6. EXTRA Wellbeing Resources on Sing Up and Charanga

Videos, webinars, playlists and articles on Sing Up (subscription required)

Songs:

Songs about recognising and celebrating your own value, believing in yourself and maintaining a confident outlook in all situations:

• How to explore self-esteem through song
• Playlist: Self-esteem and confidence

Songs to explore feelings and emotions:

• Playlist: Feelings and emotions

Ways to overcome obstacles and difficulties:

• How to explore resilience through song
• Playlist: Songs about resilience

Songs about working together, camaraderie, making friends and keeping them:

• Playlist: Friendship and teamwork

Feeling the beat and getting moving:

• Playlist: Let’s Dance

Top Ten best PSHE curriculum songs:

• Playlist: PSHE

Songs to help relax and soothe:

• Playlist: Calming and settling

Songs with silly words:

• Playlist: Silly songs

A song that talks about the things that make us feel happy:

• Happy Happy Happy

Videos:

A step by step video to use directly with children and young people to help them write their own song:

• Teaching video: Songwriting workshop (lyrics and melody)

Use this webinar to find out how to get children and young people writing their own songs:

• Webinar: Writing songs and raps (for ages 7-11 years)

Makaton video library:

• Makaton videos

Learn how to use singing to encourage speech and language development in the Early Years and KS1:

• Webinar: Sing to speak in EY and KS1 (ages 3-7 years)

Ideas and articles:

Have a go with these ideas and bring some mindful moments into your school day:

• Making mindful moments

The everyday benefits of singing for breathing and how you can ensure children and young people are breathing well to sing:

• Breathing for singing and singing for breath

How singing helps health and wellbeing:

• Singing and health

The physical, psychological, social, musical and educational benefits of singing:

• The benefits of singing

We do not need to give emotionally vulnerable children and young people something different from those with good mental health; we need to give them much, much more of the same:

• Mental wealth: what’s in your bank account?

Webinars and projects on Charanga (subscription required)

Webinars:

Introduction to using this fully featured drum machine:

• You Can Use Quickbeats

Using the Rhythm Grids for improvising and composing – includes guidance on new replacement activities:

• You Can Use Rhythm Grids 

A great way to play with percussion: 

• You Can Use Percussion Writer

Song and video project:

The main aim of this song and video project is to encourage children and young people to talk about their feelings and to focus on positive thoughts and actions when feeling anxious, worried or sad:

• It’s OK (Please Just Say) – Song and Video Project