The video contains edited highlights of the past 3 Olympic ceremonies.Key stage one children could learn what a ceremony is and discover the themes used since 2000. Key stage 2 children can look further into how a mood is created using music and movement or see the lesson plan for designing an Olympic event.The video can be used as a stimuli for movement, poetry, history or dance. II have reduced the size so that you can preview the video by sound if you are not able to use You-tube at school. Note , this video 's quality is poor. and is much better on YouTube.

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,

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) View in slide mode to hear sounds.

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

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

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?

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

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.

I made this chart because I could never remember the different pitches of the instruments in our primary orchestra. After a while, I found that the pupils were using it and they began to work our their own pitch.

Opportunity to listen to the The Pastoral Symphony by Beethoven and Summer holiday. There are 2 lessons here, 2 videos and a backing track. backing track is embedded and one mp3 is separate. Web-links are the original sources Learning Objectives are To listen to longer extracts with extended concentration Understand that performance is a means of communication so presentation; facial expression; posture; position etc. are important Please adapt as you feel necessary. Feedback appreciated.

A selection of guitar chords for the music room

certificate to show appreciation for keyboard players hard work over the year. There are smaller sized certificates for a term's work

Two simple pieces for keyboards whereby one instrument echoes the other. It could be played with other tuned instruments, There are revision activities on the sheet.

Take a tour around the keyboard. How do we plug in ? What are the names of the notes.Where is the tone bank ?

Various sound bites which can be edited in Audacity or inserted into presentations.] Audacity is a free sound editing program me on the net