Learning Resources

An alphabetical list of all the educational materials in The Resource Bank

• A Long Time Ago Pulling Chanty -- A sea shanty arranged in two parts for Key Stages 1 and 2
• A Selection of Hand Holds for Social Folk Dancing - a brief, visual overview of some hand holds used for certain figures in social folk dance
• A Roving -- A song arranged in two parts for Key Stages 1 and 2
• Abroad for Pleasure -- A popular chorus song
• An Acre of Land: Key Stages 1 and 2 -- A suite of resources to help use this song across the curriculum
• A Collier Lad -- A song from the 'In Our Own Words' resource pack
• A Sailor's Life KS1 -- A learning resource for KS1 designed to inspire and support primary school teachers and pupils to explore the life of sailors aboard Nelson’s Navy through music, history and literacy
• A Sailor's Life KS2 -- A learning resource for KS2 designed to inspire and support primary school teachers and pupils to explore the life of sailors aboard Nelson's Navy through music, history and literacy
• As I Lay on a Sunny Bank - Carolyn Robson -- A carol arranged by Carolyn Robson
• Awake! Awake! - Carolyn Robson -- A carol arranged by Carolyn Robson
• Banks of Claudy -- A song selected as part of the BBC Radio 2 Cecil Sharp Project
• Barbara Ellen -- A song selected as part of the BBC Radio 2 Cecil Sharp Project
• Barley Mow -- An English chorus song
• Basket and Chairs -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• BBC Radio 2 Cecil Sharp Project -- Resource pack of selected songs
• Bean Setting -- A song selected as part of the BBC Radio 2 Cecil Sharp Project
• Beginners' Guide to British Folk Customs: Plough Monday to Hocktide
• Beginners' Guide to British Folk Customs: May
• Beginners' Guide to Cataloguing The Full English
• Beginners' Guide to English Folk Collectors
• Beginners' Guide to English Folk Costume
• Beginners' Guide to English Folk Dance
• Beginners' Guide to English Folk Song
• Beginners' Guide to English Folk Music
• Beginners' Guide to English Folk Drama
• Black Sailors and sea shanties -- explore the influence of black sailors on sea shanties
• Blue Scars -- A song from the 'In Our Own Words' resource pack
• Bold Pirate -- A song arranged in two parts for Key Stages 1 and 2
• Bristol Folk Songs Pack -- Resource pack of selected songs for Key Stages 1 and 2
• Brother Tradesmen -- A folk song arranged in four parts (SATB)
• Bury Singing Day Pack - Caroline Price -- A resource pack containing information and songs
• Buttered Peas / Butter'd Pease by Sheena Masson -- A folk tune often used for country dancing
• Cambridgeshire Childrens Games -- A resource pack of childrens songs and games
• Ceilidh Band Project -- A learning resource for KS3+ which provides an opportunity for children to learn ceilidh tunes and the dances that go with them
• Cheerful Arn -- A song arranged in two parts for Key Stages 1 and 2
• Coal Mining with Folk Arts and Poetry -- "A resource pack with information, songs and poetry"
• Collier Lads: choral arrangement -- a choral arrangement by Bryony Griffith
• Contemporary Folk Dance Fusion -- A resource for dance teachers and artists (Key Stage 5)
• Country Gardens -- A song selected as part of the BBC Radio 2 Cecil Sharp Project
• Creating a New Song Cycle from Traditional Songs by Jo Freya -- A resource pack with material used and developed for creative music making
• Creative Folk Dance for Primary Schools -- A resource pack containing simple dances
• Curly Headed Ploughboy -- A well known folk tune
• Donkey Riding -- A sea shanty
• Down the Wagon Way -- An orchestral arrangement of a folk tune
• Essex Folk Song Discovery
• Essex Folk Song Discovery: Coastal Songs
• False Lamkin: Teaching Notes for Key Stage 3 -- Background notes on a dramatic ballad (Key Stages 2 and 3)
• Fathom the Bowl / Punch Ladle -- A popular chorus song
• Folk and Traditional Music: to accompany a performance by the National Youth Folk Ensemble and Leveret
• Folk Chorus Songs Selection -- A resource pack containing folk chorus songs
• Folk Music: A Resource for Creative Music Making (Key Stages 3 and 4) -- A resource pack exploring folk songs and tunes
• Folk Music in Schools -- a mini documentary showing The Full English learning programme and focusing on how folk music was used in schools across England
• Fun with Folk -- 15 folk songs for children
• Here We Come A-Wassailing - Ian Stephenson -- A folk song arrangement for wind band and choir
• Hopping Down in Kent -- A folk song from Singing Histories
• How Many Miles to London Town? -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• I Love English Folk Dance - a short film demonstrating the diversity and vitality of English folk dance
• In our own words: exploring coal mining through folk song -- folk songs and activities for use in schools
• Introduction to playing folk music: working with intermediate and advanced players new to folk music -- advice, exercises and tunes for teaching folk music to musicians unfamiliar with the idiom
• Jim the Carter Lad -- A harvest song
• John Barleycorn -- A harvest song
• Jolly Waggoner -- A folk song arranged in three parts
• Laudnum Bunches -- A song selected as part of the BBC Radio 2 Cecil Sharp Project
• Lavender -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• London Bridge is Broken Down -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• London Lights -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• London Steamer -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• London Wherryman -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• Lovely Nancy -- A folk song arrangement in two parts
• Lubin -- A folk song suitable for vocal warm ups
• Mariners of England -- A folk song arrangement for school choir (SATB)
• Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• Morris Contemporary -- "A resource pack introducing creative, contemporary use of morris dance in the school curriculum"
• My Own Sweet Native Vale -- A folk song arrangement in three parts
• Oats and Beans and Barley -- A harvest song
• Pleasant and Delightful -- A popular chorus song
• Pony Driver -- a song from the 'In Our Own Words' resource pack
• Press Gang -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• Rapper Set for Brass Band - Oatlands House -- A traditional jig, that can accompany rapper dancing, arranged for for brass band
• Rapper Set for Brass Band - Tekely -- A traditional jig, that can accompany rapper dancing, arranged for brass band
• Rapper Set for KS2 Instruments - a dance for 1811 -- A traditional jig, that can accompany rapper dancing, arranged for KS2 musicians
• Rapper Set for KS2 Instruments - Yorkshire Tune -- A traditional jig, that can accompany rapper dancing, arranged for KS2 musicians
• Sally Walker -- A folk song suitable for vocal warm ups
• Sea Songs and Shanties Pack -- A resource pack for Key Stages 1 and 2
• Sea Songs and Shanties for Tall Ships -- A Maritime Folk Song Resource for Greenwich
• Seeds of Love -- A song selected as part of the BBC Radio 2 Cecil Sharp Project
• Seven Songs of Harvest -- A pack of seven folk songs with notation for Key Stages 1 and 2
• Shepherd's Hey -- A popular folk tune
• Shots Fired -- a song from the 'In Our Own Words' resource pack
• Singing Histories -- Booklets and resources containing folk songs from around the country
• Singing Histories: London -- Resources for teaching folk songs from London
• Six Folk Arrangements for Youth Ensembles -- six arrangements of traditional English folk tunes
• Songs from the James Madison Carpenter Folk Collection
• Songs of Rural Life: accessibility and adaptability in SEN settings -- three folk songs with Makaton symbols and advice for their use in Special Educational Needs settings
• Speed the Plough -- A well known folk tune
• Stanley and Dora -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• Storytelling Using Folk Ballads in Secondary Schools - Amy Douglas -- A resource pack with storytelling exercises
• Sweet Nightingale -- A popular chorus song
• Swords and Stars: Rapper Dance for Primary Schools -- A resource for teachers and dance artists working with primary school age pupils
• The Evercreech Hornpipe -- A folk tune arrangement in three parts
• The Factory Operatives Call on Humanity -- A folk song arranged in four parts (SATB)
• The Farmer's Boy / To be a Farmer's Boy -- A harvest song
• The Galloping Dash -- A folk tune arrangement in four parts
• The Green Grass -- A harvest song
• The Hundred Haymakers -- A harvest song
• The Miner's Dream -- a song from the 'In Our Own Words' resource pack
• The Summer's Morning -- A folk tune arrangement for orchestra
• The Trees They're So High -- A folk song arranged in three parts
• The Wensley Jig -- A folk tune arranged in four parts
• There's a Nice Field of Turnips Over There -- A harvest song
• Three Folk Tunes for Secondary School -- A resource pack of three folk tunes (Key Stages 3 and 4)
• Three Ravens -- A folk song arranged in three parts
• Three Ravens - Ian Stephenson -- A commissioned piece for choir (SATB) based on 'Three Ravens'
• Threshing Machine: a musical interpretation of a heritage resource -- exercises and processes used with the Reading String Orchestra to create a musical machine
• Time May Steal the Roses -- A folk song arranged for three voices
• Times are Hard -- A sea shanty arranged in three parts (Key Stages 1 and 2)
• Tis of a Gallant Southerner -- A folk song arranged in two parts (Key Stages 1 and 2)
• Tools of the Trade -- A song from the 'In Our Own Words' resource pack
• Tradition and Composition -- A unit of work for dance teachers and artists based around dance GCSE
• Trio of North East Songs - Carolyn Robson -- A collection of folk songs for Key Stages 1 and 2
• Twas in the good Ship Rover
• Two Christmas Carols - Carolyn Robson -- Two carols arranged by Carolyn Robson
• Two Folk Dance Tune Sets -- A set of jigs and reels arranged by Rob Harbron
• Two Folk Song Warm Ups -- Two folk songs suitable for vocal warm ups
• Two Folk Tunes for Secondary Schools by Hazel Askew -- A resource pack for music in Secondary Schools
• Up to the Rigs -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• Using Folk Arts in Key Stage 1 - Bev and Ray Langton -- A cross curricular resource pack
• Using Folk Music to Enhance Inclusive Learning -- A resource pack for teaching folk music in inclusive environments
• Using Folk Song and Dance in Primary Schools by Liam Robinson -- A resource pack of traditional songs for use in Primary schools
• Using Folk Song in Secondary Schools -- A resource pack for teaching folk song to key stage 3
• Vocal Warm Ups -- Ideas for vocal warm ups
• Warm Up: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean from Carolyn Robson -- A warm up exercise for adults and children
• What will we do if we have got no money -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• Wild and Wicked Youth -- A folk song from Singing Histories: London
• Winlaton Calling on Song -- Two folk song arrangements for wind band and orchestra
• Working by Ear by Rob Harbron and Miranda Rutter -- A resource pack giving ideas for working by ear
• Yeave Ho -- A sea shanty in three parts (Key Stages 1 and 2)
• Young Banker -- A popular chorus song