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Listen and celebrate introduces a selection of 15 pieces from a range of time periods, countries and styles, celebrating the people who wrote the music and offering an immersive experience through active listening and composing activities.As well as supporting National Curriculum objectives for Key Stages 1 and 2, this book will help bring breadth and depth to children’s musical experience and understanding, offering a glimpse of the huge variety of music in the world and featuring composers from a range of backgrounds and experiences.Features:• Background information to provide context and inspire• Active listening activities for Key Stages 1 and 2• Composing activities for Key Stages 1 and 2• Beautifully illustrated whiteboard displays Please note audio is NOT supplied as part of this resource, but guidance is given on how to find recordings online.

Listen and celebrate Key Stage 3 is designed to help teachers enrich and diversify Key Stage 3 music by introducing a selection of 15 pieces from a range of countries and styles, celebrating the people who wrote the music and offering an immersive experience through active listening and composing activities.As well as supporting National Curriculum objectives for Key Stage 3, this book will help bring breadth and depth to students’ musical experience and understanding, offering a glimpse of the huge variety of music in the world and featuring composers from a range of backgrounds and experiences.Features:• Background information to provide context and inspire• Active listening activities• Composing activities• Guidance on differentiation and assessment• ‘Taking it further’ ideasOnline resources:• Display sheets• Information sheets to provide further context• Composition planning sheets• Supporting visual sheets• Links to video clips Please note audio is NOT supplied as part of this resource, but guidance is given on how to find recordings online.

Have you ever wondered why music is so powerful? Want to know why it impacts what we feel? Written by musical expert Professor Nathan Holder, The World of Music and How it Moves Us will tell you everything you need to know.This book . . .· explores music, how it is all around us, and how it can be used to spark change· gives you the facts, figures, and words you need to speak like a musician · will inspire you with photographs, illustrations, funny comic strips, and the stories of music heroes The Very Short Introductions for Curious Young Minds series from Oxford University Press provides accessible introductions to the ideas, facts, and vocabulary behind an absorbing range of subjects. Meticulously researched and authoritative but written in simple language by experts in their fields, curious young readers will quickly get to grips with the basic principles and terminology of each subject. Why not collect them all? For more incredible information, look out for Your Intelligent Brain and How You Use It.

Have you heard of a bermibau? How about a theremin, or a sitar? They're names of musical instruments! Read this book to learn about incredible instruments from around the world. Instruments from Around the World is at Oxford Reading Level 11. It is for readers aged 7 to 11 years old who are working below expected standard in their reading. The Readerful Rise series ensures that older struggling readers have books with age-appropriate content and topics, that look like the books their peers are enjoying, but are written at a level they can read successfully.

This pack contains six copies of each of the Readerful Rise Pack A titles at Oxford Reading Level 11: The Adventures of Daisy and Red: Moonbow Rescue; A Magnet for Mayhem; The Gladiator Who Couldn't Stop Hiccuping; What's Going on with the Weather?; Instruments from Around the World; The Dragons of Moonstone Mountain. These books are for readers aged 7 to 11 years old. They are for pupils who are working below expected standard in their reading. The Rise series ensures that older struggling readers have books with age-appropriate content and topics, that look like the books their peers are enjoying, but are written at a level they can read successfully.

This pack contains six books. There is one copy of each of the Readerful Rise titles at Oxford Reading Level 11: The Adventures of Daisy and Red: Moonbow Rescue; A Magnet for Mayhem; The Gladiator Who Couldn't Stop Hiccuping; What's Going on with the Weather?; Instruments from Around the World; The Dragons of Moonstone Mountain. These books are for readers aged 7 to 11 years old. They are for pupils who are working below expected standard in their reading. The Rise series ensures that older struggling readers have books with age-appropriate content and topics, that look like the books their peers are enjoying, but are written at a level they can read successfully.