Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to The Message by Jo Downs with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
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Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Donkey, Don't Stop! by Jo Downs with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
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Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to A Big Night in Bethlehem by Jo Downs with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
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Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Happy Happy Happy by London Rhymes with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
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Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Music Is in Everything by Ziggy Marley with Lisa Loeb with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
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Below you find the songs and resources for our 2024 Christmas Songbook! This year after listening feedback from teachers we have focused our songs around the nativity story. Each song will tell the Christmas story sequentially and features varying styles and genres of music. Sign and sing video resources for each song will be added to our YouTube channel to support this and are embedded below.
Below you will find 6 songs - the first three have been written with Key Stage 1 pupils in mind and the last three are aimed at Key Stage 2 but any of them could be sung by either group if appropriate in your setting. For each song resource there is a guide track including vocals, a backing track and a pdf of the vocal score along with a lyrics document for printing and a powerpoint for easy display and learning along with the signing videos.
The tracks are as follows:
The Message (KS1)
Donkey, Don’t Stop! (KS1)
A Big Night in Bethlehem (KS1)
Under the Moonlit Sky (KS2)
Herod - A Puppet King (KS2)
Anthem for a Better World (KS2)
Thanks to:
Composer Jo Downs
PowerPoint resources Anna Thompsett
Illustrations Mabel Thompsett
Makaton content Vicky Trevithick
Recording & Editing Aidan Hampson
Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to We Belong Together by Randy Newman from Toy Story 3 with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
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Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Let’s Be Friends by London Rhymes with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
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Southampton Songbook 2014
The Southampton Songbook is a collection of original songs composed especially for the 50@50 project – a celebration of 50 events to mark 50 years of Southampton’s city status. Schools and individuals were invited to compose songs about Southampton’s people, places and history. The songs were mostly written with children and young people in mind (schools and choirs), however adults and community choirs may also find this book a useful resource to add to their repertoire.
Each song contains original lyrics and in some cases, children from several primary schools in Southampton have played a key part not only in writing the lyrics, but also offering ideas for the melodic, creative and stylistic content.
Find the complete songbook with lyrics and musical scores via the button below.
Find all of the downloadable audio files for the Southampton Songbook below.
We're All Here From Around The World - Big Summer Sing 2017
The songs are appropriate for both KS1 and KS2. Some could be sung in English if language is prohibitive or certain songs could work if pupils just sing in the chorus or just the responses.
Songs collected and adapted by composer and choir leader Fiona Funnell (www.fionafunnell.co.uk), accompanied by Julian Harrow on several ukuleles. The CD gives you the opportunity to learn the song and sing without the vocals if you wish.
Find the complete lyrics with actions, musical scores and teaching notes for We're All Here From Around The World (Big Summer Sing) via the buttons below.
Find all of the downloadable audio files for the We're All Here From Around The World (Big Summer Sing) below.
Big African Sing - Southampton Schools Music Association
Compiled and arranged by Kath Page, Nia Collins and Matt Brombley.
Find the complete lyrics with actions, musical scores and teaching notes for the Big African Sing in the resource pack via the button below.
Find all of the downloadable audio files for the Big African Sing below.
PSHE - Big Spring Sing 2018
Find the complete lyrics with actions, musical scores and teaching notes for the PSHE (Big Spring Sing) via the buttons below.
Find all of the downloadable audio files for the PSHE (Big Spring Sing) below.
The Worlds Around Us - Big Summer Sing
With original songs by Leah Mills, transcribed by Kath Page.
Find the complete lyrics with actions, musical scores and teaching notes for The World Around Us (Big Summer Sing) in the songbook via the button below.
Find all of the downloadable audio files for The World Around Us (Big Summer Sing) below.
Every Story Rocks! (Storytelling - Big Spring Sing 2016)
Songs about storytelling, with original songs written and illustrated by Fiona Funnell. Accompanied and recorded by Julian Harrow.
Find the complete lyrics with actions, musical scores and teaching notes for the Storytelling Big Spring Sing in the music pack via the button below.
Find all of the downloadable audio files for the Storytelling Big Spring Sing below.
Sports (Big Spring Sing 2014)
Find the complete lyrics with actions, musical scores and teaching notes for the Sports Big Spring Sing in the music pack via the button below.
Find all of the downloadable audio files for the Sports Big Spring Sing below.
Solent Shanty Sing includes existing shanties and new songs written for and about Southampton, Isle of White, Portsmouth and wider Hampshire. Some of the shanties in this book were collected locally by the folk song collectors of the early 1900s and can be found in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library online. Many of the songs were inspired by school children who contributed ideas and drawings, and sometimes words. Songs can be adapted and song arrangements are very flexible.
This book was curated, compiled, arranged, designed and sometimes composed by sound artist and composer Dr Emily Peasgood, with the support of musicians Dani Osoba and Sam Slattery.
The Songbook (PDF), lyrics presentation, and all audio files are accessible via the buttons below.
The Biosphere Big Sing Songbook includes the following songs:
Suggested songs for Key Stage 1:
Cheer for the Biosphere (Jo Downs)
Blue Whale Blues (Portsmouth Music Hub)
Plastic Pollution (Portsmouth Music Hub)
Recycling Rumba (Portsmouth Music Hub)
Suggested songs for Key Stage 2 and 3:
Protect Our Island (2 part harmony options) (Jo Downs)
Nurdles (Portsmouth Music Hub)
Put it in the Bin (Portsmouth Music Hub)
Tidy Up The Beach (Portsmouth Music Hub)
One World (2 part harmony options) (Portsmouth Music Hub)
Endangered Species (2 part harmony options) (Jo Downs)
IOW music collaborated with the IOW AONB team (now IW National Lapdscapes) who were successful in bidding for the IOW Unesco Biosphere Reserve status. For this project they helped us to create a list of 10 things you can do to help your Biosphere which appears in the song “Protect Our Island”. These 10 things were extrapolated from the 17 UN Sustainability Development Goals
Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
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Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Get Sporty by Nina and the Neurons with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
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We are continuing our collaboration with The New Carnival Company to create and write with young people a new anthem to perform at Mardi Gras linked to their theme for this year.
Schools signed up will receive a free creative workshop from the hub in the summer term to learn the chorus and create their own musical theme to sing, stomp, chant or play before the parade heads off on the day in July 2024!
You can hear the chorus for the new theme here and have a look at the music below.
