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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.
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
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
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
Auld lang syne
This song is sung traditionally on New Year’s Eve all over the world, though its origins are in Scotland. It is always sung to celebrate Hogmanay.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: verse and chorus , slurs , major key
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: English , PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Folk song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 9th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
Baa, baa, black sheep
This is a familiar, well-loved nursery rhyme. It can be sung in unison or as a round in two parts.
- Accompaniment: Unaccompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2 , Foundation
- Musical Element: major key , scale passages
- Year Group: Reception , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
- Subject: English , History
- Style: Nursery rhyme
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional two-part round)
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
Baloo baleerie
This is a beautiful lullaby from the Shetland Islands, to be enjoyed sung quietly. It will make you feel really calm and peaceful.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: verse and chorus , slurs , major key , Scottish snap
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: English , History
- Style: Folk song , Lullaby
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 6th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
The bear went over the mountain
This song has simple repetitions and is great for very young children.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , Foundation
- Musical Element: major key
- Year Group: Reception , 1 , 2
- Subject: English
- Style: Other
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 6th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
