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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
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
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
Bobby Shafto
This is an old folk song from Northumbria. It is about an 18th Century politician who enjoyed refined clothes and hobbies.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , Foundation
- Musical Element: slurs , major key
- Year Group: Reception , 1 , 2
- Subject: History
- Style: Folk song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
Building
This is a contemporary song about building and being creative but it also cleverly illustrates how building layers of melody can work well.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: whispering , major key , key change (modulation)
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: English , PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Other
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional three-part)
- Vocal Range: a 12th (augmented)
