January | 2025 | Fairview School

Song Signifiers are used at Fairview, to help develop awareness and anticipation skills. They are used at the beginning of an activity – to help our pupils recognise what’s coming; or at the end of an activity – to help them recognise something is finished.

They are a really useful strategy to use with our pupils and with consistent use they can have a big impact on Learners.

This video tells you a little bit more about them; https://vimeo.com/168942834

Below you will find a number of videos, showing song signifiers to be used in school

Signifier Link Words

Bus Bus.mov Out we go, out we go, out we go. On the bus, on the bus, on the bus. Out we go, out we go, out we go. On the bus, on the bus, on the bus.

Finished Finished.mov Art/ Activity name is finished, Art/ Activity name is finished. Time to stop! Time to stop!

Home time Home time.mov Time to go home, time to go home, school day is over our work is all done. Time to go home, time to go home, everyone’s saying goodbye, goodbye.

Lunch time/ Snack time Lunch time . Snack time.mov It’s time to get ready for lunch/ snack It’s time to get ready for lunch/snack It’s lunch time/ snack time

Swimming Swimming.mov We’re all going swimming, we’re all going swimming, we’ll splash and play, we’ll splash and play

Toothbrushing Bus.mov This is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth. This is the way we brush after we have had our lunch.

Transition to an activity Off we go, off we go. It’s time to go to Art/ Activity. Off we go, it’s time to go to go

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