Music

• Singing in tune can be learnt through regular practice, correct breathing and posture and concentrated listening. Divide children into small groups. Listen to the song and let the children practice singing the song in their groups, focusing on singing in tune. Each group sings the song to the rest of the class.
• Group assessment – ask if they were to sing the song again would they do anything differently? Did they think they sang in tune?
• Sing to the instrumental version.

Dance

• Listen to “We Love to Sing” and ask children to suggest ideas for moves to go with the song.
• Children view the video song on YouTube.
• Play the instrumental version of the song and match your moves.

Mathematics

• Each child votes on who they thought was the best singing group. Count the votes and discuss the data e.g. the best group, the same, the difference etc.

Literacy

• Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning “Do it, see it and hear it!”

Print out the song PDF

• Read the song lyrics – ask children a variety of questions.
• Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
• Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. “ ” ! ? . ,
• Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
• Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
• Word study – phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.