An opportunity to hear ( embedded files ) the barrel organ playing melodies we associate with the circus. Plenty of opportunity to move to the music. The file lends itself to adaptation but you will lose sound if you delete the slide with sound on. The modern version of Nelly the elephant-is included The PowerPoint is a stimulus to creating music and moving. Elephant poem and a worksheet for an information text about the circus. Would appreciate feed back. The Moscow state circus PPT contains maps, information and images from a geographical point of view. Feedback appreciated

Songs and musical activities using the child's name and body sounds/movement. Sound files are embedded and will not play until PowerPoint is fully open

L.O We are learning to use our voices and bodies to perform chants. The children are taught a new chant to teach their friends in the playground. Web-link to original source. My video is adapted

Edited video emphasizing the role of music and Shakespeare in the opening ceremony 2012 olympics. Pupils encouraged to appreciate Danny Boyle and Underworld's inspiration. The video also emphasizes the industrial Revolution. Good starting point for this topic and for studying creative impulses. The quality had been impaired by reducing size in order to upload.

A simple technique for making up a song using the names of the fruit in the book 'Handa's surprise' It looks attractive too. You could scan them into a powerpoint so all the children can sing or play each others work. This will work with fruit or animals in the topic whether or not you are doing 'Handa&'s surprise'

This is a useful little video that I have edited. It's from 'It&'s a bugs life ' The ants collect food and later celebrate . The video explores each aspect, the lifting, throwing, carrying, marching ,flying etc. I&';m using it for movement, but you could use it for Harvest festival, literacy , poetry etc . We are using it in our mini beasts topic. Children can make props for their foraging. We drew fruit and cut it out. We staggered under the weight and deposited the 'fruit' on our 'mountain '

The PowerPoint contains images, music, poetry and sound effects to stimulate a creative response to Thor. Sound files are embedded, and will not play until PowerPoint is fully open.

Use the video to show the different pitches of voice. The PowerPoint guides the children to use their voices in different ways. The excerpt comes from the film "The Incredibles."

A simplified version with illustrations. It takes us to the Darling's house in London where Mr. and Mrs. Darling are going out. It finishes as the children fly away to Never Never Land. The text is easy to read.

This resources links language arts and music to teach children how to create their own chants.

This is an animated PowerPoint song that tells the story of a ghost orchestra whose instruments play at night. Although it is primarily a music lesson, there are many ways that writing can be integrated into this lesson as well.

What are contents? What is an index.? Can you write your own ?

Sappha wrote a song about stuff happening in the playground. 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) Develop a backing track using Dance E jay or a similar programme.and insert own sound bites. Run in slide mode to hear sound.

What is a glossary. Could we write one?

Don’t go round saying The world owes you a living The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist.

I know only That what is moral Is what you feel good after And what is immoral Is what you feel bad after. Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.

Questions and song making activities based around the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty". In addition you can either watch the you tube video (original source) or download it here and insert it into the PowerPoint. Another link inside the presentation is a link to the history of the nursery rhyme.

Simple but useful worksheet with illustrated words to the left for children who find writing and spelling difficult. The finished work looks good for display.

How to use a dictionary appropriately and locate the words. After using the information, have students make an anchor chart for the class.

Text and illustrations for Little Red Riding Hood