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[email protected] sagegateshead.com Project supported by The Kavli Charitable Trust Contents Page Dance by the Light of the Moon 5 Sansa Kroma 8 Tingalayo 10 Migrate, Migrate 13 Kis Nay Banaaya 16 It’s Chilly in the Arctic 19 O Sapo 22 How Can Animals Survive the Winter? 25 Australia 28 Get Down with the Animals 31 CD track list 34 Gets Down with the Animals | page 3 Introduction The Big Sing for Mini Singers is an annual event at Sage Gateshead. Children and teachers take part in a concert either in the hall Sage Two of our building, or in their school hall, after getting some training and workshop input from musicians to support them to learn the music in this pack. The repertoire is aimed at reception and KS1 children, but many of the songs will also be suitable for older primary children and children with additional learning needs. The theme this year is animals, and in ten songs we learn about a wide range of creatures in different habitats. We will travel around the world to Ghana, Brazil, the Caribbean, India, Australia and the Arctic, and sing about how animals and birds live in those places. We will learn about nocturnal animals, migrating animals, and some songs allow us to create new verses for our favourite animals or make-believe ones. Each song has tips for singing it, cross-curricular links and suggested activities, plus linked stories and resources. Backing tracks are available for all of the songs, and some harmony ideas are offered in case any teachers have choirs or are confident leading songs in parts, but all the songs work by themselves without harmonies or backing tracks.