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Early Learning: Listen and Play
listenListen to an extract from the series Age 3 - 5
15 mins
3. Beside the seaside

Click here to download a pdf of the songs and rhymes in programme 3 in large, child-friendly lettering.

The big ship sails on the alley alley oh

The big ship sails on the alley alley oh
The alley alley oh, the alley alley oh
The big ship sails on the alley alley oh
On the last day of September.

The captain said it will never never do
Never never do, never never do.
The captain said it will never never do
On the last day of September.

The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
The bottom of the sea, the bottom of the sea.
The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
On the last day of September.


Sammy seagull was a happy gull

Sammy seagull was a happy gull
And a happy seagull was he
He flapped and he flew to the sandy shore
Then he floated back over the sea.

See Sammy Seagull flap and fly
See Sammy Seagull dip and dive
Over the sea he soars so high
With outstretched wings sailing into the sky


A sailor went to sea, sea, sea

A sailor went to sea sea sea
To see what he could see see see
But all that he could see see see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea.

A sailor went to sea sea sea
To see what he could see see see
But all that he could see see see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea.

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Autumn 2007
Listening skills

1. On the farm
18/09/2007
2. The animal fair
25/09/2007
3. Beside the seaside
02/10/2007
4. Down at the station
09/10/2007
5. The wheels on the bus
16/10/2007
6. Dr Foster went to Gloucester
30/10/2007
7. Five little ducks
06/11/2007
8. The house that Jack built
13/11/2007
9. Pat a cake
20/11/2007
10. Twinkle twinkle
27/11/2007

Additional Resources

DocumentTeacher's Notes - 
Autumn 2009
 (PDF)

DocumentTeacher's Notes -
Spring 2010
(PDF)

DocumentTeacher's Notes -
Summer 2010
(PDF)

DocumentStimulus sounds library
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See also
BBC World Class

BBC World Class
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