Explore The Great Fire of London through simple songs - including the tunes of well-known nursery rhymes - and music activities. They can be used alone or in conjunction with the other stand-alone units in the series, which explore the Great Fire through Dance and Drama. There is also an additional History programme, summarising the main events of the fire and offering a time-line across the period 2nd September to 5th September, 1666. Before using the programmes with your class or group make sure you both listen to the audio and read the Teacher’s Notes - included. The notes include guidance on what you’ll find in the programmes and how best to make use of the content. When you play the programmes with your group you can mediate the play-back conveniently using the ‘play / pause’ button on the online player. Pause the play-back to ensure everyone is listening carefully or to arrange groupings or to consolidate understanding. Either during or after listening to the programme, you may wish to make use of the additional resources. These include: the lyrics for each song the music sheet for each song an mp3 file of both the full vocal and backing track versions of each song to download a video of both the full vocal and backing track version of each song - ideal for use in conjunction with your IWB and for encouraging the children to sing with an upright posture Taken as a whole, the units on Music, Dance and Drama are an ideal way to extend study of The Great Fire into the Expressive Arts. The purpose of BBC’s content is to inform, educate and entertain. As such, students, teachers, schools, and other established educational bodies may utilise such content for educational purposes via an ERA Licence. Without an ERA Licence, reasonable use of the content (for the purposes set out above) may still be possible, however; any such use must be in line with the BBC’s Terms of Use. Whilst this is not an exhaustive list, when using and or sharing BBC Education content, you must comply with the BBC’s Terms of Use and where relevant, YouTube’s terms and conditions, ensuring that: a) there aren’t any advertisements on or around the BBC content; b) there aren’t any charges for access and or charges associated with the content (clearly stating that the content is free to access); and c) you do not state or imply (in any way) that there is a relationship and or any endorsement from the BBC to you. We ask that you read the said terms before using any of BBC’s services. When you use BBC’s services and content, you’re agreeing to the BBC’s terms of use.

This Famous People series from BBC Teach offers a complete, ready-to-use resource for Key Stage 1. The series takes a cross-curricular approach with songs to learn celebrating the lives and achievements of famous people from history - including Christopher Columbus, King Henry 8th, Queen Elizabeth 1st, Samuel Pepys, Mozart, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Mary Anning, Queen Victoria and John Logie Baird. The purpose of BBC’s content is to inform, educate and entertain. As such, students, teachers, schools, and other established educational bodies may utilise such content for educational purposes via an ERA Licence. Without an ERA Licence, reasonable use of the content (for the purposes set out above) may still be possible, however; any such use must be in line with the BBC’s Terms of Use. Whilst this is not an exhaustive list, when using and or sharing BBC Education content, you must comply with the BBC’s Terms of Use and where relevant, YouTube’s terms and conditions, ensuring that: a) there aren’t any advertisements on or around the BBC content; b) there aren’t any charges for access and or charges associated with the content (clearly stating that the content is free to access); and c) you do not state or imply (in any way) that there is a relationship and or any endorsement from the BBC to you. We ask that you read the said terms before using any of BBC’s services. When you use BBC’s services and content, you’re agreeing to the BBC’s terms of use.

This BBC Teach School Radio series Heroes of Troy targets objectives from the Music curriculum at Key Stage 2. Vocal coach David Grant has seven exciting songs to learn, each one linking to an episode of the story of the Trojan War. Each of the songs has a tutorial video in which David teaches the songs in a lively style that will engage with a young audience, the first of which can be seen here. There is also a playscript which incorporates the songs and music in a performance. Overall it’s an ideal resource for combining music with the History topic Ancient Greece. The purpose of BBC’s content is to inform, educate and entertain. As such, students, teachers, schools, and other established educational bodies may utilise such content for educational purposes via an ERA Licence. Without an ERA Licence, reasonable use of the content (for the purposes set out above) may still be possible, however; any such use must be in line with the BBC’s Terms of Use. Whilst this is not an exhaustive list, when using and or sharing BBC Education content, you must comply with the BBC’s Terms of Use and where relevant, YouTube’s terms and conditions, ensuring that: there aren’t any advertisements on or around the BBC content; there aren’t any charges for access and or charges associated with the content (clearly stating that the content is free to access); and you do not state or imply (in any way) that there is a relationship and or any endorsement from the BBC to you. We ask that you read the said terms before using any of BBC’s services. When you use BBC’s services and content, you’re agreeing to the BBC’s terms of use.

Watch Shakespeare’s play The Tempest told in eight video clips from BBC Teach, the first of which, Rock the Ship, is available here or on the BBC Teach website. A ship returning from Africa is caught in a ferocious storm. On a nearby island, Prospero, once Duke of Milan, has plans for those on board… The animation is accompanied by a resource pack with guidance, activity suggestions and worksheets - many suitable for study at home as well as at school. The purpose of BBC’s content is to inform, educate and entertain. As such, students, teachers, schools, and other established educational bodies may utilise such content for educational purposes via an ERA Licence. Without an ERA Licence, reasonable use of the content (for the purposes set out above) may still be possible, however; any such use must be in line with the BBC’s Terms of Use. Whilst this is not an exhaustive list, when using and or sharing BBC Education content, you must comply with the BBC’s Terms of Use and where relevant, YouTube’s terms and conditions, ensuring that: a) there aren’t any advertisements on or around the BBC content; b) there aren’t any charges for access and or charges associated with the content (clearly stating that the content is free to access); and c) you do not state or imply (in any way) that there is a relationship and or any endorsement from the BBC to you. We ask that you read the said terms before using any of BBC’s services. When you use BBC’s services and content, you’re agreeing to the BBC’s terms of use.

‘Romans!’ is a cross-curricular music resource for KS2 from BBC Teach. It has eight songs, each focusing on a different aspect of Roman life and culture: the Roman invasion of Britain, Roman buildings, Roman gods and goddesses, Roman food, Roman childhood, Roman customs and pastimes. The Teacher’s Notes include suggestions for follow-up activities, ensuring this unit of work can also be used for composing and appraising at Key Stage 2. You can find more content on the Romans on the BBC Teach School Radio website. The purpose of BBC’s content is to inform, educate and entertain. As such, students, teachers, schools, and other established educational bodies may utilise such content for educational purposes via an ERA Licence. Without an ERA Licence, reasonable use of the content (for the purposes set out above) may still be possible, however; any such use must be in line with the BBC’s Terms of Use. Whilst this is not an exhaustive list, when using and or sharing BBC Education content, you must comply with the BBC’s Terms of Use and where relevant, YouTube’s terms and conditions, ensuring that: a) there aren’t any advertisements on or around the BBC content; b) there aren’t any charges for access and or charges associated with the content (clearly stating that the content is free to access); and c) you do not state or imply (in any way) that there is a relationship and or any endorsement from the BBC to you. We ask that you read the said terms before using any of BBC’s services. When you use BBC’s services and content, you’re agreeing to the BBC’s terms of use.

This film is from the series House of Sound available on BBC Teach. In their House of Sound, Fran Scott and Greg Foot investigate how sound is made and how we hear it. They explain that sound is caused by vibration. If an object vibrates the air particles called molecules close to it vibrate. This makes the molecules next to them vibrate and so on, forming a sound wave. If the sound wave reaches our ears and our brains then we hear the sound. They also explain that sound needs something called a medium to travel through and Fran repeats a famous experiment by a scientist called Robert Boyle who demonstrated that air is a medium through which sounds travel. She puts a bell in a jar, taking out all the air from the jar to create a vacuum, after which the bell falls silent. Using 3D animation, Greg takes us on a guided tour of the human ear, pointing out the key components: the eardrum, hammer, anvil, stirrup, cochlea and auditory nerve. Finally, Fran makes a giant human ear out of everyday things to show how these components work. Teacher Notes Pupils can experiment with making sounds using just their own bodies and voices. Because sound needs a medium to travel through, they can discuss the media with which they are familiar - for example, water, a highly effective medium, as they may have discovered while swimming. As an introduction to pitch, experiment with rulers on the edge of desks or tables, so they can find out and record that a long length of ruler vibrates more slowly than a short length and makes a lower sound. Curriculum Notes This clip will be relevant for teaching Science or Music in primary schools at Key Stage Two or Second Level (Scotland). The purpose of BBC’s content is to inform, educate and entertain. As such, students, teachers, schools, and other established educational bodies may utilise such content for educational purposes via an ERA Licence. Without an ERA Licence, reasonable use of the content (for the purposes set out above) may still be possible, however; any such use must be in line with the BBC’s Terms of Use. Whilst this is not an exhaustive list, when using and or sharing BBC Education content, you must comply with the BBC’s Terms of Use and where relevant, YouTube’s terms and conditions, ensuring that: a) there aren’t any advertisements on or around the BBC content; b) there aren’t any charges for access and or charges associated with the content (clearly stating that the content is free to access); and c) you do not state or imply (in any way) that there is a relationship and or any endorsement from the BBC to you. We ask that you read the said terms before using any of BBC’s services. When you use BBC’s services and content, you’re agreeing to the BBC’s terms of use.