May 24th sees the launch of Portsmouth Music Hub's Lettuce Sing! - a brand new collection of 10 songs, aimed at KS 1 and 2, to celebrate the United Nations International Year of the Fruit and Vegetables 2021.
Lettuce Sing! links in with a nationwide campaign from ITV and Veg Power to encourage children and young people to eat more vegetables: Veg Power - Eat Them To Defeat Them.
Lettuce Sing! celebrates fruit and vegetables and raises awareness of the importance of eating ‘Five A Day’. Songs include issues around food waste, fruit and vegetables from around the world and they encourage children and young people to grow their own fruit and vegetables.
Sue Beckett, Chief Executive of Portsmouth Music Hub said, "Using exciting music to educate children and young people about important issues is a great way to actively engage them and help them to learn and remember key facts. Songs like the 'Banana Boogie Woogie’ and 'Rock your Greens' are bound to become firm favourites!
The songs and resources can be accessed freely at: https://www.portsmouthmusichub.org/songsource
Look out for eye-catching images of different fruit and vegetables “attacking” different Portsmouth landmarks each week linked to the 10 songs released over the next few weeks alongside Veg Power.
For more information about Lettuce Sing! Contact : sue.beckett@portmouthcc.gov.uk