Today's song is an action song built around the sounds of the guitar, ukulele and violin.

Primary Music KS1

Twang those strings

The first song in the series celebrates the achievements of two extraordinary explorers: Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan.

1. Columbus and Magellan

Finding out about the lives of two extraordinary monarchs: Henry VIII and Elizabeth I

2. Henry VIII and Elizabeth I

Finding out about London immediately before the Great Fire including the plague of 1665.

3. Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London - Part 1

Finding out about the Great Fire and singing songs based on well-known nursery rhymes.

4. Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London - Part 2

Today's song is about percussion instruments - including the percussion sounds we can make with our own bodies.

Tip tap, tickle-tickle, bip bap, bong!

Today's song explores wind instruments and introduces weather sounds, mouth sounds, panpipes, whistles, recorders and trumpets.

Blow, blow, blow

The song in today's programme explores voice sounds, keyboards and electronic sounds.

Raise our voices to the sky!

Today's song brings together many of the instruments the children have been learning about in a mini-performance.

Instruments together

Today's song is based on the well-known potato chant, adapted for tomatoes, peas, carrots, with rhythmic munches, crunches and scrunches!

1. One Tomato, Two Tomatoes…

Educación

Primary Music KS1 offers music resources to support the Key Stage 1 music curriculum. The resources emphasise songs and singing and often have strong cross-curricular links to other subjects, especially Literacy. Audio content is available to download at any time as mp3 files and can be used from a computer or other device. The supporting resources include Teacher's Notes giving guidance on how to use the resources and a range of audio and video resources, including the full-vocal and backing track versions of all the songs and also copies of the music as pdf files. There are also suggestions for appraising music and simple composition. It's an ideal resource for delivering the KS1 music curriculum while engaging children with a range of other topics.