Supported by [email protected] sagegateshead.com Project supported by The Kavli Charitable Trust Contents Page Dance by the Light of the Moon 5 Sansa Kroma 8 Tingalayo 10 Migrate, Migrate 13 Kis Nay Banaaya 16 It’s Chilly in the Arctic 19 O Sapo 22 How Can Animals Survive the Winter? 25 Australia 28 Get Down with the Animals 31 CD track list 34 Gets Down with the Animals | page 3 Introduction The Big Sing for Mini Singers is an annual event at Sage Gateshead. Children and teachers take part in a concert either in the hall Sage Two of our building, or in their school hall, after getting some training and workshop input from musicians to support them to learn the music in this pack. The repertoire is aimed at reception and KS1 children, but many of the songs will also be suitable for older primary children and children with additional learning needs. The theme this year is animals, and in ten songs we learn about a wide range of creatures in different habitats. We will travel around the world to Ghana, Brazil, the Caribbean, India, Australia and the Arctic, and sing about how animals and birds live in those places. We will learn about nocturnal animals, migrating animals, and some songs allow us to create new verses for our favourite animals or make-believe ones. Each song has tips for singing it, cross-curricular links and suggested activities, plus linked stories and resources. Backing tracks are available for all of the songs, and some harmony ideas are offered in case any teachers have choirs or are confident leading songs in parts, but all the songs work by themselves without harmonies or backing tracks. For those teachers wanting to try their hand at a bit of ukulele, many of the songs have quite simple chords. You may not choose to learn every song; indeed we have purposely chosen a wide range of songs to suit children of different ages and abilities. The hope is that you will enjoy listening to all of the songs and sing along to your favourites, and that you have great fun celebrating the animal kingdom with us. Claire Tustin. Gets Down with the Animals | page 4 Dance by the Light of the Moon CD tracks Adapted by Sage Gateshead’s Early Years Team from the traditional American song Buffalo Girls. 1-2 The song • This song has a strong pulse, particularly the verse, and it works well being sung whilst walking around the room. If the classroom prevents that, try tapping alternate knees or feet whilst singing the song sitting down. • Watch out for the chromatic progression in the melody on the word ‘walking’. Listening to the CD will help children learn the tune. • Using actions for each animal and their verbs will help animate the song and encourage children to remember the words. • Can the class think of any other nocturnal creatures and write some new verses? Cross-curricular links • Topic work – use the song to consolidate learning about nocturnal animals and dark/light. • Literacy – this song is a good example of the use of verbs. • PHSE – you can replace the animals in the song with ‘friend of mine’ and use the song as a dance; walking around the room in the verse, finding a partner at the end of the verse and dancing with them through the chorus, changing partners each time. Other ways to learn about nocturnal animals • While the World is Sleeping (Pamela Duncan Edwards) • Hedgehog Howdedo (Lynley Dodd) • Fantastic Mr. Fox(Roald Dahl) • The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark (Jill Tomlinson) • BBC bite size clip http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zsshfg8 Gets Down with the Animals | page 5 Dance by the Light of the Moon Adapted by Sage Gateshead’s Early Years team from the traditional American song Buffalo Girls Verse 1 As I was walking down the street, down the street, down the street A furry fox I chanced to meet and we ran by the light of the moon Chorus Furry fox won’t you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight Furry fox won’t you come out tonight and run by the light of the moon Verse 2 As I was walking down the street, down the street, down the street A stripy badger I chanced to meet and we dug by the light of the moon Chorus Stripy badger, won’t you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight Stripy badger won’t you come out tonight and dig by the light of the moon Verse 3 Prickly hedgehog.....snuffle by the light of the moon Verse 4 Tiny bat.....fly by the light of the moon Verse 5 Snowy owl.....hoot by the light of the moon Last chorus Everyone won’t you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight, Everyone won’t you come out tonight, and dance by the light of the moon. Gets Down with the Animals | page 6 Dance by the Light of the Moon Adapted by Sage Gateshead’s Early Years team AllegreƩo from the tradiƟonal American song Buffalo Girls C F G Voice 4 &4 œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ As I waswalki- ng down thestreet down thestreet down thestreet a 5 C F G CGC Voice & œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ furr -fy ox Ichanced to meet andweran by thelight™ of the moonw . 9 C F G j j Voice œ œ œ œ j j j œ j & œ™ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ Furr -fy ox won'tyou come outton-cight ome outton-cight ome outton- ight 13 C F G CGC j Voice œ œ œ œ j & œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ furr -fy ox won'tyoucome outton-aight nd run by thelight™ of the moonw . Verse 2 As I was walking down the street, down the street, down the street A stripy badger I chanced to meet and we dug by the light of the moon Chorus Stripy badger won't you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight Stripy badger won't you come out tonight and dig by the light of the moon Verse 3 As I was walking down the street, down the street, down the street A prickly hedgehog I chanced to meet and we snuffled by the light of the moon Chorus Prickly hedgehog won't you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight Prickly hedgehog won't you come out tonight and snuffle by the light of the moon Verse 4 Tiny bat....fly by the light of the moon Verse 5 Snowy owl....hoot by the light of the moon Final chorus Everyone won't you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight Everyone won't you come out tonight and dance by the light of the moon. Gets Down with the Animals | page 7 Sansa Kroma CD tracks Traditional Ghanaian 3-5 The song • This short, simple song is useful for teaching simple harmonies to groups of young children, starting by asking a group to hold the “Kromaaaa” and the “wor” in the second line, over the original tune (as demonstrated on CD track 4). • The song has a strong pulse, and asking children to clap or pat their knees on beat 1 and 3 of the 4/4 beat cycle will help strengthen their inner sense of pulse. A West African game to this song is to sit in a circle and pass a stone around the circle to the pulse, (grab, pass, grab, pass) adding more stones (or bean bags might be safer!) as the game progresses. • We added a harmony to the song (CD track 4) but it works just as well without it, or just with the first section harmonized, as that bit is very simple. • In the middle section where the word “Sansa!” is followed by a gap; try asking children to do some clapping or body percussion in each gap. Cross-curricular links • Geography – can the class look at a map and find out which continent Ghana is in (Africa) and what the climate is like there? What other animals live there? • Science – the song is about a hawk; a predator which hunts, so could be used as an example of how animals meet their basic needs. • Music – the instrumentation used on our recording is a djembe, (West African hand drum) and a tongue drum, which is a wooden box with notes carved into it, played with a beater. Can the class look online at pictures of these and other African instruments? Other ways to learn about Africa and its animals African Animal Tales (Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway) Let Your Voice Be Heard! Songs from Ghana and Zimbabwe (Adzenyah, Maraire, and Tucker) Africa (BBC series narrated by David Attenborough) BBC website clip http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/places/Africa The Lion King (Disney film) Gets Down with the Animals | page 8 Sansa Kroma Traditional Ghanian Sansa kroma ne na wuo (pronunced nee nay wor) Kye kye nkokomba (x 4) (pronunced chay chay ko-ko-ma) Sansa! (x 8) Sansa kroma ne na wuo Kye kye nkokomba (x 4) Translation Sansa the hawk hunts alone for baby chicks. 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