January 2012
Special Songs for January & February 2012
Monday 16th January: World Religion Day
Our Father (The Lord's Prayer) - Songs for EVERY Happy, Healthy School
Monday 23rd January: Chinese New Year
Dragon Dance - The Niki Davies Calendar Of Songs
My Dragon - My World: Animals
Monday 30th January - Sunday 5th February: National Story Telling Week
The Song & Story Series
Wednesday 1st February - Wednesday 29th February: National Heart Month
Parts Of The Body - Songs for EVERYbody
Healthy Heart - Taking Care Of Myself
Tuesday 14th February: Valentine's Day
Valentine - The Niki Davies Calendar Of Songs
Tuesday 21st February: Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day
Pancakes - A Spring Thing / Songs for EVERY Season
There's A Pancake On The Ceiling! - The Niki Davies Calendar Of Songs
Where Did The Pancakes Go? - It Must Be Spring
January 2012
Save £££ with out BIG Spring Giveaway!
Just order any two Book & CD or Book, CD & CD ROM packages and we’ll give you a third Book & CD Package for FREE worth £16.95 from our That’s What I Call A Class Assembly! series.
Choose from one of three titles:
The Ancient Egyptians, The Ancient Greeks, The Victorians.
To take advantage of our Spring Giveaway, please follow these instructions:
1. Select the 2 Book and CD packages or Book, CD and CD ROM packages you would like to buy and place them in your online basket.
2. Next add your chosen That’s What I Call A Class Assembly! title - The Ancient Egyptians, The Ancient Greeks or The Victorians - that you would like to receive absolutely FREE and place it in your online basket.
3. The That’s What I Call A Class Assembly! title that you have selected will be reduced to a value of zero in your online basket.
4. Check out as normal. Please note that you will be charged postage on your free book.
December 2011
Have You Written a Nativity or Musical?
If you have written a musical or a nativity suitable for children aged between 3 and 11, then we would love to hear it. Please click here to download and read our submission policy. You never know, you could be our next star writer!
November 2011
Send Us a Video Clip of Your Out of the Ark Nativity!
Are you performing one of our nativities this year or have you performed one in previous years? Do you have a video clip of the nativity that we could use on our website? If you do, we would love to see it! Please make sure that you have permission from children's parents for the video to be used and then send your clip to digital@outoftheark.com or post a DVD to Out of the Ark Music, Kingsway Business Park, Oldfield Road, Hampton, Middlesex TW12 2HD.
November 2011
5 Amazing New Titles This January!
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The Niki Davies Calendar Of Songs – Ages 3 - 7 By Niki Davies Book & Audio CD £23.95 For all those special days that need singing about and for celebrations that make you want to burst into song, Niki Davies has produced a fabulous collection to fit the bill. From the beginning of the year to the very end, we have 20 adorable songs to be sung on all sorts of different occasions. Celebrate World Poetry Day, Recycle Now Week, World Kindness Day and even April Fool's Day with a song, and put a smile on parents' faces on Mother's Day, Father's Day and many other events that you like to share with them. This is a timeless collection that will keep you singing all year long! |
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My World: All About Me – Ages 3 - 7 By leading writers Book & Audio CD £18.95 I'm remarkable, I'm incredible, I'm a miracle, that's me! Full of fun and energy, this delightful selection of brand-new songs will help children to learn lots of amazing things about themselves. Discover how the brain works and what goes on inside our bodies; go wild with action songs that get us running, hopping, jumping and marching; understand emotions and the five senses; and encourage independence and healthy eating. With songs to emphasize how unique and special each one of us is as we find our place within our family tree and compare self-portraits, this fabulous collection really will have us marvelling at ourselves and what we can do! |
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Song & Story: The Musicians Of Bremem – Ages 3 - 6 By Niki Davies Book & Audio CD £12.95 A poor old donkey is kicked out by his owner for being too old and worthless, but undeterred by this the donkey decides to make his way to Bremen to earn his living as a musician. Along the way he meets up with other unwanted animals and persuades them to accompany him. A house full of robbers eating a wonderful feast stops them in their tracks, and together they hatch a plan to 'sing' the robbers out of the house so that they can take up residence. This little-known but delightfully comic fairytale provides wonderful scope for inventive percussion and music-making. |
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Song & Story: The Enormous Turnip – Ages 3 - 6 By Niki Davies Book & Audio CD 12.95 How on earth is the old man going to pull up the turnip that has just grown bigger and bigger and bigger? He definitely needs some help! One by one he is joined by various people and animals who 'pull, pull, pull' with the old man, but still the enormous turnip will not budge. Suddenly a tiny mouse is spotted and with a fantastic team effort, the turnip is eventually pulled from the ground and a turnip dinner is enjoyed by all! A delightful tale to encourage teamwork and to reinforce individual importance. |
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Song & Story: Chicken Licken – Ages 3 - 6 By Niki Davies Book & Audio CD 12.95 Poor Chicken Licken is convinced that the sky is falling when an acorn drops on her head. As she rushes off to tell the King of her discovery, she meets up with seven friends who join her in her quest. But on their way, they meet the very smart and very charming Foxy Loxy who has other plans for the friends as, unwittingly, they follow him to his den! A lively retelling of this humorous story, which can encourage discussion about not trusting strangers. |
November 2011
Friday 11th November:
Armistice Day – We Will Remember from Songs for EVERY occasion
Monday 14th November:
World Kindness Day – A Little Bit Of Kindness from Songs for EVERY happy, healthy school
Monday 14th - Sunday 20th November:
Anti-Bullying Week – The Tongue from Songs for EVERYbody
Monday 21st November:
World 'Hello' Day – Hello, Hello from It's Time To Fly
Monday 21st - Sunday 27th November:
Road Safety Week – Careful How You Cross from Taking Care Of Myself
Saturday 26th November - Sunday 4th December:
National Tree Week – Trees from Eddie The Penguin Saves The World
September 2011
Go Digital!
Go Digital is now live on this website! Purchase many of our nativities, musicals or songbooks online from this website and add a digital version of the title to download immediately for only £3.90 more! New titles being added daily, click here to read all about it.
Now more than 40 of your favourite titles available with a Go Digital Add-On, including every Christmas title, with more being added daily.
September 2011
Gold For Out of the Ark At The Practical Pre-School & 5-7 Educator Awards
Three of our titles were awarded the 'Gold' rosette at the Practical Pre-School and the 5-7 Educator Awards in London on Friday 23rd September.
The Three Little Pigs by Niki Davies - GOLD Practical Pre-School Magazine (Teacher Resources, Equipment & Tools)
I Love Maths by leading writers - GOLD Practical Pre-School Magazine (Music & Multimedia)
Minibeasts by leading writers - GOLD 5-7 Educator Magazine (Books & Publications)
I Love Maths by leading writers - SILVER 5-7 Educator Magazine (All Other Resources)
September 2011
FREE Introductory Words On Screen™ CD ROM with Teach Primary Magazine
Look out for the September edition of Teach Primary Magazine which has a free Introductory Words on Screen™ CD ROM mounted on the cover. The CD ROM contains five of Out Of the Ark's most popular songs arranged in a Words On Screen™ format for you to try. We are sure that once you have used Words On Screen™, it will become an invaluable resource for you in the classroom.
September 2011
FREE Out of the Ark Song Calendar with Your Order
From September 1st we will be giving away a free Out of the Ark Song Calendar with your first order for a book & CD or book, CD & Words on Screen CD Rom™*. The song calendar is a really useful tool for tracking all of the important days to sing about throughout the school year and it contains many suggestions for songs that will help you get the most out of singing in school. (Not available for overseas or trade customers)
*While stocks last.
September 2011
Your Videos
Do you have a great video of your school or church group performing one of our songs? Email us a link and we may be able to put it up on this website so that everyone can enjoy your performance! Email digital@outoftheark.com - please make sure that you have the consent of all the children's parents for us to show the video.
July 2011
Songs for EVERY Happy, Healthy School - IN STOCK NOW!
Songs for EVERY Happy, Healthy School
By Mark & Helen Johnson
Ages 5-11
Written specifically to explore and promote healthy values for happy schools, these songs are thought-provoking, positive and HUGE fun to sing! Themes include: happiness, freedom of choice, unity and co-operation, simplicity, kindness and gratitude. Once again Mark and Helen have written the songs that teachers will want to use and children will love to sing. With 15 feel good songs for learning and singing together, this long-awaited and timely title is set to become a 'classic' in schools. So for any school that prizes health and happiness, this clever collection is an absolute must!
All these songs can be used to support SEAL, PHSE and Value-based Education.
Titles Comprise: We're In It Together • It's Good To Be Me! • A Song You'll Love To Know! • You Can Never Be Too Grateful • Don't Go Listening To Lies • Cause To Be Grateful • A Healthy Life • A Little Bit Of Kindness • These Simple Things • Happiness Is Not... • Thank You God • Our Father (The Lord's Prayer) • Put On A Smile • Change And Grow • Brighter Day Tomorrow
May 2011
Two New Nativities - IN STOCK NOW
Out of the Ark are delighted to announce that two new nativities are now in stock!
We Three Kings
By Niki Davies
Ages 3-6
30 minutes approx.
We Three Kings is a delightfully simple new nativity musical from Niki Davies, one of Britain’s top music writers for nursery and reception-aged children. Follow the three kings, Melchior, Balthazar and Caspar as they prepare for, and travel on their long and tiring journey to visit a very special baby. The simple storyline and catchy songs are easy and quick to learn, making this an ideal, stress-free nativity to produce. Suitable for 3 – 6 year olds and includes curriculum links.
Prickly Hay - A Nativity Hoedown
By Mary Cliff & Kelly Fort
Ages 4-8
35 minutes approx.
In this exciting new nativity with a fun hoedown flavour, follow Sam, a hardworking young stable boy, who is trying to keep the stable clean and the hay fresh for all the animals in his stable – its a very smelly job! No one seems to notice his hard work and it’s making Sam feel very insignificant. His every-faithful friend, Shrew, tries to keep his spirits up, but Sam is finding it hard to feel important at all. However, as crowds gather in Bethlehem for the census and the inns fill up, some very special visitors are shown to Sam’s stable and gradually, as the miraculous events of the night unfold, Sam starts to realise his worth – with a little help from his friend Shrew!
May 2011
Special Days In May
As well as National Smile Month (featured below), there are a number of other very exciting things happening during the month of May:
1st - 30th May is National Share A Story Month. Why not check out our Song & Story series for classic fairytales and songs including Jack and The Beanstalk, Goldilocks And The Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and many more.
The month of May is also National Pet Month and we have two great songs that you will love in our My World book Animals: You Wouldn't Have A Pig As A Pet! and Mine's A Mutt!.
15th - 21st May is Christian Aid Week. Check out our popular song Make Someone Happy! from Red Nose Day 2007 and now featured in our brand new title Here Comes Summer.
15th-21st May is also Walk To School Week so grab those trainers and get singing to one of our 'Walk To School' songs:
How Do We Get To School? - On The Move
The Walking Song - Eddie The Penguin
Careful How You Cross - Taking Care Of Myself
Walk To School - Here Comes Summer!
May 2011
National Smile Month
From the 15th May to 15th June it is National Smile Month. Each year the British Dental Health Foundation runs a month long campaign to promote looking after your teeth and improving oral health. If you are planning on get involved in your school, why not sing our fantastic song What Good Strong Teeth from our popular My World book Taking Care Of Myself. The song encourages children to brush their teeth both night and day to keep them clean and strong.
Visit www.smilemonth.org for more information on National Smile Month.
April 2011
Songs For Easter
Brighten up your Easter classroom, assembly or sunday school with some of our favourite Easter songs and products:
Easter Prayer and Hallelujah! from A Spring Thing
Easter Bunny from It Must Be Spring
Sing Out An Easter Song from Songs for EVERY Season
And our popular Easter titles:
Songs for EVERY Easter and for sunday schools, Sunday's Cool - Hosanna!
April 2011
Red Nose Day - Thank You!
Out of the Ark would like to say a big thank you to the thousands of schools that performed 'Entertain!' - The Red Nose Day 2011 Schools' Song. Congratulations to everyone for raising such a huge amount of money for all the good causes that Comic Relief support. We hope that you enjoyed singing the song and performing for Red Nose Day.
April 2011
Here Comes Summer! Now In Stock
The latest title in our seasonal series is called Here Comes Summer! and is NOW IN STOCK. It includes 30 catchy songs about hot days, walking to school, going on holiday, the seaside, the longest day of the year, the end of school, dragonflies, cows, wasps and more! Here Comes Summer! will cost £25.95 for the book and CD package, or £39.95 for the full Words on Screen™ package.
Titles Comprise: Blue Skies (Today Will Be Hot!) • Did You Ever? • Dragonfly • End Of Year Blessing • Every Brand New Day • Every Journey • Friendship Forever • Fun At The Seaside • Funny Sunny Song • Here Comes Summer! • Lazy Days • Leavers' Song • Longest Day Of The Year • Lovely Summer's Day • Make Someone Happy! • My Dad • Now That Summer Has Come • Off On Holiday • Picnic • Recycle Me • Summertime • Sun Arise • Sunglasses • The Amazing Rock Pool Show • The Cow Appreciation Song • The Wasp Song • Time For Everything • Walk To School • What I Love Best On A Summer's Day • When It's A Sunny Day
April 2011
New Summer 2011 Catalogue
Our latest catalogue will be landing in schools on the 26th April. Look out for our NEW summer collection, Here Comes Summer!, our special offers for May and our Summer Song Calendar, plus all of our musicals and resources that are perfect for the Summer term.
March 2011
Songs for the Spring Term
Don't forget Red Nose Day 2011 - Friday 18th March
For the third time running, Out of is proud to team up with Comic Relief to produce the Red Nose Day 2011 Schools' Song, "Entertain!". Check out our resources page for more details. For further information visit www.outoftheark.com/inschools.
First Day Of Spring - 21st March
Sing your way into Spring! Why not choose a song from our popular resource A Spring Thing or for younger voices, It Must Be Spring.
Mothering Sunday - 3rd April
Celebrate Mother's Day with our fantastic songs for mums!
Don't Forget (Mother's Day Song) - Songs for EVERY Easter
My Mum! - Songs for EVERY Occasion
It's Mother's Day Today! - It Must Be Spring
Supermum! - A Spring Thing
February 2011
Follow Mark & Helen on their new blog
Follow Mark & Helen Johnson on their new blog! Keep up to date with Mark and Helen Johnson, the hugely popular authors of the Songs for EVERY series, It's A Baby! and Cinderella Rockerfella as they write songs for their next project.
http://mark-and-helen.blogspot.com
January 2011
Entertain! - The Red Nose Day 2011 Schools' Song
For the third time running, Out of the Ark is proud to team up with Comic Relief to produce the Red Nose Day 2011 Schools' song. Hopefully you will have now received a free Red Nose Day 2011 CD with the latest addition of our catalogue.
The CD contains:
- A full recording of 'Entertain!' - The Red Nose Day 2011 Schools' Song
- A professionally recorded backing track
- A fun video of the song
- A Words on Screen™ version of the song
- The music score
- The lyrics
The resources are also available on our resources page here at outoftheark.com
For further information visit www.rednoseday.com/inschools
January 2011
My World: I Love Maths - Now In Stock
By leading children's writers
Ages 3-7
Book and Audio CD £18.95
Suitable for 3-7 year olds, this action-packed collection of songs will help to make learning about numbers and shapes great fun. Jump on the Number Bus; count sleeps until your birthday; learn about fractions while eating a pizza. With songs to cover number combinations, doubling, rounding upp and down, the 5x table and much more, there's never been a more exciting way to develop a love of Maths.
Titles Comprise: Make A Picture With Shapes • Take One Step Forward • How Many Sweets? • My Piggy Bank • The Doubling Song (I'm Clever!) • Counting • Five More Sleeps • Fairytale Tea Party • I Love Maths! • Pizza Pieces • The Number Bus • Give Me Five!
November 2010
EYE Magazine Reviews
We are delighted to have two of our new products reviewed in the latest issue of Eye Magazine (December 2010). Here are just a couple of snippets from the reviews:
Children Of The World - "This book and CD package contains nine endearingly simple and catchy songs, together with an easy to perform script, taking all the stress out of planning and performing a nativity play with young children..."
Busy, Busy Bethlehem - "Just in time for Christmas, a great quality resource for busy teachers and early years practitioners wanting to teach children catchy, fun and easy-to-learn festive songs while helping them to achieve across the curriculum at the same time!..."
August 2010
Out of the Ark Moves To new Premises
On the 25th August 2010 Out of the Ark moved to its new offices in Hampton, Middlesex. Our new premises house our sales, marketing, customer services and publishing departments as well as our warehousing and distribution.
Out of the Ark Music, Units F1 & F2, Kingsway Business Park, Hampton, Middlesex, TW12 2HD
Telephone: 020 8481 7200, Fax: 020 8941 5548
Nativities And Christmas Musicals For Autumn 2010
The Landlord's Cat
by Antony and Julia Copus
Ages 4 - 8
35 minutes approx.
In this traditional nativity, life is hectic in Bethlehem and the resident landlord’s cat of a certain inn on the edge of town is feeling the pressure. Fed up with being ignored by his owners, and irritated by the constant stream of visitors who prevent him from sleeping, the landlord’s cat is on the verge of leaving home when a young man and his pregnant wife arrive at the door one night and are shown to the stable. They look just like any other couple, but cats are wily and intuitive creatures, and he senses that something very special is about to happen. Naturally he is determined to find out just what it is...
Children Of The World
by Mary Green and Julie Stanley
Ages 5 - 9
Every year, Gabriel and the angels celebrate the birth of Jesus by bringing children from around the world to visit the manger. Travelling from as far afield as China, Malawi, Poland and Australia, each group is finally brought to the stable where they tell of their special Christmas customs, singing songs and presenting gifts.
Discover a little bit of Christmas from around the world with this charming Christmas musical.
Busy, Busy Bethlehem
by Niki Davies
Ages 3 - 6
25 minutes approx.
It will soon be the day of the census in Bethlehem and the town is busy, busy, busy. Watching the excitement is a little soldier sent to Bethlehem by Julius Caesar. He loves to organise everybody and thinks that nothing could be more important. One couple arrives rather late and at first the little soldier is cross, but then something changes and he can’t understand why. He forgets all about organising - could it be because the baby Jesus is about to be born?
Includes 7 appealing, easily remembered songs in this nativity story by Niki Davies
Song of the Month - Free Song Download!
Out of the Ark is pleased to announce an exciting new feature on our website, the FREE Song of the Month download!
The Song of the Month allows you to download the vocal track and backing track in MP3 format, along with a lyric sheet and the sheet music to a popular Out of the Ark song - absoloutely FREE!
Each month we will upload a song to our website that links with the time of year, or covers an important day in the forthcoming month. You can then enjoy using the song with your class, nursery, drama group, or at home with your children.
We are really keen to get your feedback on this one, so would appreciate you reviewing the song on our website after you have downloaded it. Why not also let us know what you think about downloads in general. Would you like us to make our complete catalogue available in a download format?
Spread the word - this is a great FREE resource for you to use and enjoy!
Check out our Song of the Month section here!
June 2010
Rehearsal CDs and CDs To Sell At Performances
Our bulk packs of Rehearsal CDs are a great way to help children learn songs ahead of the big performance. Alternatively teachers can sell the CDs on performance night and make a small profit for your school.
Pack of 5 CDs - £15.00
Pack of 10 CDs - £25.00
Pack of 20 CDs - £43.20
May 2010
Chantons! - Tous Les Jours now in stock!
Chantons! - Tous Les Jours, our exciting new French resource by Mark and Helen Johnson, is NOW IN STOCK. Click here for more details about the product and to purchase.
March 2010
Sing For Change - A WaterAid Update
Fifteen year old Sabina Roka sometimes used to avoid going to school near Bijanbari in Nepal because she was embarrassed about the lack of toilet facilities. She says “Before we used to go to the bush where there were bamboo plants. We used to have to run when we saw the boys coming.”
WaterAid enabled the school to build new latrines which have made Sabina’s life easier. She adds, “Now we don’t need to miss our classes and we feel healthier than before”.
A selection of Out of the Ark songs all about water were used in WaterAid’s Sing for Change project for Girlguiding UK, which has raised over £150,000 for water and sanitation projects in Nepal – helping more people like Sabina look forward to a brighter future.
For more information about WaterAid or to take part in Sing for Change, visit the website at http://www.wateraid.org/singforchange
February 2010
That's What I Call A Class Assembly!
We are pleased to announce that the first three titles in our exciting new series That's What I Call A Class Assembly! will be in stock towards the end of February. This brand new series of books with enhanced CD has been written to support and reinforce what children are already learning in their history topics. Through performing the catchy, fact-based songs alongside the short play, children will find it easier to retain the information they have learnt. They can then showcase their work either in a school assembly or in their own classroom.
Suitable for KS2, each book and enhanced CD is £16.95 and includes performance licence.
The first three titles in this series are The Romans, The Tudors: Henry VIII and World War II.
September 2009
Just Sing!
Helen Johnson's fantastic article entitled 'Just Sing!' is now available in the Resources section of the website along with a free download of the Words On Screen™ version of the song. This article is also available in print form in our current catalogue.
Download the article here or check out our Resources section for more details.
September 2009
Top 10 Resources
A Combined Harvest has been selected as one of the 'Top 10 Best Back To School Resources' by Junior Education Magazine (September issue).
September 2009
Out Of The Ark Write New Christingle Song
Out of the Ark Music, the UK’s leading songbook publisher for nurseries and primary schools has written and produced a new Christingle song for The Children’s Society.
‘Hope of Heaven’ has been composed by Out of the Ark’s leading writers and company founders Mark & Helen Johnson and a CD of the song along with two other Christmas carols, will be available to order as part of The Children’s Society’s free fundraising resources for Christingle this year.
Mark & Helen Johnson formed Out of the Ark twenty years ago with an aim to provide primary schools with memorable, life-affirming songs, nativity musicals and school production musicals. In that time the company has grown to be a major force in school’s music publishing and Mark & Helen have also penned the last two Comic Relief Songs For Schools and also written songs for the ‘Sing For Change’ campaign for Water Aid and Girlguiding UK.
Christingle, the candlelit celebration which places children at its heart, is a fun and festive celebration enjoyed by adults and young people alike. Last year, 6000 schools and Churches welcomed over 500,000 children to celebrations across the country, raising £1.2 million for The Children’s Society’s work with disadvantaged children in the UK.
To get involved with Christingle and order your free copy of ‘Hope of Heaven’ visit www.christingle.org or call 0845 600 8585.
July 2009
New Titles For The Autumn!
Silent Night
Mary Green & Julie Stanley
Ages 7 - 11
35 minutes approx.
Visit 19th century Austria, where the villagers of Oberndorf are busy preparing for their traditional Christmas Eve pageant. Amidst the hustle and bustle however, they realise that the naughty mice have destroyed the church organ, and they will need to find alternative music for their special celebrations, Discover, through this charmingly adapted story, how a poem written by a parish priest resulted in the well-loved carol Silent Night.
Featuring 9 heart-warming songs with an Austrian feel, with a nativity tableau that uses a medley of well-known carols, this Christmas musical combines humour, drama and Christmas traditions.
| Book and Audio CD - £22.95 | Book, Audio CD & Instant Licence - £37.05 |
Shine Star, Shine
Niki Davies
Ages 3 - 6
20 minutes approx.
The big star has to show the way to the stable where a special baby has been born - but he just can't shine. How will the shepherds and kings find their way? Luckily all the other stars lead the big star to the stable where he sees Mary, Joseph and the beautiful baby. He realises that Jesus loves all the stars, angels and people of the world and this love gives the big star enough strength to shine again.
With a simple script and 7 catchy songs, this magical retelling of the nativity story will fill everyone with delight. From the author of Whoops-A-Daisy Angel and The Nativity.
| Book and Audio CD - £19.95 | Book, Audio CD & Instant Licence - £31.70 |
Christmas With The Aliens
Nikki Lewis
Ages 4 - 7
25 minutes approx.
The traditional Christmas story is retold to some alien visitors. Stranded on earth with their broken spaceship, they meet some school children about to rehearse their Christmas play. Invited to watch, there, the aliens discover and amazing story they want the whole universe to hear. But will the aliens be able to mend their spaceship and travel back into outerspace?
This delightful new nativity by Nikki Lewis (author of Born in a Barn) looks set to become a firm favourite for years to come.
| Book and Audio CD - £19.95 | Book, Audio CD & Instant Licence - £34.05 |
A Cracking Christmas! - A Festive Hamper Of Christmas Songs
by leading writers
Ages 5 - 11
Whether you want to sing about Christmas dinner, waiting for Christmas to arrive, Santa Claus, holly and mistletoe or rocking around the shops then this Christmas songbook is for you. This book contains 19 brand new songs by Out of the Ark's group of leading writers and a further 11 songs chosen from the very best of our existing catalogue.
Also available in this range are It's A Spring Thing and A Combined Harvest. Words on Screen™ is available for all of the books in this series.
| Book and 2 x Audio CDs - £25.95 | Book, 2 x Audio CDs & WOS CD Rom - £39.95 |
Sunday's Cool - Immanuel!
Mark & Helen Johnson
Ages 5 - 12
Intended particularly for junior church, assemblies and all age worship, this book contains 12 songs suitable for Christmas, 4 of which are previously unreleased and unique to this title.
| Book and Audio CD - £15.95 |
June 2009
Out of the Ark Choir perform with Delirious?
The Out of the Ark Choir performed onstage with Delirious? on Sunday 24th May infront of 15,000 people at the Big Church Day Out. The choir provided backing vocals for the song 'All Gods Children'. Out of the Ark also took a small exhibition stand at the event and company co-founder Mark Johnson was on-hand to talk about music and particularly the Sunday's Cool range of songbooks that were highlighted at the show.
March 2009
Red Nose Day Thank You!
A massive thank-you to the thousands of schools that performed 'Doing Something Funny! - The Red Nose Day 2009 Schools' Song. We hope that you enjoyed singing the song and congratulations to everyone that helped raise such an incredible amount of money for Comic Relief.
March 2009
"Sing For Change" with WaterAid and Girlguiding UK
Mark and Helen Johnson are very proud to have been involved in writing two new songs for the exciting new Sing for Change project. A WaterAid song highlighting the issues of 5,000 children a day who die from a lack of sanitation and clean water, and a rousing "helping hand" Girlguiding song.
Sing for Change is a brand new project developed by WaterAid for Girlguiding UK as part of their year of community action Changing the World in the run up to their centenary celebrations next year. Guides, Brownies and Rainbows will be Singing for Change to raise funds for WaterAid's work in Nepal and to raise awareness of water and sanitation issues in the developing world.
The full set of six songs, written by Mark and Helen Johnson, and one by Sha Armstrong, will help Guides, Brownies and Rainbows learn about water and its uses and compares the lives of girls in the UK with those in Nepal who don't have access to safe drinking water.
Girls across the country will be getting sponsored to Sing for Change and performing the six sensational songs from the Out of the Ark catalogue to raise funds for WaterAid's work in Nepal. To date over 1,600 packs have been sent out by Wateraid and 62 concerts have been planned.
To find out more about the project, visit WaterAid's website at www.wateraid.org/singforchange.
March 2009
The Red Nose Day 2009 Schools' Song
Doing Something Funny! By Mark & Helen Johnson
After the huge success of Make Someone Happy!, the 2007 Red Nose Day Schools' Song,Out of the Ark Music has teamed up with Comic Relief again to bring you the new song for this year. Doing Something Funny! is a great way for you and your school to raise money on Red Nose Day, Friday 13 March 2009.
Schools and private customers will receive the FREE CD as part of our January 2009 catalogue and mailing.
This interactive CD features:
- Doing Something Funny! vocal and backing tracks.
- A fantastic video of the song to inspire you!
- A Words on Screen™ version of the song. Lyrics can be projected onto any screen or whiteboard. Words and music are highlighted and synchronized with the music as it plays – includes a user guide.
- Printable lyric sheets and music score (PDF).
- List of fundraising ideas (PDF).
If you don't receive the CD in the mailing, all the above can be downloaded and viewed from the resources section
Find more information about Red Nose Day at www.rednoseday.com/schools.
To make singing the Red Nose Day Schools Song even more fun, get your students to pick their Noses! This year, for the first time ever, there are three Red Noses to choose from. You can bulk order noses for your students through the fabulously simple Nose Deposit Scheme, paying just 30p per Nose now – and the rest after you’ve sold them. Find out everything you need to know here.
Why not encourage your school to sing the song and do something funny to raise money for Red Nose Day!
Comic Relief, registered Charity no 326568 (England/Wales) SC039730 (Scotland)
January 2009
New for the Spring!
We have some exciting new books coming in January and February of 2009. Firstly, we will be releasing a great collection of songs called A Spring Thing containing 30 fantastic songs about Spring and Easter and very similar in format to our recent Harvest collection. A Spring Thing contains 11 songs from our existing catalogue and 19 new songs by leading writers. Available as book and CD and Words on Screen™. Suitable for ages 5-11, book and CD will be priced at £25.95 and the WOS version will be £39.95.
We are also excited to announce the first 3 books in our new ‘Song & Story’ range by Niki Davies. These are far more than just a storybook, this brand new series has been written for use both in the classroom and in assemblies.
Traditional, well loved stories re-told through a very simple script and just a few bite-size songs. This delightful combination of ‘song and story’ will enliven and enrich learning, both in music and literacy, as well as give younger children a manageable experience of performing a mini-musical. The first three titles in this series are Goldilocks, Jack and The Beanstalk and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Book and CDs are priced at £12.95 and include a performance licence! Suitable for ages 3-6 years.
Our next new title coming in late February will be My World – Space! This has been a much requested title and we are sure that you will find songs for all aspects of this subject that you will need to cover. Ages 4-9 and priced at £18.95, contains 13 brand new songs.
In February we will also be releasing the second of Mark and Helen Johnson’s ‘Sunday’s Cool’ series. Sunday’s Cool – Hosanna! is perfect for young church and all age worship and includes 4 previously unreleased songs. Book and CD £15.95, ages 5-12 years.
And finally…we will be releasing Words on Screen™ Songs for Every Easter, so all of you collecting the set there is only Songs for EVERY Day left to come and we hope to be able to make that available in the first half of next year. Songs for EVERY Easter, Words on Screen™ will be £39.95 or £29.95 if you are purchasing the upgrade from book and CD.
October 2008
New PDF Songfinder now available
A PDF of our latest songfinder is now available to download from the Resources section of the website. You can search for songs by title, by series and by theme and we hope it helps you to find some of the hidden gems in our catalogue!
September 2008
What books and songs would you like us to release?
Here at Out of the Ark, we are starting to think about the songbooks that we will release in the latter part of 2009 and during 2010. We would love your feedback! Drop us a line and tell us the subjects that you would like us to write songs about, the books that you can't find but wish were out there and any other great ideas that you may have to keep our children singing. For example what should the next EVERY... series book be about and what subjects would you like to see added to the My World series of songbooks - and what are we missing altogether?
We look forward to hearing from you. Email us at music@outoftheark.com
June 2008
More new titles coming this autumn
Eddie The Penguin Saves The World!
Niki Davies
Ages 4 - 7
Eddie The Penguin discovers that the world that he is living in is changing and that the ice is melting. He decides to take his family to find a new home in the North Pole, where he meets Peggy the Polar Bear and discovers that human beings are causing the ice to melt. Eddie is on a mission to save the planet and let the world know how they can change things for the better.
This fantastic new musical from Niki Davies is a must for any school teaching ecological and enviromental issues. Songs can be used in conjunction with the script or stand alone, and includes curriculum links for all of the key issues.
Titles Comprise: The Melting Song, We're Great Big Polar Bears, The Walking Song, If You're Feeling Cool, Dress Hot, Trees, The Recycling Song, One World. Bonus Tracks: Turn Off The Tap, Use It Again
| Book and Audio CD - £19.95 | Book, Audio CD & Instant Licence - £34.35 |
| Order Code - ETP-BCD | Order Code - ETP-BCDL |
A Combined Harvest
a bumper crop of harvest songs!
By leading writers including Paul Field, Jeff Hammer, Niki Davies, Mark & Helen Johnson, Julie Stanley and Mary Green
Ages 5 - 11
Due to popular demand, we can now offer this definitive bumper crop of 30 harvest time songs for primary children in one songbook, featuring 11 of the best Harvest songs from our existing catalogue and 19 new songs written by established and new writers.
Also available with Words On Screen™, where the lyrics are projected onto a whiteboard and the words and music are synchronized.
| The Classic Package: Book & 2 x Audio CDs - £25.95 |
The Full Words On Screen Package: Book, 2 x Audio CDs & CD Rom - £39.95 |
| Order Code - ACH-BCD | Order Code - ACH-BCW |
June 2008
Mark & Helen Johnson write their first pantomime
Mark and Helen Johnson have just completed writing their first ever pantomime entitled Cinderella & Rockerfella.
This exciting new musical for key stage two is a witty re-write of the classic Cinderella story and features firm pantomime favorites ‘the two ugly sisters’ and ‘Buttons’. The script is being written by Sue Langwade who has previously worked with Mark and Helen on books including The Peace Child.
The CD is being recorded in the next couple of weeks and Cinderella & Rockerfella will be one of the key new releases for Out of the Ark in September. Titles include: Tonight’s The Night, A Friend Like You and If I Had One Wish.
June 2008
Search for a Songwriter winner to release first Nativity musical
Out of the Ark and Child Education magazine’s ‘Search for a Songwriter’ competition winner Nikki Lewis, is about to release her first nativity musical. Born In A Barn will be released by Out of the Ark at the start of July and is a charming take on the Christmas Nativity aimed at 3-7 year olds and priced at £19.95.
Titles comprise: Shh, Don’t Wake The Baby, It’s A Long Way On A Donkey, Don’t Worry Mary, No Room No Room, Wake Up Shepherds, We Are Camels, He’s The King and Born In A Barn.
Nikki’s ‘Search for a Songwriter’ winning song ‘Colours of the World’ was included in the My World series title, ‘My World – Colours And Patterns’.
June 2008
‘Animals’ to be added to the My World series
The long awaited new title in the My World series of subject based, resource songbooks comes out at the beginning of July. ‘My World – Animals’ will be the seventh release in this range of books. The subject of ‘Animals’ was chosen from feedback given by teachers visiting our exhibition stand at last year’s Education Show in Birmingham and also from emails and letters sent in to the company. Once again the songs have been composed by leading children’s writers including Mark and Helen Johnson, Niki Davies and Mary Green & Julie Stanley.
Book & CD: 18.95 Ages: 4-7s
Titles are as follows: I Never Saw A Dinosaur, Baby Animals, You Wouldn’t Have A Pig As A Pet, If You Were A Turkey, Animals, My Dragon, Home, The Elephant Dance, Mine’s A Mutt, The Animal Train, When The Sun Goes Down and You Will Never Meet A Dodo.
June 2008
Out of the Ark launches brand new website
Welcome to the brand new Out of the Ark website. We hope you will enjoy browsing through our titles and will find all of the information that you need to select the perfect songbook, musical or nativity.
This website will be updated frequently with exciting offers, resources and news of what’s in production and what our writers are up to. You will also find buying through our website a safe and pleasurable experience and if you sign up to our email newsletters, you will hear about new books, discounts and events – hot off the press!
At Out of the Ark your feedback on our books is invaluable; so do let us have your ideas, reviews and suggestions.
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