Alive, Alert, Awake!

British English CC

Alive, Alert, Awake - piano backing to sing along

Rubber Chicken 

Penguin song - video

Penguin song - audio

Get Your Body Moving - full song together 

Get your body moving quiet section -  and check 

Warm-ups 

Singing stronger and feeling energised

Music

Strong and soft singing

How singing softly makes me feel

Controlling dynamic changes within a song

Following a leader to change dynamics

Changing dynamics to perform with feeling

This unit demonstrates how singing quietly and loudly can change the feel of the song. Pupils listen to music with changing dynamics and think about how it makes them feel. Lullabies and upbeat songs are sung in contrast to each other to identify when calmer or livelier singing is most effective.

Singing together: how singing makes me feel

{{}} singing can help us feel happy, joyful, and energetic.

It can help to add __________ to our lively songs to help us feel even more energetic.

It is important to {{}} deeply to support your singing.

When we think about whether to sing softly or strongly, we are thinking about the ...

We might sing lullabies, spooky and calm songs with a __________ dynamic.

Often, we move to the {{}} when we add our actions to our singing. This can help us feel connected to the song.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Singing stronger and feeling energised

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.