Full unit of work: 6 weekly lesson plans and skills overview. Lessons are deigned to be 45 mins long but can be adapted to your timetabling needs. The lesson plans are very busy but if short on time, just choose one activity from each box. Sheet music/ mp3 pack and resource pack also available separately. www.rhythmajig.co.uk www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

Full lesson plans for a 6 week block on reading and writing stave notation. Suitable for Key Stage 1 as everything is taught through characters and stories. Song/ sheet music pack (original compositions and studio recordings in mp3 format) and resource pack also available separately. Interactive whiteboard activitiea are available via annual subscription or 30 day free trial at www.rhythmajig.co.uk Request your free trial at enquiries@rhythmajig.co.uk www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

Crotchet is red, has one beat and walks everywhere. Minim is blue, has two beats and slides on her skates. The quaver twins are yellow, have half a beat each and go jogging. Semibreve is green, has four beats and goes 'whoooosh' on his skis (lasting 4 beats). The semiquaver brothers are multicoloured, have a quarter of a beat each and go running quickly. Children can learn the notation names through this activity by matching the characters to their names, colours and number of beats. www.rhythmajig.co.uk

These fact file cards are an easy way to remember the Rhythmajig characters. Use as flash cards, on the interactive whiteboard or as posters in your classroom. Laminate and children can rate their favourite characters using whiteboard pens. (Sforz is only met from year 2 onwards in the stories). www.rhythmajig.co.uk

Full lesson plans and curriculum overview for this unit of work. Children meet the Rhythmajigs, colourful, child-friendly characters whose colours, actions and personalities help to teach real rhythmic notation. Songs, stories and simple musical activities promote learning of real vocabulary and musical concepts. The lesson plans are quite busy so just choose one activity from each box if you're short on time! Song/ sheet music pack and resource pack also available separately. www.rhythmajig.co.uk www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

Suitable for all year groups. Which sounds can we hear in our classroom? What about outside? What would a storm sound like? What might you hear on Ocarina Island? Composition activity creating a sound scape based on a storm. Includes composition grids and graphic score examples for recording ideas. Instrumental activity requiring a range of untuned percussion instruments. www.rhythmajig.co.uk www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

Printable 'gold bars' which represent a bar of notation- in 3/4, 4/4 and 2/4 time, plus the coloured beats which can be laid on top for composition activities. The beats are colour coded to the Rhythmajig characters, and are the correct length to represent duration eg a crotchet takes up one beat, a minim two beats, etc. The image shows a year 4 class finding as many ways as they could to make a 4/4 bar using their beats. The bars they created were then combined to make a class composition, or could be layered, post its could be used to add note names for tuned instruments, etc.

This 6 week unit of work introduces the Rhythmajigs, their notation, actions and colours. Each character has a song which you can teach to your class or simply listen to. The children travel on an imaginary journey to Pitch Castle, meet the King and Queen of Clefs, and learn about high and low sounds. The lesson plans look very busy- just choose one activity from each box if you are short on time. NB: The interactive activities are available through our website www.rhythmajig.co.uk 30 day free trials are available. These activities can be adapted using the dotty bricks activity and gold bars activity provided in the resource pack for this unit. Songs and sheet music also available. www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

Ideal for a post-SATs fun unit of work: 6 weekly lesson plans teaching Eurovision songs to sing and play, and perform at the Ocarock City Concert Hall. This has been used by several schools to prepare for an end of year/ leavers concert with parents invited in. Adaptable to fit the needs of your children and the instruments that you have in school. Sheet music/ mp3 pack of original studio recordings and resource pack of high quality digital images and all other resources also available separately. www.rhythmajig.co.uk www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

These flashcards can be printed and used to play a pitch awareness game. Each card represents a brick in a wall- containing 4 crotchet beats. Using either voices, tuned percussion eg boomwhackers or glockenspiels, or other tuned instruments eg ocarinas, recorders or keyboards, ask the children to compose a short piece by ordering the bricks. Then assign a note to each dot eg high: G, middle: E, low: C. Play the piece by using the low, high or medium position of the dots to represent the notes. This is the beginnings of reading and writing music on the stave. www.rhythmajig.co.uk www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

This pack contains a 4 beat bar composition grid with space for beats, an off-beat grid with space for lyrics, a blank grid for graphic score composition, ideas for graphic score symbols and a chocolate bar beat activity (print and cut out, lay the beats on the chocolate bar- for individuals or small groups, then play the rhythms). The interactive game image is a screenshot of one of our composition games at www.rhythmajig.co.uk which is accessible via annual subscription or 30 day free trial (email enquiries@rhythmajig.co.uk to start your free trial). www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

This 6 week unit of work introduces children to the concept of tempo. Through meeting characters and exploring stories, travelling to the imaginary Rhythmajig World, children will learn songs and simple instrumental pieces on tuned and untuned instruments (adaptable to what it available in your setting). Song/ sheet music pack and resource pack also available separately. www.rhythmajig.co.uk www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

6 week unit of work focused on musical direction (speeding up, slowing down, pausing, etc). Using real vocabulary and notation, led by child-friendly characters, your class will travel to Ocarock City where they will sing and play songs developing their awareness of musical direction. Resource pack and sheet music/ song pack also available separately. www.rhythmajig.co.uk www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

With the help of the Rhythmajigs, colourful characters who represent rhythmic notation, children learn to read and write sheet music. Songs and resources are available separately. This 6 week unit of work focuses on key signatures. Big Sig, the owner of the beat bank, helps children explore various key signatures, through songs and instrumental pieces. Adaptable to any tuned instrument you have in your setting. An interactive game- the Vault-which works well with this unit, is available via annual subscription or free trial at www.rhythmajig.co.uk - email enquiries@rhythmajig.co.uk

Four rhythmic patterns shown in standard notation, plus individual note cards which can be printed and used as flash cards to learn the note names, photocopied and used to create compositions, or placed on a large stave on the carpet (use masking tape for the stave lines). In conjunction with our Rhythmajig character flash cards, they can be used to teach reading and writing rhythmic notation in a memorable way. www.rhythmajig.co.uk www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

Suitable for all year groups- use the coloured flash cards alongside the character poster to teach children to match the characters to their notation (look at the colours of the notes). Then explore how many beats each character has, by finding the number of heart beats on their clothing. The word posters have suggestions for words which fit the number of beats for each character. Can the children think of any of their own? www/facebook.com/rhythmajig www.rhythmajig.co.uk

Building rhythmic compositions takes on deeper meaning with these chocolate bars, as the coloured beats fit the correct number of heart beats when laid on top. Children can even use half beats when composing in 6/8 time. Suitable for all year groups, this activity is flexible- group or individual work, using word rhythms as a starting point, using sheet music to create rhythms... a really useful resource. All beats are colour coded to the Rhythmajig characters. www.facebook.com/rhythmajig www.rhythmajig.co.uk

Our unique primary music curriculum is underpinned by a story - explained here. Find out where children 'travel' to on their journeys each week, as their musical learning develops from year R to year 6. The Rhythmajigs are always there to help them, and new characters introduce real vocabulary and concepts as they go. www.rhythmajig.co.uk www.facebook.com/rhythmajig

What do we do? How is Rhythamjig taught? Is it scary? Do children enjoy it? All information and guidance is here. Visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rhythmajig and see our website at www.rhythmajig.co.uk for more information.

Useful as an extension activity for group work, or as a whole class plenary to rehearse listening skills.