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

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to The Bag Song by Nick Cope 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 along to 5 Little Speckled Frogs by Hey Duggee 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 along to Dear Earth by Sesame Street 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 along to The Forest Song by Nick Cope 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 along to It’s All Our Planet by Nick Cope 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 along to Outdoors by Jason Mraz and Sesame Street 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 along to Let’s Talk A Walk by Nick Cope 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 What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong.

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 Seasons with Duggee.

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 Here Comes the Sun.

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 I’m a Little Lizard by Nick Cope.

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 A Flower In The Garden.

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 and body percussion for Mr Blue Sky by ELO then try it out with the performance video.

LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS, BODY PERCUSSION AND THE SIGNS

PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — PLAY, SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG

Join in with our new 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 Kelly where you can!

Join in with our new 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 Kelly where you can!

with Welsh National Opera (WNO) — Early Years and Key Stage 1

Learn to sing the song and the all the Makaton signs for this traditional song with opera singers from WNO

LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS AND THE SIGNS

PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG

BACKING TRACK - TO PRACTICE WITHOUT THE VIDEO

Key Stage 2

Learn Makaton signs for What A Wonderful World sung by Louis Armstrong then try it out with the performance video.

LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS AND THE SIGNS

PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG

with Welsh National Opera (WNO) — Early Years and Key Stage 1

Learn to sing the song and the all the Makaton signs for this traditional with opera singers from WNO

LEARNING VIDEO — LEARN THE LYRICS AND THE SIGNs

PERFORM ALONG VIDEO — SING AND SIGN ALONG THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG

backing track - to practice without the video

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Podcast Episode 7