The Coventry carol is the one that starts Luli lullay thou little tiny child.In the first PowerPoint, the carol is cut up into sound bites to make it easier to learn. It’s perfect for the non specialist teacher The second PowerPoint is the complete illustrated carol with sound embedded. There is also a karaoke video.with web address Please note, you will not hear the sound, unless you use the slide view mode .

First part of the Assembly- the children have to guess which language is used to say hello Second part -a chant from Sing up with audio guide It can be done in Assembly from scratch as it needs a leader (yourself ) and an echo- the children. Third part - A humorous poem about an early morning greeting SOUND WILL WORK WHEN THE FILE IS VIEWED IN SLIDE SHOW MODE Web-link to original source

PowerPoint opens with illustrations and questions connected to the baby Jesus and lullabies. There are lyrics with an inbuilt backing track. Music will not play unless the PowerPoint is running in slide mode. This is the carol with the refrain ' We will rock you '

Various audio and video files put together to help children understand the pulse of music.. Movement and discussion encouraged The sound will not play in the PowerPoint unless you view it in slide mode.

Video with sailors singing 'What shall we do with the drunken sailor?' Guitar chords and diagrams on the words A min and G Illustrations and lyrics on the PowerPoint. Children never seem to tire of this song ! Fits in with the Pirate theme The web address is for the original source In the premium section, I have mp3s for another version of Drunken sailor which has parts for the children to play along to.

The word matches the rhythm notation. Ideas. Call out caterpillar , the child has to play the rhythm and find the notation.

Audio takes you through samba rhythms layering them until you have 5 built up ( samba groove) You need drum, tambourine, claves, shaker and ago go bells ( Triangle will do if you haven't any ) Suitable for specialists and non specialists. SOUND FILES WILL NOT PLAY UNLESS POWERPOINT IS VIEWED IN SLIDE VIEW.

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

Switching on Correct fingers to use Position of notes Play an octave Work out opening notes Super Trooper

What is inspiration? Listen to 5 different composers who were inspired by Shakespeare. The PowerPoint explores different genres of music all with the same inspiration - Romeo and Juliet. The links are all to the full length versions of the clips above.

The sheets fold into a concertina to make a little booklet for their collection of long sounds. I open the images in windows gallery and print out an A4 size. The sounds are Long a , e , i , o and u. Drawing is encouraged!

Simple but useful worksheet with illustrated words to the left for children who find writing and spelling difficult. The finished work looks good for display.

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.

A simple work sheet which has rectangles in which to draw your school now, The other rectangles are to be drawn from old records of your school. This will look very effective when completed and will have helped observational skills, Especially useful for children who find recording difficult. Looks lovely when completed - good display fodder.

Very simply designed sheet which pretends to be a letter from the museum asking children to draw a settlement to help them with their records. This idea can be adapted. It also looks good when completed! Good display fodder

PowerPoint with stages of planning the test. The worksheet is not my best , but useful for recording the results quickly and referring to on the whiteboard. I open this with windows live photo gallery and select full page to print.

Six simple pictures in a PowerPoint or as separate posters, tell in a few words the Christmas story

I have acted this out with children for Assemblies. They loved seeing the stage full of litter etc. I think it drove home the point that not putting things back in the right place and being very untidy impacts on others.

Short but effective story. Make ii more effective by bringing in a bag of rice and coins!

Traditions and how to keep your resolutions !