Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Indestructible by Becky Hill x Andy C with Southampton and Isle of Wight Music, then try it out with the performance video.
Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to ‘Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy’ by The Tams with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!
Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to ‘You Can Do It’ by Dolly Parton with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!
Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to It Doesn’t Matter by Nick Cope, with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!
Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Survivor by Destiny’ Child, with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!
Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Unbreakable by Janelle Monáe & Kelly Clarkson from UglyDolls, with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!
Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Best Day of My Life by American Authors With Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.
Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!
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
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
Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion to A Friend Like You by Andy Grammer with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music Hubs.
Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!
Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion to Every Snowflake Is Different (Just Like You) by My Chemical Romance for Yo Gaba Gaba.
Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!
Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Dreamers by Jungkook (from BTS) feat. Fahad Al Kubaisi 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 Beneath the Winter Snow composed 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
We are excited to be sharing with you the resources for our Christmas song for 2022, Beneath the Winter Snow. This song was composed by Jo Downs. With Christmas fast approaching, we hope this will bring you into the Christmas spirit!
Below you can download and listen to the audio of Beneath the Winter Snow.
Below you will find the lyrics for Beneath the Winter Snow, outlining the lyrics for both the main melody and the harmony parts of the song. You will also find the Score, for you to learn the instrumental part of the song.
We are delighted to be able to share with you a new set of vocal resources for Black History Month this year around the UK theme in 2022 which is ‘Time for Change: Action not Words’. We have two songs which we are workshopping in schools this month which we are also sharing in the song bank for you to make use of in the classroom if you would like to do so.
Our original track this year ‘Time for Change’ was composed By @JT_UK_, Produced by @Lovemade_Muru both local artists. You will find an instrumental only version of this, one that includes a vocal chorus with 16 bar gaps for you to write some rap lyrics plus a lyrics document for the verse and outlining the structure of the song. This version is more suitable for KS3 and up.
Also included is a version of our song from last year by Jo Downs with new lyrics by Nia Collins around the theme for BHM this year Time for Change which you may find is more suitable for KS2 pupils. Again you will find a backing track and lyrics for this below.
Key Stage 2
Learn Makaton signs, singing and body percussion for Roar by Katy Perry 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 Good Times by Chic 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 Power in Me by Rebecca Lawrence 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 Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) by Shakira feat. Freshlyground, 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 Our World Our Future, written by Jo Downs for the Isle of Wight Mardi Gras in association with the New Carnival Company, then try it out with the performance video.