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A Douze
This is a simple and fun way of learning the numbers one to twelve in French.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied , Unaccompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: minor key , simple, stepwise melody
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5
- Subject: Mathematics , Modern foreign languages
- Style: Pop , Waltz
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 6th
Adeste fideles (O come all ye faithful)
A triumphant Christmas carol in its original Latin, Adeste fideles is a call to celebrate and praise the birth of Jesus.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: legato
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: History , Religious education
- Style: Christmas song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
Aiken Drum
A traditional nonsense song about the man who lived in the moon. In this arrangement, watch out for a gradual increase in pace over the five verses!
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: tempo change
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Design and technology
- Style: Nursery rhyme
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional two-part chorus)
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2 , KS2/KS3
- Musical Element: minor key , syncopation
- Year Group: 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Pop , Soul
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional two-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
Ame sau vala tara bal
This is a beautiful Gujarati devotional song. Its melody is based on the Bhairavi Raag. It has a very strong pulse which could inspire movement and choreography.
- Key Stage: KS2 , KS2/KS3
- Musical Element: slurs , modal
- Year Group: 5 , 6
- Subject: English , Geography , Physical education , Religious education
- Style: Faith song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 10th
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
Apples and honey
This is a traditional Jewish song for the Festival of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which takes place for two days between the middle of September and early October. The two-day holiday is considered to represent one very long day (a High Holy day), which gives it special importance in the Jewish calendar. Apples and honey are part of the unique Rosh Hashana dinner - they symbolise hope for a sweet year to come.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: verse and chorus , humming , slurs
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Religious education
- Style: Faith song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 9th
