A silly action song (Dr Zeus style) using simple words.... bug, jug, mug, fly, sky, (eye), snail, pail, jail. There are opportunities to move and play a drum and a penny whistle/whistle. (The latter can be omitted and a sound uttered instead). This is useful for a minibeast topic. The resource contains 1. A video of the song 2. A PowerPoint of the song should you wish to add to it. 3. Follow up ideas 4. An mp3 of the song and a backing track

The trigraph “ear” is promoted in this song. The children have to listen out for the maracas and then play along. It’s about a man whose beard is so long that the birds decide to nest there. Included in the resource is 1. A video of the song 2. A PPT of the song should you wish to add to it. 3. 2 mp3s a vocal and backing track 4. Separate lyrics and guitar chords.

A fun song with a rocky beat which describes what happens when capital letters go on strike. Names and places disappear, sentences become unintelligible. 1 video of the song or a PPT should you wish to add to it. 2. Backing track and vocal mp3s 3. lyrics and chords 1 - beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark 2. - using a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week, and the personal pronoun ‘I’

The song used the words, shark, shore, and shell. It is to reinforce the digraph you have taught in the day or to introduce it. Musically, the song has short musical interludes. The child is encouraged to move the arms downwards as the music and illustrations move downwards too. (Beginnings of pitch) The worksheet uses the illustrations from the song to colour and add the words shark, shell, or just the digraph. In the resource, you will find 1 A PPT in case you wish to add your own ideas 2 A video of the song 3 A worksheet (Publisher and a photo of this in case you don’t have publisher) 4 An mp3 of the song 5 The lyrics

This song with a hip hop beat welcomes you to Shrek’s home in the swamp. Living there are many folk from famous fairy stories. There is an opportunity, if you have a set of chime bars (from C to C’) to play them in descending order. If not, simply move your hands from an upright position to your side or on the floor. The idea is to feel the descent of the pitch from high to low. My children enjoyed adding movement to the song. It makes a good “party piece” for an assembly on fairy stories. Included in the resource 1. PPT lyrics music. 2. Lyrics 3. Backing track mp3 4. vocal track mp3 5. Video of the song Covers singing, playing an instrument, pitch, responding to music,

This song ( in a rock and roll style) tells the story of the founding of the Olympics. Kronos and Zeus wrestle for the prize of the Earth. In commemoration of this, Zeus, the winner declares a four yearly sporting celebration (The Olympics). Included in the pack, is a video, A PPT, vocal and backing tracks , lyrics

Emile writes a song about his love of football and the enthusiasm shows.Useful as a stimulus for poetry; writing or song writing; Children love the work of their peers. To encourage children to talk about their life outside school.Method -Brainstorm ideas; Choose most relevant words and then find words which rhyme with them.Take the first sentence as a blueprint for subsequent lines (syllables).Develop a backing track using Dance E jay or a similar program.Run in slide mode to hear sound.

Kelsey wrote a song about her favorite occupation, reading.Useful as a stimulus for poetry, writing, or song writing--children love the work of their peers.Method -Brainstorm ideas, choose 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.

Aaron wrote a song about his guinea pig. 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.

Vanessa and Ewelina describe in song their journey to live in a new country. 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)Run in slide mode to hear sound.

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

Work on syllables must precede the lessonDisplay the words. Read them . Which words rhyme? Emphasize that these words must come at the end of the sentence or phrase. Give an example. Children take turns to make up something with few syllables. They take turns with each new word. By the end of a lesson, you have a simple rap.

This is an animated PowerPoint song that tells the story of a ghost orchestra whose instruments play at night. Although it is primarily a music lesson, there are many ways that writing can be integrated into this lesson as well.

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.

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.

Students 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.

This poster has the major events from the story. It could be used as a writing or retelling prompt.

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

This resources links language arts and music to teach children how to create their own chants.