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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
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
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
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
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
A cat sat on a mat
A new take on the ‘Old Macdonald’ idea, this highly enjoyable song for infants has all the ingredients to make it a guaranteed favourite: onomatopoeia, rhyme, repetition and lots of scope for extension.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , Foundation
- Musical Element: verse and chorus
- Year Group: Reception , 1 , 2
- Subject: Music , Physical education , PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Nursery rhyme
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 6th
