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Results: Song Bank (100)
Refined: PSHE & Citizenship [x]
- 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
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
Bad guys
This honky-tonk song is taken from the musical Bugsy Malone, based on 1920s Chicago. The gangsters, showgirls and bar staff are played by children who carry custard-firing guns.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2 , KS2/KS3
- Musical Element: chromaticism
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: History , Physical education , PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Musical theatre
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 12th
Barbecue blues
This is a fun song which lampoons the British weather and will have any audience clapping and singing along within the first few bars. It would make a great encore at the summer concert!
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: tempo change
- Year Group: 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Blues
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: an 11th
Basin Street blues
A relaxed but upbeat Dixieland blues, this song is ideal for singing on a warm summer’s day!
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: syncopation , blue notes
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Geography , History , PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Blues
- Vocal Format: Two-part
- Vocal Range: a 9th
Be cool
Be cool is from a collection called Green Songs, four songs on environmental themes.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2 , KS2/KS3
- Musical Element: syncopation
- Year Group: 6
- Subject: PSHE & Citizenship , Science
- Style: Jazz
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
Believe
This is a lyrical song in the style of a pop ballad with a serious message.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2 , KS2/KS3
- Musical Element: slurs , middle eight
- Year Group: 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: English , PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Pop
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional two-part)
- Vocal Range: a 12th
Best behaviour
One of the Eden Project songs from the School Trip Singalong, Best behaviour promotes appropriate conduct in excitable school kids who are out and about.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied , Unaccompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: minor key
- Year Group: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
- Subject: PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Folk song , Nursery rhyme
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
Boom Chicka Boom
Boom Chicka Boom is a call and echo chant ideally suited as a warm up or ice-breaker activity. It is accessible, quick to learn and can be creatively adapted. The chant develops basic musical and PSHE skills whilst allowing children to have fun exploring their voices.
- Accompaniment: Unaccompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: call and response , chant , tempo change
- Year Group: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Music , PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Warm-up
- Vocal Format: Unison
Bright blue sky
This is a short song of clouds and silver linings, whose beauty lies in its simplicity.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: Ternary form (A-B-A)
- Year Group: 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Ballad
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 6th
