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Anneliese Emmans Dean  eco-edutainment info@theBigBuzz.biz
Eco-Musical no. 1:
Compost! The (mini-)Musical
A composition about decomposition ...
 Listen to an excerpt (mp3)
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“A superb learning experience”
Mrs S Finn, Year 4 Teacher
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Deliver your Sustainable Schools Doorway Themes with rhythm! Compost! The (mini-)Musical is a fun musical for children and/or adults, that teaches performers and their audiences how we can all help combat global warming through worm power - by composting our waste.
‘It was grate fun.’ Ryan, age 8
The comprehensive Teaching Pack with Resource CD contain everything you need to teach Compost! The (mini-)Musical to your pupils or group - no matter how musical (or not) you may be!
Compost! The (mini-)Musical supports the following Sustainable Schools Doorway Themes:
- Food and drink
- Purchasing and waste
- Inclusion and participation
- Local well-being
- Global dimension.
Compost! The (mini-)Musical is written by Anneliese Emmans Dean. Anneliese has worked closely with her local composting champions, York Rotters, to ensure that the information it contains is accurate.
The mini-mini version of Compost! can be learnt in as little as 30 minutes - great for ‘from scratch’ performances at e.g. festivals.
Compost! The (mini-)Musical can also be learnt over a longer time scale, incorporating more songs and spoken parts, more related activities and more background information about composting. Anneliese can come to where you are and teach Compost! in half a day, or you can teach it over the course of a whole term - as you prefer.
Full list of Compost! songs
‘I enjoyed baning on the drums and singing the songs.’ Rachel, age 8
Read more about Compost! in action
in schools, parks, festivals,
on the radio,
indoors and out ...
If you learn Compost! The (mini-)Musical in a school, the children then become the ambassadors for composting in your school, with a show they can perform to the rest of the school, to parents, and in the community.
Primary (KS2) and secondary school/adult versions available.
Compost! The (mini-)Musical provides a rich, creative cross-curricular learning experience, encompassing music, art, literacy, French, science, geography and citizenship. It also meets the following Every Child Matters outcomes:
- ‘Enjoy and Achieve’
- ‘Making a Positive Contribution’.
Compost! also addresses:
- Enterprise Education, especially if incorporated into a unit of work on improving waste management in the school or community.
And it covers much of the Brownies and Cubs Environment badge too!
There are two options for putting on Compost! The (mini-)Musical where you are:
1. Anneliese can come to your school/event and teach the eco-musicals.
email Anneliese for details
2. You can learn the eco-musicals yourselves using theBigBuzz teaching materials, which include lyrics, song sheets and a resource CD. These teaching materials are available to order from theBigBuzz store.
The 48-page colour Teachers’ Pack comes with a Resource CD that contains:
- Introductory message
- Recordings of live performances of each song
- Backing tracks
- Lyrics for performers (pdf)
- Lyrics as PowerPoint
For more information, see theBigBuzz Eco-Musicals FAQs.
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