Category: Lesson Plan

Reception, Unit 3, Calypso – Lesson 4

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]