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Adeste fideles (O come all ye faithful)
A triumphant Christmas carol in its original Latin, Adeste fideles is a call to celebrate and praise the birth of Jesus.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: legato
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: History , Religious education
- Style: Christmas song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
Aiken Drum
A traditional nonsense song about the man who lived in the moon. In this arrangement, watch out for a gradual increase in pace over the five verses!
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: tempo change
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Design and technology
- Style: Nursery rhyme
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional two-part chorus)
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
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
Bassez down
A lively up-tempo Caribbean calypso full of irresistible syncopated rhythms: an appealing song with a contrasting call and response section in the middle.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: call and response , syncopation , verse and refrain
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Geography
- Style: Calypso
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional call and response)
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
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
