Photos of the keyboard and the general layout of tone and style buttons, A suggested activity follows. Poster to remind pupils of procedure included

R.E An illustrated story of the life of St Francis

A simple but effective idea. The chant has a format. Children have to rewrite the spaces choosing appropriate words . They need to understand syllables before they can do this.

My arrangement of the tune for keyboard players in the key of G with more taxing left hand chords

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?

This is so useful as the numbers can be moved off the number square enabling patterns to be easily seen .Then children can see the the sequence that you have chosen to develop.

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

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

In the keys of C and G C F C The fi-rst No-well the an-gel did say F C F C Was to cer-tain poor shep-herds in fields as they lay

Add ap to initial sound A four line humorous poem/rhyme to teach the sound and allow the children the experience of reading together .The words have 3 letters and can be learned phonetically.

A first look at texture in music. Using flags as a stimuli, children build up layers of sound.

Watch and dance as you copy the traditional dances of Ghana

Two examples of different pitch (singing) Paul Robson and Diana Danrau from Queen of the night. There is a suggested activity for the children to compose with instruments. They could try their voices if you like. I have edited these videos so they get to the good 'bits quickly. For some reason, the children were entranced by them ! The web addresses are for the full length versions and original sources

Leandra’s song captures the time just before you go to sleep. It is useful as stimuli for personal writing, poetry or, song writing; Children love the work of their peers Method -Brainstormed ideas, Chose 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 Run in slide mode to hear music

Ellie and Chloe wrote this song about the things they do when they spend time with each other. Useful as a stimulus for poetry about friendship. . Children love the work of their peers .Method -Brainstorm ideas, Chose most relevant words and then find words which rhyme with them.Choose favorite sentence. Count syllables and use that as template for future lines.

Four pictures of different stages of the Nativity for children to colour

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

What is a glossary. Could we write one?

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