Aaron and Aiden wrote a song about their guinea pigs. Aaron made a PowerPoint and inserted his song. Aiden use Dance E jay and created a backing track 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) Sound activated when PowerPoint in slide mode

Three posters. . Example and stimuli. Clear instructions as to achieve their goal, Could be used in the display

A song written and recorded by year 5 and 6 pupils at Hadleigh Junior school, lyrics and mp3 included

This features on an advert now. Lyrics on a power point and backing track

This is an animated PowerPoint song which tells the story of a ghost orchestra whose instruments play at night. . Here is a creative opportunity to learn about timbre without really trying. Children mime when the ghost instruments play and sing the chorus in between. It is also a useful stimulus for creative writing. teaching notes at the end of slide show . Children like to pretend tp play the instrument and then sink to the bottom of the sea with the animation.

' Can we fix it? Yes we can !' Good one for goals and challenges.Lyrics on a power point and backing track web link to original source

In key of F and C C F I'm dream-ing of a white Christ-mas G C just like the ones I used to know., Written by Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888. September 22, 1989), the American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in history

Use in different ways. Either ask children to find words beginning with B while you do the register and then press the power-point to see the words or use as a lesson about birds or the letter B

The key elements of the story on one page. Useful for children to refer to or write a sentence about each stage..

While the teacher is doing the register, draw or write anything you can see which begins with C. How many do you have ? Afterwards, you reveal the words to match the illustrations and the final count.

While the teacher is doing the register, draw or write anything you can see which begins with W. How many do you have ? Afterwards, you reveal the words to match the illustrations and the final count.

A poster with useful words to describe the position of something. E. g under, below , above, between, beside.

Songs and musical activities using the child's name and body sounds/movement. Sound files are embedded.and will not play until PowerPoint is fully open I would appreciate feedback as I have written and recorded the songs myself

L.O. 'I can organize sound'. Using a video as stimuli children are led to make body sounds and chant; They later organize one syllable words to make songs.

Song sheet for Il est ne in the key of F.

Saint Saens changed the dynamic tempo of Offenbach's music to a very slow tempo. The children show this change in their movement.. View in slide mode to hear music. Show in normal view to see without sound Links to the full version of Offenbach's ' Can can ' and Saint Saens 'Tortoise' ,the original sources

Poster shows the scale of C positioned upwards and then how we traditionally show it - going horizontally. The third poster shows the scale of C on a stave

PowerPoint showing various artists' interpretation of movement. Video - The stick figure technique The original source video is on the web link

Photographs of typical classroom instruments in alphabetical order. Some have place of origin written on them. Useful for work on World music Could be also be used as cards for composition, texture etc

Ideas for drama, art, movement, research and music through the topic of the Vikings and their invasion of LIndisfarne. Some pages have appropriate music for the topic embedded If you delete those pages, you may lose the sound. However the slides can be adapted to suit your needs. A backdrop is included should you wish to use it in drama Feed back greatly appreciated. Thank you.