Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Brave by Don Diablo and Jessie J with Southampton and Isle of Wight Music, then try it out with the performance video.
We are so excited to have collaborated with local artists Shannon B and producer Sera Bless for 2024’s Black History Month song on a theme of Reclaiming Narratives; showcasing untold stories, correcting historical inaccuracies, challenging the narratives that have often overlooked the contributions and achievements of Black individuals.
Below you will find a KS2/KS3 music curriculum resource to go alongside the song outlining the topic, researching the themes and writing your own verse to fit with the existing chorus and example verse.
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
Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Little Bit of Love by Tom Grennan with Southampton and Isle of Wight Music, then try it out with the performance video.
LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS, SINGING, BODY PERCUSSION AND THE SIGNS
PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — PLAY, SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG
Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Faith by Stevie Wonder featuring Ariana Grande with Southampton and Isle of Wight Music, then try it out with the performance video.
LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS, SINGING, BODY PERCUSSION AND THE SIGNS
PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — PLAY, SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG
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.
Southampton Is The Best - Hightown Primary School
Three Cheers for Southampton - A. Jones
S is for Southampton - L. Mills
Come Along with Me - Jo Downs
The Legend of Sir Bevois - Jo Downs
Deep in the Heart of Southampton - Bitterne Park Primary School
Samba Round The Solent - A. Mills
Shopping at West Quay - A-M. Taylor
The Ships Sail In - Jo Downs
African Choral Exchange
Find the complete lyrics with actions, musical scores and teaching notes for the African Choral Exchange via the buttons below.
Find all of the downloadable audio files for the African Choral Exchange below.
Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) - Shakira
Try Everything - Shakira (from Zootropolis)
Growth Mindset & Emotional Literacy
Power In Me - Rebecca Lawrence
Growth Mindset & Emotional Literacy
Happy (For Kenya) - Pharrell Williams
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.
Latvia
Bangladesh
England
Senegal
France
UK, Original Song
Poland
South Africa
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.
Below you will find all the vocal resources for this project with downloadable sound files, scores and lyric sheets.
Songs by theme:
Growth Mindset: “What You Leave Behind” & “Mayflower 400”
Emotional Literacy: “You Don’t Know a Thing” & “It All Hangs in the Balance”
Hourglass
Music by Rebecca Applin
Book by Rebecca Applin and Susannah Pearse
Lyrics by Susannah Pearse
Make Full Sail
2. Seek It With Thimbles
3. It All Hangs In The Balance
Emotional Literacy
4. Mayflower 400
Music & Lyrics by Jo Downs
Growth Mindset
COMPASS
Music and lyrics by Stephanie Jayne Amies
Additional Music and Arrangements by Teddy Clements
Book By Stephanie Jayne Amies and Dinos Aristidou
5. You Don’t Know A Thing
Emotional Literacy
6. Just For You
7. What We Leave Behind
Growth Mindset
FINALE - FROM NOW ON
Music and lyrics by Pasek and Paul
Additional Music and Arrangements by John Bell
8. From Now On
9. The Voyage (Instrumental Piece)
Music by James Redwood
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)
Isle of Wight National Landscapes
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
MARDI GRAS SONGWRITING PROJECT, SUMMER TERM 2024, MARDI GRAS VOCAL WORKSHOP, SUMMER TERM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW CARNIVAL COMPANY
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.
Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Who’s That Pulling The Sleigh! from The Christmas Songbook by Jo Downs with Southampton and Isle of Wight Music Hubs, then try it out with the performance video.
LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS, SINGING, BODY PERCUSSION AND THE SIGNS
PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — PLAY, SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG
Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Green Green Grass by George Ezra with Southampton and Isle of Wight Music Hubs, then try it out with the performance video.
LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS, SINGING, BODY PERCUSSION AND THE SIGNS
PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — PLAY, SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG
Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Never Gonna Not Dance Again by P!NK with Southampton and Isle of Wight Music Hubs, then try it out with the performance video.
LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS, SINGING, BODY PERCUSSION AND THE SIGNS
PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — PLAY, SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG
Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Fearless (Lionheart) by Joel Corry and Tom Grennan with Southampton and Isle of Wight Music Hubs, then try it out with the performance video.
LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS, SINGING, BODY PERCUSSION AND THE SIGNS
PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — PLAY, SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG
Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Dancing Queen by ABBA with Southampton and Isle of Wight Music Hubs, then try it out with the performance video.
LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS, SINGING, BODY PERCUSSION AND THE SIGNS
PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — PLAY, SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG
Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Crown by Stormzy with Southampton and Isle of Wight Music Hubs, then try it out with the performance video.
LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS, SINGING, BODY PERCUSSION AND THE SIGNS
PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — PLAY, SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG
Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for I Just Can't Wait To Be King with Southampton and Isle of Wight Music Hubs, then try it out with the performance video.