The first song in the series celebrates the achievements of two extraordinary explorers: Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan.

1. Columbus and Magellan

Henry VIII

Elizabeth I

Finding out about the lives of two extraordinary monarchs: Henry VIII and Elizabeth I

2. Henry VIII and Elizabeth I

Samuel Pepys

Finding out about London immediately before the Great Fire including the plague of 1665.

3. Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London - Part 1

Finding out about the Great Fire and singing songs based on well-known nursery rhymes.

4. Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London - Part 2

Today's song is about percussion instruments - including the percussion sounds we can make with our own bodies.

Tip tap, tickle-tickle, bip bap, bong!

Today's song explores wind instruments and introduces weather sounds, mouth sounds, panpipes, whistles, recorders and trumpets.

Blow, blow, blow

Today's song is an action song built around the sounds of the guitar, ukulele and violin.

Twang those strings

The song in today's programme explores voice sounds, keyboards and electronic sounds.

Raise our voices to the sky!

Today's song brings together many of the instruments the children have been learning about in a mini-performance.

Instruments together

Today's song is based on the well-known potato chant, adapted for tomatoes, peas, carrots, with rhythmic munches, crunches and scrunches!

1. One Tomato, Two Tomatoes…

Primary Music KS1 offers music resources supporting the Key Stage 1 music curriculum. It has strong cross-curricular links to other areas of the curriculum, including Literacy.

The song in today's programme is a 'listening-and-doing' action-song, with finger-clicks, knee-taps and low-to-high hand actions for pots and pans, forks, spoons, mugs and plates.

2. The Kitchen Sink

The song in today's programme is a gentle evocation of many fruits - including magic ones!

3. The Song Tree grows apples

The song in today's programme emphasises the scientific aspects of food and has a funky chorus with rock instruments!

4. Growth and energy…amazing food!

The song in today's programme explores how food is a key element in celebrations.

5. Food is for celebration

Nigel Pilkington and Sarah Jane Honeywell present the sixth programme in the series and today's song is 'When I was one I sucked my thumb.'

When I was one I sucked my thumb

Nigel Pilkington and Sarah Jane Honeywell present the fourth programme in the series and today's song is 'Suki over the ocean.'

Suki over the ocean

Nigel Pilkington and Sarah Jane Honeywell present the third programme in the series and today's song is 'My ship sails over the ocean.'

My ship sails over the ocean

Nigel Pilkington and Sarah Jane Honeywell present the second programme in the series and today's song is 'There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.'

There's a hole in the bottom of the sea

Nigel Pilkington and Sarah Jane Honeywell present the first programme in the series and today's song is 'The big ship sails.'

The big ship sails

Nigel Pilkington and Sarah Jane Honeywell present the second of two programmes rehearsing the songs in the series ready for a performance.

Rehearsal and performance 2

Primary Music KS1

Celebrating famous Victorians: the Stephensons, Brunel, Mary Anning and Victoria herself.

7. Stephenson, Anning, Brunel and Queen Victoria

John Logie Baird

The music series ends in the C20th with a celebration of TV and other mass communication.

8. John Logie Baird and mass communication

Nigel Pilkington and Sarah Jane Honeywell present the first of two programmes rehearsing the songs in the series ready for a performance.

Rehearsal and performance 1

Nigel Pilkington and Sarah Jane Honeywell present the fifth programme in the series and today's song is 'A sailor went to sea, sea, sea.'

A sailor went to sea, sea, sea

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