Soundscape
As part of the opening scene of the concert at the Royal Albert Hall, we’re looking to create a soundscape based on all the wonderful sounds you can hear in your classroom!
See downloadable notes for a suggested list of sounds you might like to include, or watch the video below.
We hope this is a really fun and interactive activity, that can be done at any point in the school day, to give us a snapshot of what your school sounds like! This doesn’t need to be over-rehearsed – the more creative and interesting the better!
Soundscape Example
Additional Tips and Encouragement
IMPORTANT NOTE – the Song Contest for this year has now closed. But please do still contribute to the Soundscape!
Song Contest
The song contest is designed to give you and your pupils an opportunity to contribute to the music of the Prom Praise for Schools programme at the Royal Albert Hall in 2026.
PP4S 2026’s big theme is What were we made for?, which we are going to explore using the story of the whole Bible, starting from the very beginning of time, to John’s vision of the new heaven and earth in Revelation, with a few stops meeting Bible characters along the way.
The key question, What were we made for?, will be explored in every scene of the show. There are different options to choose from, which we hope will help enable everyone to contribute as much as they’re able to – please see below for further details.
Taking part in the song contest now does not commit you to participating in the PP4S concert in 2026.
| Option 1 | Option 2 |
|---|---|
| The aim of this option is to produce a number of poems or phrases from the pupils, which will then be combined with submissions from other schools, edited and collated by the PP4S team and turned into a song. Teachers should run a workshop with the pupils responding to the question What were we made for? For support with this, see the lesson plan below. It doesn’t matter if things don’t rhyme or seem too wordy – we’ll gather all these ideas together and make the song, with the intention of attributing all schools whose phrases make it into the final song! If you would like to add some music too, then see Option 2. If not, don’t worry, the PP4S team can look after this for you! | Using the words produced from Option 1, create a full song from your class / cohort which the PP4S office will take in and assess. If your song is chosen, PP4S reserves the right to edit words/music in consultation with teachers from the school whose song has been chosen. We appreciate that not all schools will have the time to write a full song themselves, hence why we’ve also offered the poetry/phrases option (Option 1). |
Prom Praise for Schools 