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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
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
By and by
A great spiritual song to get everybody’s toes tapping.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2 , KS2/KS3
- Musical Element: syncopation
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: History , PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Spiritual
- Vocal Format: Two-part
- Vocal Range: an 11th
Greensleeves
A beautiful old English folk song to help with your History lessons.
Hill an’ gully rider
This is a gentle traditional calypso that originated in Jamaica.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: syncopation
- Year Group: 2 , 3 , 4
- Subject: Geography
- Style: Calypso
- Vocal Format: Two-part
- Vocal Range: a 9th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
I turn on the tap/I walk to the stream
This song considers the availability of water from very different points of view: people in developed countries, and those in developing countries. The song mixes a vibrant and uplifting kwela style of music with a poignant message.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: wide melodic leaps
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Geography
- Style: Kwela shuffle
- Vocal Format: Two-part
- Vocal Range: a 10th
I wanna sing scat
This is a great two-part song with a jazz style.
Information highway
This is Song 5 from The Sing Up Musical What a good idea! It celebrates computers and the internet.
Jungle song
This humorous action song was composed for the Royal School for the Deaf in Margate. It’s a lively echo piece to be signed, with opportunities for some great Tarzan-like grunts and chest-thumping. It’s a winner for hearing performers, too!
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: echo phrases
- Year Group: 1 , 2 , 3
- Subject: Science
- Style: Signed
- Vocal Format: Two-part
- Accessibility/SEN: Signed video
Kye kye kule
A traditional African call-and-echo song with syncopated (off-beat) rhythms.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: call and response
- Year Group: 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Geography , Physical education
- Style: Other
- Vocal Format: Two-part
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
