Change will not come If we wait for some Other person or Some other time. We are the ones We’ve been waiting for. We are the change That we seek.. Born August 4, 1961. He is the 44th and current President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office.

Don’t go round saying The world owes you a living The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist.

Poster with the famous speech by John F. Kennedy - January 20th 1961. Mp3 of same speech. And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

Tell me a story shining star An angel came to Mary Little donkey Marys boy child The first Nowell The Coventry carol WE three kings O come all ye faithful Merry Christmas Everybody I wish it could be Christmas Down hall rap

Accelerated learning Mozart Concerto No 23 For Piano and Orchestra Adagio. Play before lessons

I know only That what is moral Is what you feel good after And what is immoral Is what you feel bad after. Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.

Illustrated speech 1994 extolling us to reach our potential, For Assembly or discussion in RE or PHSE

Traditions and how to keep your resolutions !

No frills lyrics to; Ding Dong Merrily, Holly and the Ivy, Shine Jesus Shine, You have heard our Christmas story, Once in royal David’s city, Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, And did those feet in ancient time, Silent night, holy night, Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, Hark! The herald-angels sing, O little town of Bethlehem, Who put the colours in the rainbow?

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

This resource can be adapted as a reward for team or merit points

Thoughts about music to make your students think

The story of the first shadow and how it crept away from the tree of wisdom. Story also sequenced in pictures

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 .

Video with music showing Mary and Joesph traveling to Bethlehem and scenes from the future are interspersed with this. I have edited the original video whose web link is above because there was one part which was not suitable for primary children. The video could be used as a stimuli in lessons or played as the children walk into Assembly. The song sung by Clay Aiken is beautiful

Accelerated Learning Starting point on reflection. Does the song empower? Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright Irish performance

The music helps to accelerate learning processes. It is from Ennio Morricone - On Earth As It Is In Heaven

From early years to year 4. A statement covering what the child has covered in class over the year

Accelerated learning Dueling_banjos from the film Deliverance, Although the film itself has a violent theme, this snippet is very innocent and energizing Original source from you tube

A life spent making mistakes Is not only more honorable, But more useful than A life spent doing nothing. (1856-1950) Irish writer. George Bernard Shaw was a playwright, essayist, political activist, lecturer, novelist, philosopher, revolutionary evolutionist, and most prolific letter writer in literary history.