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A Keelie
This call and response song from Ghana is a great way of focusing children’s attention and bringing them together.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1
- Musical Element: call and response
- Year Group: 1 , 2
- Subject: Geography
- Style: Singing game
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional three-part)
- Vocal Range: a 10th
Alice the camel
This is really fun to sing and also reinforces counting. It would be great for singing on a coach journey.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied , Unaccompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2 , Foundation
- Musical Element: major key , key change (modulation)
- Year Group: Reception , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Mathematics , Science
- Style: Other
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 12th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
All through the night
This is usually accepted to be a traditional Welsh folk song. Very little other information is available about its history, though we might assume from the lyrics of the English translation that it is a lullaby.
Alouette
This is a fun, cumulative children’s song that is generally regarded as French in origin but that some sources suggest is from Canada. In English, ‘Alouette’ is ‘The Lark’.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: slurs , major key
- Year Group: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Geography , Modern foreign languages
- Style: Folk song , Cumulative song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 9th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
Alphabet athletics
An alphabet song with a difference — you sing the letters forwards and backwards!
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , Foundation
- Musical Element: simple, stepwise melody
- Year Group: Reception , 1 , 2
- Subject: English
- Style: Other
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional two-part)
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
The alphabet song
This is a bright and bouncy way to teach the alphabet.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , Foundation
- Musical Element: major key , syncopation , blue notes
- Year Group: Reception , 1 , 2
- Subject: English
- Style: Other
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
Amen, say Amen
A wonderfully simple song to introduce pupils to a real gospel style.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: call and response
- Year Group: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Physical education , Religious education
- Style: Gospel , Jazz
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional call and response)
- Vocal Range: a 6th
The animal fair
This well known song is all about the different beasts on show at the animal fair. Children will love the fun lyrics, and the simple harmony line provides a great introduction to part singing.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , Foundation
- Musical Element: simple, stepwise melody , pedal note
- Year Group: Reception , 1 , 2
- Subject: Science
- Style: Other
- Vocal Format: Two-part
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
The animals went in two by two
This is a lively children’s song based on the biblical story of the animals going into Noah’s Ark to escape the Great Flood.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2 , Foundation
- Musical Element: minor key
- Year Group: Reception , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
- Subject: English , Religious education
- Style: Folk song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
As I was walking down the street
This is a charming song inviting children to greet and dance with new partners. It would make an excellent addition to any collection of playground songs and games!
- Accompaniment: Unaccompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: time signature change
- Year Group: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
- Subject: Physical education
- Style: Singing game
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 7th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
