Early Learning Goals: To identify different un-tuned percussion instruments by their sounds. To be able to name a selection of un-tuned percussion instruments and be able to play them in an appropriate way. Starter activity: Watch the ‘Creepy Crawly Calypso’, revisiting the different instruments used in each of the verses and reminding the children what […]
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Reception, Unit 3, Calypso – Lesson 3
Early Learning Goal: To understand that different instruments sound different (identify timbre). Starter activity: Introduce the concept of ‘timbre’ as the tone colour of the sounds/instruments that the children hear. Listen to, ‘Creepy Crawly Calypso’ and discuss words which describe the different timbres found within the track. Main activity: Revisit the track, ‘Mini-beast Calypso’, inviting the children […]
Reception, Unit 3, Calypso – Lesson 2
Early Learning Goals: To feel rhythm and respond with movement. To sing as part of a group. Starter activity: Revisit the style of music that is Calypso, followed by a listening and response task based on the song ‘Calypso with me’, focussing on creating actions to represent each creepy crawly. Main activity: Learn the song ‘Calypso with […]
Year 5, Unit 2: Trains – Lesson 6
Key Learning Objectives: To read and perform an extended rhythmic composition using traditional notation. I can maintain a rhythmic line and a rhythmic ostinato in an ensemble. To perform with sensitivity and with musicality. Starter activity: Rehearse each two bar rhythm using the backing tracks, focusing on correcting the reading and maintaining the pulse. Main activity: Performance […]
Year 6, Unit 3: Chronology – Lesson 6
Key Learning Objectives: To make predictions about how a song will sound based on the lyrics. To add in percussion or sound effects appropriate to the mood of a song. To sing and perform a song with accurate intonation. Starter activity: Using the provided summary video, introduce Shakespeare’s most notorious play ‘Macbeth’. Discuss why pupils think […]
Year 6, Unit 3: Chronology – Lesson 5
Key Learning Objectives: To identify a number of features of 20th century/modern music. To compare features of music from two different historical periods. Starter activity: Introduce the pupils to modern/20th century music, using the provided Classic FM video. Discuss how this genre is seen to be a ‘break from the past’, highlighting key features and styles […]
Year 6, Unit 3: Chronology – Lesson 4
Key Learning Objectives: To listen to incidental music written for Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’ and identify Nationalistic features. To identify how a composer uses instruments to create an effect or paint a picture in the music. Starter activity: Listening and response exercise based on the provided video. Play the sound only from the video, encouraging the pupils […]
Year 6, Unit 3: Chronology – Lesson 3
Key Learning Objectives: To identify the key features of the Romantic music. To compare music from the same era and identify similarities. To explain how music can create a mood in terms of instruments, dynamics and texture. Starter activity: Introduce the music of the Romantic Period to the pupils by playing ‘Dance of the Knights’ by […]
Year 6, Unit 3: Chronology – Lesson 2
Key Learning Objectives: To recognise Baroque instruments. To identify Baroque decoration (ornamentation) in a given musical example. Starter activity: Listening and response exercise based on the work ‘The Fairy Queen’ by Purcell. Focus on identifying the instrumentation, in particular the harpsichord. Main activity: Listen to the provided clip, a good example of a Baroque da capo […]
Year 6, Unit 3: Chronology – Lesson 1
Key Learning Objectives: To identify some instruments from the Renaissance period. To learn to sing a song from the Renaissance period. To identify some features of a Madrigal. Starter activity: Listening and response exercise based on the work ‘Sing we and Chant it’ by the English composer Thomas Morley, as an introduction to the Renaissance […]