A tried and tested easy piece, that can be repeated and arranged to produce a performance.
Aimed at pupils in their first few terms of playing an instrument or for use in class lessons. By keeping the music simple, pupils can concentrate on improving their performance skills, listening to each other and use of expression on their instrument.
Comes with a printable score and also a contracted score to project on a whiteboard so pupils do not need paper copies! This also gives you the option of annotating with note names and other symbols and prompts.
More confident players can perform a solo.
Parts 1-3 are in C . Part 4 is for open string violin. Part 5 and 6 are in Bb making them suitable for clarinet and brass instruments.
There is a Grade 2 standard piano accompaniment with guitar chords underneath.
To finish the piece, end on their first note.
Pupils could add lyrics to reflect the piece.
This is just one from a range of four 'Simple Scores' pieces.
This is a tried and tested song for the youngest children in school. It touches on the ways we can make friends and be a good friend. It would be a perfect ending for a class assembly; the audience will have tears in their eyes!
Comes with a vocal and backing track and piano music.
An original and very easy round that has been specially written for this year’s event.
It mentions; Russia, 2018, England Team and the Lions.
Can be sung as a single verse x3 or there is an option for 4 parts.
It comes with: a score with simple piano accompaniment; backing track, vocal track and lyrics.
The ending fades out with a crowd cheer at the end but do whatever comes naturally to your fans!
Perfect for an assembly or a class singalong.
This specially written song contains all the main facts about the Moon Landings and some extras you might not know about.
Already road tested by KS2 pupils who love it.
It includes original mission control sound bites, a catchy chorus, piano score and professional backing track.
I do hope you like it
A Song suitable for KS2 and KS3. Lyrics cover the dimensions and conditions of surviving the trenches in WW1.
The chorus: Three metres deep and two wide, the final wall on one side…
A song for younger primary pupils. It counts in english then french. It has a conga feel and could be used as a strategy for getting pupils on stage. I have included the piano score, lyrics and backing track. Very upbeat song which could be used as a stand alone or as part of a nativity play.
This songs is suitable for Y2-8. It has a haunting melody line that ends in two parts. It would be a very touching end to any assembly or performance set in WW1.
It tells of a soldier’s longing for home.
Comes with: Vocal and backing tracks as MP3 and in the original Garageband (if you wish to alter anything), lyrics and scores
Final Song from Nativity. Suitable for FS and KS1 pupils.
This could be the perfect end to a christmas performance of any description. Tried and tested! Comes with lyrics and backing track and vocal backing track. It has a rock and roll feel and so there are lots of opportunities for dancing and hand actions. It is really fun; key change half way through adds to the sense of finale.
This original song has a rock 'n' roll feel to it. Suitable for Y2-8, it covers the stages of pyramid design from the original piles of stones through to the mastabas, step pyramids and ends with the Great Pyramid at Giza. It is full of facts and figures, puns and potential for actions.
'They'd float the stones on boats down the Nile
They'd maybe rock'n' roll a bit but that was their style'
'Then came Cheops with his great crowd pleaser
Forty million solid slabs make up the one at Giza'
Composed for pupils from Y2-8. This songs covers the process of building a pyramid, (as far as we know).
‘There are fifteen thousand workers, working 15 hours a day.’
‘We use the royal cubit, plumb level and right angle’
‘Each layer a little bit smaller, each layer reaches up a bit taller’
‘When he leaves the womb, there’s a waiting tomb and it doesn’t have a view’
The toe -tapping song is initially sung by the chief priest and explains his role and duties.
Suitable for Y2-Y8. Could be a stand alone song or with other songs, soon to be bundled as the musical ‘TOOT’
Lyrics include
’I’m washed four times a day, I’m shaved and oiled and perfumed
My body’s bald, my ears are clean, I’m the most hygienic prayer machine’
This tried and tested ‘Days of the Week’ song is so catchy, you and your children will want to sing it all the days of the week. (well at least Monday to Friday!)
Comes with a vocal and backing track and a simple piano score with chords and lyrics.
This is an easy way to learn the months of the year. It is in a call and response style. The teacher has the option to sing the first months and then the children copy. HA pupils could take on this role. It comes with a vocal and backing tracks or alternatively a piano melody score with chords. The song could be great for a class assembly.
Enjoy singing this song to the tune of Here we go round the Mulberry Bush. The backing track and simple words make it an enjoyable end to any maths learning. Add your own verses for extra shapes.
A cowboy/cowgirl style song for Early Years and KS1 Pupils. Includes vocabulary: left, right, under, on, up above.
It comes with lyrics, score, backing track and vocal track.
An up beat song for Early Years and KS1 pupils.
It comes with lyrcis, score, backing track and vocal track.
It could be adapted to: Count in fives etc.
This is a rhythmic song which tells of the conditions and systems in the coal mines over 100 years ago.
Suitable for Y1-8. it uses terms and phrases such as: ‘seams’, hold the line’, ‘putt’, ‘set the beams’.
The songs ends with a big explosion that has a powerful dramatic impact.
There are performance opportunities for movement and the addition of percussion.