Add it 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

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.

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.

Ellie has written moving tribute to her late granddad A stimulus for poetry, writing or song writing, Children love the work of their peers.Also helpful to encourage children to talk about loss. 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.

largo , a soothing piece of music.The resources contains piece of music and PowerPoint slides with some detail about the piece. It is useful for Assembly music or to listen during the day. The music creates the right mood for concentrating and calming. web link to original source- video

A finished picture is shown and then a picture which is incomplete. The children have to say what is missing and create a completed one. I say that they were photocopied incorrectly and I need their help to make completed pictures. The first one introduces the idea of audience. From then on the pictures depict various scenes from the Nativity and they are treated in a similar vein . Good for discussion and creative impulses.

Liam , year 6 wrote about his BMX. This illustrates how the programme Audacity was used to lower his voice to a pitch which suited the song he had written. Useful as a stimulus for poetry about hobbies. . Children love the work of their peers .Method -Brainstorm ideas, Chose most relevant words and then find words which rhyme with them. Develop a backing track using Dance E jay or a similar programme.

I was really hard up one year and couldn't afford to give my class a card or gift. I made these small cards so that they knew I wished them a merry Christmas !

Add ew 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. Apologies I have uploaded the wrong file. That is remedied now

Add id 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

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.

Add at 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

Add ill 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

Teaching the T sound. Choose the picture which has a different initial letter and is therefore the odd one out. The final slide animates the odd one out; Children could design their own alphabet frieze or playing cards (for snap) choosing from the pictures on the PowerPoint. .

Simple songs to sing inspired by the pages of" I like books" by the famous author Anthony Browne. Press the icons to hear the songs. "The Shape Game " also by Anthony Browne, looks at the picture in details and develops a song in which children are encouraged to copy the simple musical accompaniment. Useful for seaside topic. For more of my songs, visit youtube.com/user/pwilloughby3

A very simple exercise that I wrote to let children experiment with the rhythm section of their keyboards. In the key of D

This was an adaptation of the Troggs ' I feel it in my fingers' It is in the key of A Composer: Reg Presley

In key of G. You are my sunshine , my only sunshine. You make me happy when the skies are grey. First recorded in 1939 words and music by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell

Alex from year6 recorded a ball bouncing and inserted this sound bite to create a piece of music about his favorite sport, basket ball. He imported the sample into dance e jay. The music was then imported into a video of a basket ball player he respected. The result is in the download. This is a good example of how dance e jay can work with imported sound files

Add ib 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