Songs and music are powerful tools for learning and revising core concepts. Our classroom songbooks put that power in your hands! Using a song in history to remember dates, or in numeracy to help remember number bonds, can be a powerful tool for a teacher, and a really easy way to accommodate pupils learning styles while everyone has fun together!



 
 

CURRICULUM CRUNCHERS: SCIENCE

Science just got more contagious!

Dive into this songbook jam-packed with jingles and catchy songs that are easy to love and hard to forget! With such wide coverage of the national KS2 Science Curriculum, as well as being science-expert approved, you can trust that this book has got you covered and will jazz up any science lesson! From Disgusting Digestion! to States Of Matter and Muscles And Bones, this book is truly science on a plate!

 
 
 

More and more research is coming through regarding cognitive load, and the recognition that music and singing are tools that can really help focus and improve children’s memory for information. Singing cuts through distraction and highlights the important details and if learning is fun, children engage, and if they engage – they’ll remember. In 2017 Out of the Ark worked with professor Susan Hallam MBE to look at how songs can, among other things, improve attainment in the classroom. You can you can read more about the project here.
 
 

INSPIRATION

Our Favourite Children’s Books

We are bonkers about books here at Out of the Ark – picture books, non-fiction books, big books, small books, songbooks – the whole lot! Get to know a few of our team members and discover their favourite children’s books.

The Story Of Sparkyard

Sparkyard, our brand-new subscription service, is on its way and we thought we'd tell you a little bit about how Sparkyard came to be - the 'why' behind Sparkyard. We know that Sparkyard is positively going to impact schools, teachers and children all around the UK!

Spotlight on: That's What I Call A Class Assembly! Series

The That’s What I Call A Class Assembly! series for ages 5–11 has been specially designed for classroom teachers as a teaching aid to support, consolidate and reinforce learning in key topics. These books really do bring the curriculum to life!