Hello everyone at Forton School (pitch, structure) - Song

Hello Everyone at Forton School! (pitch, structure)

Meet the Key Stage 1 children of Forton School! Singing makes a good starting point because it's a core activity in music and a useful vehicle for teaching important skills such as tapping a pulse and clapping a rhythm. This was our very first song in the very first session and there were one or two things to sort out - keep watching because there's a huge transformation! Some of these children have potentially good voices, as you will hear once they understood what was needed.

My main priority was to establish how to sing with a good sound, using Mrs Crocosaurus's advice. The song is called Hello Everyone and I'm teaching it using First Me, Then You. Simply asking kindly for singing that is in tune and not too loud brings about a huge difference that I'm able to praise! Similarly, when we were tapping the pulse on knees, I asked the children to keep in time with me - and they did. Asking children to watch helps them to co-ordinate their movements with what they see, and to associate the movements with what they hear.

• Hello everyone, how are you?
• Hello everyone, how are you?
• Hello everyone, how are you?
• How are you today?