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Original, award winning music to excite and inspire children to move.
Perfect for the classroom, P.E. lessons, nursery settings or just great to dance and sing along to at home.
Linking to the EYFS framework and KS1 Curriculum, these albums comprise of a variety of music from around the world that include a toe tapping, foot stomping, thigh slapping, tummy tickling, hand clapping, instrument playing, lycra pulling, parachute waving, bottom wriggling fun filled learning experience for both teacher/carers and children alike.
- Going on a Journey – Songs to motivate children to move, developing physical skills. Take a ride on the magic carpet whilst we travel around the world to the rhythm of the jungle, the tropical island, the animals of Oz and count the fish in the sea. Going on a journey makes learning fun!
- Learning Through Play – Includes 20 songs for imaginative play. Draw with your magic finger over the rainbow, stop off to help Mick to fix an aeroplane, go spinning with Teddy, flying with friends, dancing with clowns as well as sing along to traditional favourites. Learning through play makes learning fun.
- Lark in the Park – Hey you! can you!, Nursery Rhyme Medley, Lark in the park, Grandpa Joe, Pegging out the washing, Throw your scarves in the air, Run on the spot, The Entertainer, Hop little Bunnies, Country Dancing, Rocking my teddy, Travel around the world, I forgot my hat (winter version) Greek Instrumental, Five Baby Worms, On the Pogo, Paddle in the sea, Duck says Quack Quack Quack, Ey Ey Yippee, Wise Old Owl.
- Chase the Rhythm – Songs to motivate children to move, developing both the body and brain. Dance like a chicken, catch the flavour of the ice cream, enjoy splashing in the puddles, be a rock and roll star, move with the groove to the disco with dough. Chase the Rhythm makes learning fun.
Each CD also has a corresponding activity pack available which highlights the areas of development, observational opportunities, words to the songs and extension activities. A healthy, fun and stimulating resource for the EYFS and KS1 to promote listening, coordination, sharing, spatial awareness and more!
How will the world look in millions of years? Nobody knows, but we can make some informed guesses, based on how the world looked in the past, Our Future is wild photopack and activity book shows a world that is fictional, but scientifically possible.
You can use this photopack across the whole breadth of the curriculum to captivate and fascinate children and enhance their learning experience.
- English – Creative writing, description, interpreting and writing non-fiction text, drama script and poetry writing.
- Mathematics – Calculating heights, lengths and weights, working to scales, calculating probability.
- Science – Diversity, variation, grouping and classification, adaptation to habitat and change, food chains, survival, predation, competition and extinction.
- Geography – World map, the continents, tectonic processes and continental drift, climates and conditions, ecosystems, variety and change.
- Art and Design – Devising, illustrating and modelling, future habitats and living things.
- Music – Creating music to describe creatures and their movements.
- Design and technology – Designing and making creatures of the future.
- Citizenship – Responsibility for the environment
All of the animals in this resource are unlikely, but possible! Scientists have calculated their weights and sizes; they have worked out how they will move, feed and reproduce.
Humankind has been eliminated from the picture. You can imagine that we became extinct in a global catastrophe, or destroyed ourselves. Or maybe we have travelled to another planet to start again. In this future, the plants and animals are free to roam and evolve.
Future is Wild poster also available.
Remember, Remember the 5th of November… The history of this old rhyme is set in Jacobean England in the 17th century.
In 1603 Queen Elizabeth I died. King James VI of Scotland was crowned as James I of England too. Elizabeth had been very hard on catholic people and they hoped James would be kinder but soon some Catholics started to think James was not helping enough and a group of men led by a man called Robert Catesby plotted to use gunpowder to blow up the House of Lords and assassinate the king at the State opening of Parliament. One of the plotters was a soldier called Guy, or Guildo, Fawkes.
The plotters dug a hole for the gunpowder in a wall under Parliament and they piled barrels in, hiding them behind planks of wood but the plot went wrong! One of the plotters wrote a letter and sent it to his friend Lord Monteagle. The letter warned him not to go to the opening and that ‘they shall receive a terrible blow this Parliament’. Monteagle showed the letter to the King which led to a search of the cellars and the discovery of Guy Fawkes, hiding with the gunpowder and fuse. The other plotters fled from London to hide.
Guy Fawkes was questioned about the other members of the plot. At first he refused to give any information, but he was tortured in the Tower of London until he named his co-conspirators. The other plotters were caught and found guilty of high treason. They were condemned to death, to be hung drawn and quartered. Their heads were put on stakes on the city walls to warn other rebels.
Ever since, people have celebrated the 5th November with bonfires and fireworks to commemorate the failure of the plot. We celebrate because the King was not killed and the Parliament was not blown up.
Wildgoose related resources:
Are you signed up to take part in No Pens Day? It is a day created to encourage schools and settings to put down their pens and run a day of speaking and listening activities.
Speaking and listening is extremely important for children’s development and this is a really exciting and challenging day to encourage classroom communication.
We have several Wildgoose resources that could help you plan your day.. without the need of a pen!
- Musical instruments lotto
- Our School Aerial Photography Pack – Everything you need to study the local area
- Desktop Planning Kit – Flowchart Sequencing Cards – Work in a team to create the correct sequence
- Know the UK board game
- Story of the year blank timeline – Use pictures and labels – remember, no pens allowed!
- Aux Magasins (French Shopping Game)
So, what are you waiting for? Put down your pen and pick up your language!
The European Day of Languages is a time to celebrate the 6,000+ languages spoken around the world and to promote language learning and having multilingual fun.
European Day of languages has some great sharing resources available here.
In most languages you will find words that are unique to that language and/or culture. Here are just a few English, French and Spanish ones..
English
- higgledy-piggledy: disordered, jumbled, not neat and tidy. According to Oxford Dictionary, probably used initially with reference to the disordered herding together of pigs
- dilly-dally: to move or act too slowly
French
- yaourt: English pop music sung without any understanding of the meaning; singing to create something that sounds like English pop music but actually isn’t (literally, yoghurt)
- chabrot: to put red wine in your soup, when there is little soup left
Spanish
- chupotero: a person who works little but has several salaries
- jajajear: to laugh in a mocking way
Here at Wildgoose, we have some great language resources to help stimulate your pupils and make learning another language fun! We also have a range of resources to expand your knowledge of the European union.
- European union photopack
- European flags and facts cards
- Around Europe snap cards
- European bunting
- Let’s explore the European union interactive CD
- Simple Europe map
All of our resources can be seen online or you can view our digital catalogue.
Are you ready to talk like a Pirate on 19th September? It was a day created in 1995 and has grown in popularity each year.
Even Facebook allows you to change your language to ‘Pirate’ (From your Facebook home page, scroll down to the bottom of the adverts in the right hand column, click on the language setting and choose ‘English (Pirate) and your screen will be translated. Aaaaaaarrhh!
To really immerse the class in the topic, how about turning part of the classroom, or even the whole classroom, into a pirate ship or treasure island? Lots of learning can be derived from planning and setting up such an area, including speaking and listening, writing lists and ideas, problem-solving, experimenting with construction techniques, counting and measuring.
Our KS1 cross-curricular Pirates topic pack is designed to appeal to children’s natural interests and provide opportunities for creative teaching and learning. The emphasis is on exciting practical work across all areas of the curriculum. Worksheets, display materials and curriculum links included.
Secret codes, treasure, maps, islands, pirate ships, storms at sea, pirate costumes, the history of pirates, and of course, the colourful language associated with pirates – these are all fantastic ways to enthuse children and get them learning. Yo, ho, ho!
Lookit me website for more great ideas..Aaaaaaarrhh!
Our new edition catalogue can now be viewed online! Updated over the Summer, it contains all of our fabulous new resources!
View it HERE
Roald Dahl was one of the world’s most popular children’s authors, publishing 21 children’s books (as well as many adult stories) including the well-loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and James and the Giant Peach.
Learn more about this writing legend with our author profiles poster, it features a photo of the author and biographical information to provide an overview of his life and work. Includes teachers notes containing classroom activities.
Some great lesson plans can also be found here.
Happy Birthday Roald!
On September 8th, 2015, show the world the importance of literacy by celebrating International Literacy Day. The aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies.
www.internationalliteracyday.org have a full list of classroom ideas to download and if you register your activity they will send you resources and information as International Literacy Day approaches to help you prepare for the event.
Some interesting facts:
- 775 million adults in the world are illiterate, two thirds of them are women
- 52% of illiterates live in India and China
- 1 in 5 adults could not read this
- 67 million primary school aged children are not in school
So what are you waiting for? Help rediscover the joys of reading and writing while raising awareness for those without access to education.
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