose the picture which has a different initial letter and is therefore the odd one out. The final slide animates the odd one out; Children could design their own alphabet frieze or playing cards (for snap) choosing from the pictures on the PowerPoint. .

Use whatever instruments you like to perform the opening notes of Holst's ' Mars ' Children love being able to play this. It is not intended for performance. Percussion could be introduced

I had to make my own sound bites of bells as they were hard to track down. Pupils can tinker with them in Audacity or use them in their presentations.