by Jilly Jarman A fun song to get all the fidgets out by laughing about them. It can be taught using a 1,2,3,4,5 ladder (with a drop-down to the 5th below as well). It needs to start slowly until they can say: Idgety fidgety
score and lyrics
Lots of early years and reception songs
You’re mean!
Jilly Jarman Easy fun, bluesy song with piano or guitar accompaniment. Alternative ending written by Beaconside Juniors and sung to Scrooge in their version of The Christmas Carol. KEY STAGE 1 & 2, & anyone
score: tune & acc | score: v easy acc | mp3
Year 5 Blues
Sharon Durant & Yr 5 Canning Street Primary School, Newcastle 12-bar blues with words about homework etc. Piano accompaniment. Easily adaptable. KEY STAGE 2
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Yoohoo! Where are you?
Vocal Union training day, Sage Gateshead 2007 Warm-up song. Suitable for all.
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World Journey Music
With these hands
Wish
Bex Mather & Simon Derbyshire Fantastic soulful acapella song with catchy tune and multiple backing parts. Easily adapted. KEY STAGE 2 & 3 upwards
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Wind Song –
Pete Moser A beautifully simple piece with 2 note backing. Taught here with demonstration of how to bring in echoes faster or slower. From conference at HotHouse Morecambe 2007 KEY STAGE 2 & 3 upwards
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Whitehouse Farm Song
Belinda Wright Approachable, fun song about a school visit to a farm. Great tune and easy chords. KEY STAGE 1,2
mp3 | mp3 vu training day | score
Windows
Fiona Clayton Lyrical single-line melody with beautiful inflections KEY STAGE 2
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While Shepherds Watched
new SATB setting by Hannah Reid A fantastic, gospel-tinged four part arrangement of this beautiful carol, with great piano chords. KEY STAGE 2 to adult
score | mp3 | alto part | tenor part
Welcome
We’re Helping Rufus
by Sarah Nicholson – ballad. A song for Early years exploring fun sounds you can make.
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We Are The Ones
Venice Manley 4 part song with simple lines interweaving. Very strong and effective KEY STAGE 2 & 3 to adult
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Voulez-vous chanter?
Jilly Jarman Greeting song – 2 part round. In French. Written for Beaconside Juniors Vocal Union assemblies KEY STAGE 1, 2, 3
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Viking Song
Hannah Reid Simple, rousing song in 3-parts with percussion accompaniment. KEY STAGE 1, 2 & 3
mp3 | score | mp3 with percussion
Toca Las Campanas
(Ring the Bells) Carol with Spanish words by Pilar Marchori written by Jilly Jarman for North Lakes School, Penrith score | mp3
Throw Catch
Skura From East London, South Africa comes this great action song written by a young composer. It has caught on with young people and at Sing Up training sessions as an immediate hit with rhythms, actions and easy optional harmonies. See version with newly-devised written words by a local school under ‘May The Force Be With You’ KEY STAGE 2 to adult
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