Lesson video

Hello, musicians.

My name is Mrs. Steele and I'm so excited that we're going to be learning together today.

Today's music lesson is called, "Singing Together Bonds us Together." By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to name some different places where children may sing together and you'll be able to participate in singing rounds.

Here are the keywords that will be important in our learning together today.

Folk song.

A song that originates from a particular country, culture or people and is usually passed down orally.

Community.

A group of people that are connected because they have things or places in common.

For example, a school community.

Structure.

The way music is organized.

And round.

A song structure where multiple groups sing the same melody, but start at different times.

We know that it's important to warm up before every single music lesson.

We need to make sure that our bodies, our voices, and our minds are ready to make music together.

As you join in with these whole body warmups, pay special attention to the breathing exercises.

When you get to that bit, remember to keep your shoulders down, and breathe in gently and deeply to fill your tummy balloon up with air.

Here comes the video.

Watch out for those breathing exercises.

(lively music) Let's warm up our bodies.

We'll start with our shoulders.

(lively music) And let's say hello to our arms. And the other arm.

And our middle.

(hands tapping) All the way down to our toes.

Give your toes a wiggle.

Let's go to a restaurant.

I wonder what's on the menu today.

(gasps) Our first course is delicious Garlic bread.

Chew some garlic bread.

Mm, it's delicious.

Mm, mm, mm.

What's on the menu next? (gasps) It's so worm burger.

Ew.

I'll give that to you.

Oh, disgusting.

(kid retching) Oh, horrible.

What's coming up next? Phew, there's chocolate ice cream.

Show me how delicious it is.

Mm, chocolate ice cream.

Mm, Mm.

And to finish our meal at this amazing restaurant, eat some spider squash.

Give it a taste.

(retches) Disgusting.

<v ->Disgusting, ew.

</v> <v ->Get ready, get ready.

</v> (gentle piano music) (all deep breathing) (gentle piano music) (all imitates bee buzzing) ♪ Busy, bussy bumble bees ♪ ♪ Busy, bussy bumble bees ♪ ♪ Busy, bussy bumble bees ♪ ♪ Busy, bussy bumble bees ♪ ♪ Busy, bussy bumble bees ♪ ♪ Busy, bussy bumble bees ♪ ♪ Busy, bussy bumble bees ♪ ♪ Busy, bussy bumble bees ♪ <v ->Let's focus on warming up our voices now.

</v> These songs will help us to gently stretch our vocal chords so that we can sing safely.

In each song, echo the leader.

Let's start with warming up my voice.

Here's the music.

(gentle piano music) ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Sing this like a cat ♪ ♪ Sing this like a cat ♪ ♪ Meow, meow, just like that ♪ ♪ Meow, meow, just like that ♪ ♪ Meeeow ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Sing this like a mouse ♪ ♪ Sing this like a mouse ♪ ♪ Eek, eek, round the house ♪ ♪ Eek, eek, in my house ♪ ♪ Eeeek ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Sing this like a cow ♪ ♪ Sing this like a cow ♪ ♪ Moo, moo, I know how ♪ ♪ Moo, moo, I know how ♪ ♪ Mooo-Ooo ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I'm warming up my voice ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Sing this like a bee ♪ ♪ Sing this like a bee ♪ ♪ Buzz, buzz, just like me ♪ ♪ Buzz, buzz, just like me ♪ ♪ Buuuzzz ♪ (gentle piano music) Now listen carefully and echo the leader in Tongo.

Tongo's a song from the Solomon Islands.

And the word Tongo means mangrove.

Here comes the music.

<v Instructor>Join in the echoes with me.

</v> (upbeat music) ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ (singing in foreign language) ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ (singing in foreign language) ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ (singing in foreign language) ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ (singing in foreign language) <v ->Now join in with the song Kumula Vista.

</v> Watch me sing this song with some of my pupils and join in when the pupils do with the echoes.

Here comes the video.

♪ Kumula, kumula, kumula Vista ♪ ♪ Kumula, kumula, kumula Vista ♪ ♪ Oh, no, no, no, no vista ♪ ♪ Oh, no, no, no, no vista ♪ ♪ Eenie meanie jak-o-lini Oo wah-la wah-la meanie ♪ ♪ Eenie meanie jak-o-lini Oo wah-la wah-la meanie ♪ ♪ Scat'n doot'n dat'n doot'n rah, rah, rah ♪ ♪ Scat'n doot'n dat'n doot'n rah, rah, rah ♪ ♪ Kumula, kumula, kumula Vista ♪ ♪ Kumula, kumula, kumula Vista ♪ ♪ Oh, no, no, no, no vista ♪ ♪ Oh, no, no, no, no vista ♪ ♪ Eenie meanie jak-o-lini Oo wah-la wah-la meanie ♪ ♪ Eenie meanie jak-o-lini Oo wah-la wah-la meanie ♪ ♪ Scat'n doot'n dat'n doot'n rah, rah, rah ♪ ♪ Scat'n doot'n dat'n doot'n rah, rah, rah ♪ ♪ Kumula, kumula, kumula Vista ♪ ♪ Kumula, kumula, kumula Vista ♪ ♪ Oh, no, no, no, no vista ♪ ♪ Oh, no, no, no, no vista ♪ ♪ Eenie meanie jak-o-lini Oo wah-la wah-la meanie ♪ ♪ Eenie meanie jak-o-lini Oo wah-la wah-la meanie ♪ ♪ Scat'n doot'n dat'n doot'n rah, rah, rah ♪ ♪ Scat'n doot'n dat'n doot'n rah, rah, rah ♪ ♪ Kumula, kumula, kumula Vista ♪ ♪ Kumula, kumula, kumula Vista ♪ ♪ Oh, no, no, no, no vista ♪ ♪ Oh, no, no, no, no vista ♪ ♪ Eenie meanie jak-o-lini Oo wah-la wah-la meanie ♪ ♪ Eenie meanie jak-o-lini Oo wah-la wah-la meanie ♪ ♪ Scat'n doot'n dat'n doot'n rah, rah, rah ♪ ♪ Scat'n doot'n dat'n doot'n rah, rah, rah ♪ <v ->Let's check that we are ready to sing together.

</v> Does your body feel relaxed? Do you feel calm and focused? And are you listening and ready to learn? Great.

Let's get started.

We're going to begin by learning about the power of singing in our wider communities.

We know that playing singing games can be a great way of strengthening our school community.

This can help our playground to be a happy, welcoming place.

Singing together is an important part of other communities outside of school too, and we're going to explore some of those today.

Can you think of any other communities outside of school where you might sing as a group? You might like to press pause now to share your ideas.

Perhaps you could make a list together.

Meet me back here, and I'll share some of our Oak friends ideas with you.

Hello, again.

Here are some of our Oak friends ideas about other outside of school where you might sing in a group.

Lucas says, "I sing at my place of worship." I wonder if anybody in your community said that? Aisha sings in a choir after school.

Jun and his sister sing at Cubs and Brownies.

And Sam says, "My family sing in the crowd when we go to football matches." I wonder if any of these communities are on your list or perhaps you have something different too.

Singing is a powerful way to bring all sorts of different communities together.

When we sing together, we can connect with others.

We can welcome new friends.

We can feel a sense of belonging, express our emotions, and perhaps most importantly, feel joy together.

It's time for a quick check-in with our learning.

True or false? The only place where people sing together in groups is at school or their place of worship.

Do you think that's the only place people sing together? Show me a thumbs up if you think that statement is true or a thumbs down if you think it's false.

Here comes the answer.

That statement is false.

Well done if you knew that.

Singing together is a powerful way to strengthen many different communities, people singing groups in lots of different places.

These do include school and place of worship, but also clubs, choirs, sporting events, concerts, festivals, celebrations, and many more.

For example, Laura sings with her friends in her forest school community.

She says, "My favorite part of Forest School is singing around the campfire.

We sit in a circle and sing together as the sun goes down.

It feels magical." Sounds magical.

Let's listen to Laura's favorite campfire song.

It's called "Campfire's Burning." ♪ Campfire's burning, Campfire's burning ♪ ♪ Draw nearer, draw nearer ♪ ♪ In the glow, in the glow ♪ ♪ Come and sing be merry ♪ <v ->It's your turn to pretend</v> you are sitting round a campfire now.

Sit in a circle and join in with "Campfire's burning." Can you imagine a glowing campfire as you sing? Here's the music again.

♪ Campfire's burning, Campfire's burning ♪ ♪ Draw nearer, draw nearer ♪ ♪ In the glow, in the glow ♪ ♪ Come and sing be merry ♪ Can you think of any words to describe how singing around a campfire might feel? Perhaps you've sung around a campfire before.

What made it special? You could press pause now to share your ideas.

Here are some of my ideas about how singing around a campfire might feel.

You could press pause here to see if you've got any words from my list or if you could add any words to mine.

Now let's move on to singing rounds and more campfire songs.

Here's another community where singing's important.

Singing together is an important part of Guiding and Scouting communities.

Children in Brownies, Beavers and Cubs love to sing together.

They sing to celebrate special moments, come together and to have fun.

And they sing a lot of campfire songs.

I wonder if any of you are part of the Guiding or Scouting community.

One of our Oak friends goes to Brownies and she sings in her Brownie community.

She says, "When I first started Brownies, I felt nervous.

This song helped me feel confident to join in.

Now I have lots of friends in my Brownie community." Her favorite song is one you might know if you're part of the Guiding and Scouting community.

It's called, "Ging Gang Goolie." The words are not any particular language.

They're complete nonsense, so it's fun to sing.

Have a listen.

As you listen, can you think why a song with nonsense words might be fun or helpful in a community of new friends? Here's "Ging Gang Goolie." ♪ Ging gang goolie, goolie, goolie, goolie, watcha ♪ ♪ Ging gang goo, ging gang goo ♪ ♪ Ging gang goolie, goolie, goolie, goolie, watcha ♪ ♪ Ging gang goo, ging gang goo ♪ ♪ Hayla, hayla shayla ♪ ♪ Hayla shayla hayla ho, ♪ ♪ Hayla, hayla shayla ♪ ♪ Hayla shayla hayla ho ♪ Song sung in Guiding and Scouting communities are usually simple, unaccompanied folk songs.

And many of these songs are rounds.

A round is a song structure where multiple groups sing the same melody, but they start at different times.

We already know a song that can be sung as round, Laura's favorite campfire song, "Campfire's Burning." Listen to it again.

This time, can you notice the second part joining in? Wiggle your fingers like this, when you hear it.

Here comes "Campfire's Burning," this time sung as a round.

♪ Campfire's burning, campfire's burning ♪ ♪ Draw nearer, draw nearer ♪ ♪ Campfire's burning ♪ ♪ Campfire's burning ♪ ♪ In the glow, in the glow ♪ ♪ Come sing and be merry ♪ ♪ In the glow, in the glow ♪ ♪ Come sing and be merry ♪ Now it's your turn.

Split into two groups and sing "Campfire's Burning." This time as a round.

Press pause to organize yourselves into two groups.

Then meet me back here for the music.

Are you ready? Group one start, and then group two, join in.

And we'll sing it as a round.

Here comes the music.

♪ Campfire's burning, Campfire's burning ♪ ♪ Draw nearer, draw nearer ♪ ♪ Campfire's burning ♪ ♪ Campfire's burning ♪ ♪ In the glow, in the glow ♪ ♪ Come sing and be merry ♪ ♪ In the glow, in the glow ♪ ♪ Come sing and be merry ♪ Lots of Guiding and Scouting songs are simple folk songs and they've been sung by generations.

Some songs sung at Beavers have been sung in the Scouting community for over 100 years.

So these songs help connect us to the past and help us to remember traditions from long ago.

Listen to an example of this.

It's called "I Hear Thunder." This French tune is thought to have been written 240 years ago, and Beavers still sing it today, but with different words.

It is also a round.

Listen to, "I Hear Thunder." You could join in if you know it.

♪ I hear thunder, I hear thunder ♪ ♪ I hear thunder, I hear thunder ♪ ♪ Hark don't you, hark don't you ♪ ♪ Hark don't you ♪ ♪ Pitter patter raindrops ♪ ♪ Hark don't you ♪ ♪ Pitter patter raindrops ♪ ♪ Pitter patter raindrops ♪ ♪ I'm wet through, so are you ♪ ♪ I'm wet through, so are you ♪ It's time for another check-in.

Jun likes to sing all of these songs in his Cubs community.

Listen to each one.

You might like to join in.

Can you spot any rounds? Here's song A.

Is it a round? ♪ Alice the camel has three humps ♪ ♪ Alice, the camel has three humps ♪ ♪ Alice, the camel has three humps ♪ ♪ So go Alice, go ♪ ♪ Bum, bum, bum ♪ ♪ Alice the camel has two humps ♪ ♪ Alice the camel has two humps ♪ ♪ Alice the camel has two humps ♪ ♪ So go Alice, go ♪ ♪ Bum, bum bum ♪ ♪ Alice the camel has one hump ♪ ♪ Alice the camel has one hump ♪ ♪ Alice the camel has one hump ♪ ♪ So go Alice, go ♪ ♪ Bum, bum, bum ♪ ♪ Alice the camel has no humps ♪ ♪ Alice the camel has no humps ♪ ♪ Alice the camel has no humps ♪ ♪ 'Cause Alice is a horse ♪ And now listen to song B.

How about this one? ♪ Ding, dong, diggy-diggy dong ♪ ♪ Ding, dong, diggy-diggy dong ♪ ♪ Diggy-Diggy dong ♪ ♪ My cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding, dong, diggy-diggy dong ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggy-diggy-dong ♪ ♪ My cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggy-diggy-dong ♪ ♪ Diggy-diggy-diggy dong ♪ ♪ Diggy-diggy-diggy dong ♪ And finally listen to song C, is this one a round? ♪ My body lies over the ocean ♪ ♪ My body lies over the sea ♪ ♪ My body lies over the ocean ♪ ♪ Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me ♪ ♪ Bring back, bring back ♪ ♪ Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me ♪ ♪ Bring back, bring back ♪ ♪ Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me ♪ Did you spot any rounds? Here come the answers.

Song A is not a round, just one voice sings "Alice the Camel." I wonder if you knew that one already.

B is around.

Well done if you spotted that.

Two voices sing the same thing, but start at different times in Ding, Dong.

And the last song "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean," is a Scottish folk song and just one voice sings it so that one's not a round.

Well done if you spotted the round, it was song B.

It's your turn to sing "I hear Thunder" as a class community.

Split into two groups to sing it as a round.

You could create an action for each line to add to your performance.

Adding actions is particularly fun when you're singing in a round.

Press pause to try singing "I hear Thunder " in your class community and you could use the audio button to help you if you'd like to sing it with the music.

Hi, again.

Was your performance of a round successful? It can take quite a bit of practice to sing in a round.

Here are some of our Oak friends thoughts about that challenge? Group one says, "We started the song.

We sang softly so we could hear each other.

This helped to make sure we didn't speed up or slow down." That's a really good strategy.

And group two say, "Our group began singing after the second line.

'I hear Thunder.

' We had open ears so we could listen to how both parts fitted together." Well done group one and group two.

And well done groups one and two where you are.

We've come to the end of our lesson together today, so let's take a moment to think about everything we've been learning.

We know that people sing together in lots of different communities, and singing as a group can help us feel connected to our communities.

We've learned about how simple folk songs and campfire songs are an important traditional part of Guiding and Scouting communities in particular, and songs sung at Guiding and Scouting groups are often folk songs that have been sung for generations.

And we've learned that a round is a song structure where multiple groups sing the same thing, but start at different times.

Just as you did in "I Hear Thunder." Great musical learning this time, everyone.

I can't wait to see you again for another music lesson sometime soon.

Bye.