Songs and music are powerful tools for learning and revising core concepts. Our classroom songbooks put that power in your hands! Using a song in history to remember dates, or in numeracy to help remember number bonds, can be a powerful tool for a teacher, and a really easy way to accommodate pupils learning styles while everyone has fun together!
More and more research is coming through regarding cognitive load, and the recognition that music and singing are tools that can really help focus and improve children’s memory for information. Singing cuts through distraction and highlights the important details and if learning is fun, children engage, and if they engage – they’ll remember. In 2017 Out of the Ark worked with professor Susan Hallam MBE to look at how songs can, among other things, improve attainment in the classroom. You can you can read more about the project here.
INSPIRATION
Six Songs For A New Term
School is back in session and we’re here to provide the soundtrack to all the excitement. Whether they are already ‘go-to’s or mostly ‘something new’s, these six songs have been written specifically to start your term, day or mood on the right note with some positively joyful music! There’s something for everyone here, from little’uns to the top of the school. Let’s get autumn-term singing under way!
Our Favourite Children’s Books
We are bonkers about books here at Out of the Ark – picture books, non-fiction books, big books, small books, songbooks – the whole lot! Get to know a few of our team members and discover their favourite children’s books.
Spotlight on: That's What I Call A Class Assembly! Series
The That’s What I Call A Class Assembly! series for ages 5–11 has been specially designed for classroom teachers as a teaching aid to support, consolidate and reinforce learning in key topics. These books really do bring the curriculum to life!
