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A Keelie
This call and response song from Ghana is a great way of focusing children’s attention and bringing them together.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1
- Musical Element: call and response
- Year Group: 1 , 2
- Subject: Geography
- Style: Singing game
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional three-part)
- Vocal Range: a 10th
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)
Dona nobis pacem (Give us peace)
This beautiful setting of well-known Latin words will encourage really gentle singing.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: legato
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: PSHE & Citizenship , Religious education
- Style: Faith song
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional three-part)
- Vocal Range: a 9th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
Halima pakasholo
I learned this from Namibian teachers who lived in the Northeast during the 1980s and taught it orally to the Tyneside Anti-Apartheid Choir. It’s a welcome song.
- Accompaniment: Unaccompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: call and response , vocal percussion , major key
- Year Group: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Geography , PSHE & Citizenship , Religious education
- Style: Folk song
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional three-part)
- Vocal Range: a 9th
Harvest rock and roll
A catchy song for Harvest and the autumn season.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: syncopation , blue notes
- Year Group: 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Geography , PSHE & Citizenship , Religious education
- Style: Rock 'n' roll , Musical theatre
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional three-part)
- Vocal Range: an 11th
Mo li hua (Jasmine flower)
This is a traditional Chinese song with a beautifully gentle and lyrical melody. The lyrics about the jasmine flower also turn it into a love song.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2 , KS2/KS3
- Musical Element: slurs , key change (modulation)
- Year Group: 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: English , Geography , Religious education
- Style: Folk song
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional three-part)
- Vocal Range: an 11th
No wars will stop us singing
This is a moving, contemporary song. It has been translated into several different languages and has become a national ‘anthem’ sung by thousands of young people on World Peace Day – September 21st.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: major key , key change (modulation)
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Pop
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional three-part)
- Vocal Range: an 11th
Oh, happy day
This is a joyful song that would be lovely for a whole-school assembly. For class work it is more suitable for KS2 children.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2 , KS2/KS3
- Musical Element: echo phrases , syncopation
- Year Group: 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Religious education
- Style: Gospel , Faith song
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional three-part)
- Vocal Range: a 10th
Raise my voice
This feel-good number is our special commission, written by Carrie and David Grant. It will be a real hit with the kids, encouraging them to ‘raise their voices’ not only in song but also to express their feelings and aspirations.
There's a special video of this song and its accompanying choreography moves as performed by children from Jam Theatre Company here. Also, head to the Voice Box for some fun accompanying warm-ups:
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: chant , syncopation , repetition
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Style: Pop
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional three-part)
- Vocal Range: a 9th
Si si si
This popular traditional greeting song offers plenty of scope for percussion accompaniments. It works really well as a concert or assembly piece.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: major key
- Year Group: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Geography
- Style: Folk song
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional three-part)
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
