Teach your children a wonderful dance! The men who worked in the diamond mines were forbidden to dance so. they invented a way to communicate by dancing in their boots! Let the children make up their own welly dance, The link is to the extended version of the gumboots interview which is the original source The last web-link is a contact for a visiting Gumboots dance troupe,

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

L.O To develop performance skills Video, lyrics and backing track Ugly bug ball backing track embedded and you must open PowerPoint to hear it Web-link to original source

R.E The illustrated story of Guru Nanak

Science leaf classification. Drawing school grounds Rousseau Shape colour .

Images of Special places. Where is your special place ?

Photos of artifacts and questions about school 50 years ago.

PowerPoint, 2 embedded music files and notation. For specialists/ non specialist. Pick which resource is best for your needs.. Movement pitch timbre listening focus Web-link to original source

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

What characteristics do humans and animals share?

What helps Hindus and Christians pray ?

Worksheets with self explanatory activity. Children are given the rhyming words and choose the appropriate ones to make up their song. They then add a simple accompaniment choosing an instrument from the list.. There is also a resource under 'Music for the summer' which has suitable music to play. I use windows photo gallery to print out the worksheets on A4 paper

Freya and Layla wrote a song about friendship Useful as a stimulus for poetry, writing, discussion 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) Run in slide mode to hear sound.

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

Slide show about the dragon fly and small booklet entitled 'Who am I '. Children have to suggest questions which will lead their 'audience ' to the answer Dragon fly.

Images of the rainforest and-where the animals live.

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.

R.E A Christian Festival . An illustrated story of Easter

The primary music club’s project for the term was to write a song, arrange, record and market it. Here is the result. Its theme is friendship and it provides a good stimulus for discussion, poetry etc. Sound activated when PowerPoint in slide mode

Where people from different religions go to pay homage