Curriculum Crunchers: Maths is the perfect formula for turning KS2 maths topics into catchy, fun songs.
Packed full of lots of inventive ways to embed key maths facts, there are short revision jingles on topics such as square numbers, cube numbers, area, mean average and perimeter; longer songs to unpack a concept further, covering factors, angles, place value, triangles and much more; and four essential times tables songs for nailing the 7, 8, 9 and 12 times tables.
Curriculum Crunchers: English is the perfect complement to KS2 English language lessons, turning core grammatical concepts into catchy, fun songs.
Packed full of lots of inventive ways to embed key learning, there are short revision jingles covering pronouns, prepositions, coordinating conjunctions, subordinate clause and comparatives; songs to deal with tenses, word types, alliteration, synonyms, punctuation and much more; and general songs about interesting vocabulary and formal/informal language.
In 2017, in collaboration with Professor Susan Hallam MBE and the Milton Keynes and Sheffield Music Hubs, Out of the Ark Music conducted a major research project into the most effective ways of integrating music (and singing in particular) into the school curriculum.
As schools return, many have developed or are developing recovery curriculums (based on the excellent work of Barry Carpenter, Professor in Mental Health in Education at Oxford Brookes University) to help repair the damage done by the COVID-19 outbreak, and it is clear that this year will need even more careful thought than usual.
Flora and fauna might sound like the latest double act (think Ant and Dec), but they are in fact two amazing aspects of nature. Flora is the general term for plants and flowers and fauna for animals. Here are some ideas to challenge children to find out more about flora!
