Frogspawn, Tadpole, Froglet, Frog!

Posted 20th March, 2025

This delightful little song was written for a Year 1 class when they had a tank of frogspawn in their class. I was amazed at the  scientific knowledge of the children when they were telling me all about amphibean frogs who could live on water or land and then the life cycle from frogspawn to tadpole then from froglet to frog. I've said it a hundred times before but sometimes I really think we underestimate our children. They are so... read more

Warm Ups for Singing

Posted 18th March, 2025

I sing in a fabulous local choir called 'Somewhere2Sing' where we sing a real variety of 'pop' material. The songs are all arranged by the teachers and at times can be quite challenging but because of the excellent warm ups we do in the sessions by the end we usually have surpassed our initial expectations. I would almost go so far as to say that the warm ups are sometimes my favourite part of the session :)One of my favourite... read more

Oo Arr Where's My Treasure

Posted 16th March, 2025

Here's a fun topical 'Pirate Song' for K.S.1 to add to your Priamry School Music Resources. I stole the tune of 'What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor' and created new lyrics related to pirates and we performed the song in a ring putting in approprioate actions for the verses then joining hands and moving into the middle 'Hokey Cokey' style during the chorus. We used this as a starting point for many activities including going on a Pirate... read more