Rhythm, Rhymes & Railways Celebration Assembly at Ridgefield School
18m Nov 24, 2017
18m
A Story About Mill Road
Year 4 pupils at Ridgefield Primary wrote a song about Helen’s research using the newspaper accounts of devestation to the Victorian railway cottages on Mill Road and what happened when a bomb fell there in World War 2, and the students came up with meaningful lines imagining hiding in the cupboard under the stairs, what people heard, smelt, felt.
29s Nov 24, 2017
29s
Victorian School
Year 3 wrote a song about Helen Weinstein of Histoworks' mini lesson with them showing them the Victorian School where Ridgefield used to be by the corner of Mill Road featuring learning maths on an abacas and the punishment of the D for Dunce cap!
1m Nov 24, 2017
1m
Xu Zhi Mo Poem ‘On Leaving Cambridge’
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
2m Nov 23, 2017
2m
The Victorian Workhouse
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
7m Nov 23, 2017
7m
Victorian School
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
5m Nov 23, 2017
5m
The Victorian Isolation Hospital
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
4m Nov 23, 2017
4m
The Two Mills of Mill Road
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
6m Nov 23, 2017
6m
The Sedgwick Museum & Coprolite Fossils
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
5m Nov 23, 2017
5m
The River Cam and Stourbridge
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
3m Nov 23, 2017
3m
The Red Telephone Box and Letter Box
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
5m Nov 23, 2017
5m
The Original Addenbrooke’s Hospital Site
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
2m Nov 23, 2017
2m
The Museum of Cambridge
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
5m Nov 23, 2017
5m
The Lions at the Fitzwilliam Museum- Celebrating 200 Years
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
2m Nov 23, 2017
2m
The Guildhall and the Synagogue
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
7m Nov 23, 2017
7m
The Guildhall the Market Square and the 1849 Great Fire
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
7m Nov 23, 2017
7m
The coming of the Railways in 1845
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
7m Nov 23, 2017
7m
The Cambridge 1897 Vote and the Suffragettes
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
4m Nov 23, 2017
4m
Stourbridge Fair
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
5m Nov 23, 2017
5m
St Catherine's College - Hobson's Horses
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
3m Nov 23, 2017
3m
ROGER ASCHAM Tudor and Stuart School Children
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
5m Nov 23, 2017
5m
River Cam and Sewage
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
2m Nov 20, 2017
2m
Riverside - Sewage Pumping Station and CMT
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
2m Nov 20, 2017
2m
Parker's Piece - The history of the Victorian Feast, the story of Football and more
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
10m Nov 20, 2017
10m
Newton's Apple Tree
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
2m Nov 20, 2017
2m
Marshall Company
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
2m Nov 20, 2017
2m
King's College Chapel
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
3m Nov 20, 2017
3m
Gwen Raverat
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
3m Nov 20, 2017
3m
Great St Mary's
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
10m Nov 20, 2017
10m
Eglantyne Jebb
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
3m Nov 20, 2017
3m
Chesterton Mill and the French Family
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
5m Nov 20, 2017
5m
Charled Darwin - The Victorian Scientist
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
2m Nov 20, 2017
2m
Castle Hill and the Prison
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
5m Nov 20, 2017
5m
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local school children, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned b...
3m Nov 20, 2017
3m
Cambridge Town Gaol overlooking Parker's Piece
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local school children, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned b...
4m Nov 20, 2017
4m
Cambridge Cattle Market
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
5m Nov 20, 2017
5m
Cambridge Bath House
This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by...
7m Nov 20, 2017
7m
Cambridge Railways - 1845
LYRICS by CBBC's Horrible Histories song-writer, Dave Cohen 1845Cambridge railwayStation built beyondour Mill RoadWonder if the first trainto arriveCame when the clock said1845
1m Nov 14, 2017
1m
Freedom Train Soprano
FREEDOM TRAIN BY ROLLO DILLWORTH - for educational learning purposes only! Enjoy singing using transcription of lyrics below: verse1Woo Woo((All aboard! Just get on board! Get on board! ))Woo Woo((All aboard! Just get on board! Get on board! ))((Shout hallelujah! All aboard the freedom train ))Bound for glory where peace and justice reign.One day we shall overcome, can’t go back to where we st...
3m Nov 14, 2017
3m
Freedom Train Alto
FREEDOM TRAIN BY ROLLO DILLWORTH - for educational learning purposes only! Enjoy singing using transcription of lyrics below: verse1Woo Woo((All aboard! Just get on board! Get on board! ))Woo Woo((All aboard! Just get on board! Get on board! ))((Shout hallelujah! All aboard the freedom train ))Bound for glory where peace and justice reign.One day we shall overcome, can’t go back to where we st...
3m Nov 14, 2017
3m
Freedom Train Bass
FREEDOM TRAIN BY ROLLO DILLWORTH - for educational learning purposes only! Enjoy singing using transcription of lyrics below: verse1All aboard! Just get on board! Get on board! All aboard! Just get on board! Get on board! Shout hallelujah! All aboard the freedom train ((Bound for glory where peace and justice reign. One day we shall overcome, can’t go back to where we started from))Freedom tra...
3m Nov 10, 2017
3m
Freedom Train Tenor
FREEDOM TRAIN BY ROLLO DILLWORTH - for educational learning purposes only! Enjoy singing using transcription of lyrics below: verse1All aboard! Just get on board! Get on board! All aboard! Just get on board! Get on board! Shout hallelujah! All aboard the freedom train ((Bound for glory where peace and justice reign. One day we shall overcome, can’t go back to where we started from))Freedom tra...
3m Nov 10, 2017
3m
The Migrants in Me by Michael Rosen
Don’t think you can take the migrants out of me.Every time I hear you say all the wrongs thatmigrants supposedly do,you are saying it to the migrants in me, people who travelled thousands of milesso they could work in sweat shops,in boot and shoe factories, on market stalls, people who ran from danger, threats, hate,bullets and bombs. Maybe I look as if you could take the migrants out of me,my...
2m Nov 03, 2017
2m
Leosia by Michael Rosen
I went to see my father’s cousin Michael.He was born in Poland. When the Nazis came in the westhis parents put him on a traingoing eastand he never saw them again.They died in a Nazi death camp. When the Russians came in the easthe was arrested, put on a trainand sent to one of the Russians camps.But he lived. When I went to see himhe wouldn’t tell me any of this.When he went out of the room...
2m Nov 03, 2017
2m
What is racism? by Michael Rosen
What is racism? It’s a clockmender who left his country to get a better livingand all is fineuntil things start changingthere’s an invasionhe and his wife run to another townand the people who are supposed to keep law and orderdecide to put him and his wife on a listand then they decide that they will make them wear a special badge marking them out as differentand then they decide that they wi...
2m Nov 03, 2017
2m
Words are Ours by Michael Rosen
In the beginning was the wordand the word is ours: the names of places,the names of flowers,the names of names,words are ours. Page-turnersfor early learners How to boil an eggor mend a leg Words are ours Wall chartsLove hearts Sports reportsShort retorts Jam-jar labelsTimetables Words are ours Following the instructionsfor furniture constructions Ancient mythologiesOnline anthologies...
1m Nov 03, 2017
1m
Names by Michael Rosen
When we talk aboutsisters and brothersand fathers and motherswhen it comes to my dadthere’s always a placewhere there’s a bit of a space.It’s a gap with no one there.It’s a father, a dad, over there somewhere. When we talk aboutsisters and brothersand fathers and mothersand we get to the sisters and brothersof my father’s fatherhe shuts his eyesand says he’d rather not talk about that. But we...
1m Nov 03, 2017
1m
Don’t Drown by Michael Rosen
Don’t drown.Practise swimming for a long, long time.Don’t drown.Practise shouting, ‘Help!’Don’t drown.Keep the water out.Don’t drown.Call for help.Don’t drown.If you see the water rising, leave.Don’t drown.If you think you’re sinking,grab something.Don’t drown.If you think there’s no way out,you’re probably wrongand there is a way out.Find itDon’t drown.If you think you’re stuck,probably you’re...
1m Nov 03, 2017
1m
Gone by Michael Rosen
She sat in the back of the vanand we waved to her there we ran towards herbut the van moved off we ran fastershe reached out for us the van moved fasterwe reached for her hand she stretched out of the back of the vanwe ran, reaching the van got awaywe stopped running we never reached herbefore she was gone.
28s Nov 03, 2017
28s
Our Flat by Michael Rosen
In our flatfaces speakof places across the sea. In our flatvoices walk intalking, but not like me. In our flatbooks fly around ussaying, ‘Never stop saying “Why?”’. In our flatstories stroke usuntil we cry. In our flat,there was a mother and fatherwho were born so poorthey told us:even if we now have moreno one is worse than you;things could be fairif we learned how to share,and they sang a...
1m Nov 03, 2017
1m