2 venn diagrams designed to look attractive when displayed. They ask children to put down activities that they might do in winter, summer. Eg swim as opposed to sledging.

Songs and activities connected with tapping.Open PPT fully to hear the songs.Feedback appreciated as songs are original and given freely.

6 illustrated worksheets designed to look attractive when on a display. Sorting by habitat and physical attributes

Venn diagrams to sort sound by plucking, hitting , shaking and blowing. Designed to look attractive on display

Children to draw in the circle things they would like for Christmas . Draw outside the circle things that they would not like to have. Print out JPEG as an A4 photo.

Think of the games you like and put them in the circle. If there are some games you don't like, they can go outside the circle. You can draw them or write their names.

Find out who had a school dinner in your group and draw their faces or put their name in the circle, Children outside the circle will have a packed lunch Print JPEG out as you would an A4 photo..

Look at the co lour of girls and boys eyes in your group. If they have blue eyes, draw them in the circle. If they have different colored eyes, put them outside the circle. I have made another for brown eyes.

Draw Santa s favorite food inside the circle and things that you think he wouldn't like outside the circle..

This song can be used at Easter or any time of the year for children from 5 to 7. The song starts off with 10 eggs and one by one they are taken by an animal until there is one left which is eaten by a child. The resource includes 1. An animated PowerPoint of the song with worksheets at the end 2. A backing track and a vocal track. 3. The lyrics 4 The video 5. 3 differentiated maths/art worksheets about the song (for younger students) PDF and word Children like to line up and play the part of an animal pouncing on the chocolate egg. For best results, blow worksheet to A3 and have 2 to 3 children working on it. The song is useful to use in performances because it lends itself to colourful masks and action. It can be a starting point for the question “Why do we celebrate Easter with chocolate eggs?”

This counting down song is designed for non music specialists to feel confident taking instrumental music. The words scrape, scrape, boom, clink suggest a guiro, a drum and anything metallic. The worksheets -3 - Children examine the completed picture and compare it to their worksheet. They have to identify what is missing and draw their own in the space. I tell them that the photocopier didn't work and they have to finish the picture. The shape dinosaurs could e created on the computer. There is a backing track and a vocals track, PPT and video Composition - Following on from the percussion pattern in the song, this shows how to write the composition down . The incomplete sheet is for the children to design their own composition

1.This song tells the story of a family waiting for the birth of a new baby. The old pram is scrubbed, the walls are painted and there is an air of expectancy. 2.There is a PowerPoint to explain how to play a simple accompaniment in the chorus . This develops into simple explanations of the notes and the stave with suitable activities. 3. A PowerPoint promoting simple maths activities based on the advent calendar with templates of the calendar for exploratory work. 4. Suggestions for drama and drawing with RE being implicit.