Key Learning Objective: To add and maintain a second part to the sea shanty in harmony. Additional Learning Objective: To explore call and response structure further. Starter activity: Listening and response exercise based on the Overture ‘The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)’ by Mendelssohn. Focus on how the rolling melodies are reminiscent of the seascape the inspired the […]
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Year 6, Unit 1: Water – Lesson 1
Key Learning Objective: To recognise the call and response structure of a sea shanty. Starter activity: Listening and response activity using the video clip of ‘Take her to Sea, Mr Murdoch’. Explore how the music enhances the understanding of film. Main activity: Introduce the concept of a Sea shanty using the song, ‘Yeave Ho’. Pupils to learn […]
Year 5, Unit 3: Singing – Lesson 6
Key Learning Objectives: To learn to play an instrumental accompaniment and maintain a line in an ensemble. To maintain a vocal line in a three part song. To recognise an octave. Starter activity: Revisit part three of ‘Rock a my soul’, pupils to sing or play a pair of notes to each other with […]
Year 5, Unit 3: Singing – Lesson 5
Key Learning Objectives: To identify steps and leaps in a song. To perform 3 vocal parts. Starter activity: Choose an activity from the Pitch and Vocal starter bank. Main activity: Listening and response exercise, based on the track ‘Rock-a-my-Soul’ . Challenge the pupils to draw a line to represent the pitch of Part one, two and three, […]
Year 5, Unit 3: Singing – Lesson 4
Key Learning Objectives: To be able to trace the pitch of a musical line. To be able to sing/play and maintain a musical line as part of a performance. Starter activity: Choose an activity from the Pitch and Vocal starter bank. Main activity: Revisit the track ‘Young Rider’, singing the melodic line with the accompaniment. Focus on […]
Year 5, Unit 3: Singing – Lesson 3
Key Learning Objective: To identify, sing and perform intervals/leaps in a melody. Starter activity: Choose an activity from the Pitch and Vocal starter bank. Main activity: Listening and response activity based on the track, ‘Young Rider’. Learn the song, focusing on the shape of the melodic line, ensuring the different intervals are pitched correctly. Plenary: Give the children […]
Year 5, Unit 3: Singing – Lesson 2
Key Learning Objectives: To maintain a musical line in a part song – melody/ostinato. Starter activity: Choose an activity from the Pitch and Vocal starter bank. Play the performance track of ‘Wimoweh’, asking the pupils to march in time with the pulse for 8 bars. When the melody enters, ask the pupils to continue marching but […]
Year 5, Unit 3: Singing – Lesson 1
Key Learning Objectives: To understand that music moves. between high and low pitches. To identify melodic shape To maintain a musical line in a 2 part song – melody/ostinato. Starter activity: Choose an activity from the Pitch and Vocal starter bank, questioning the pupil’s understanding of pitch so far. Main activity: Listening and response activity based on […]
Year 5, Unit 2: Trains – Lesson 5
Key Learning Objectives: To compose/notate a rhythm to illustrate an aspect of a train journey. To read and perform a number of notated rhythms. To maintain a rhythmic line and a rhythmic ostinato in an ensemble. Starter activity: Choose one of the pulse / rhythm games from the rhythm activity sheet. Main activities: Activity one: Revise […]
Year 5, Unit 2: Trains – Lesson 4
Key Learning Objectives: To read and perform a rhythm from musical notation. To compose lyrics within a given meter. Starter activity: Choose one of the activities from the rhythm starter bank. Main activities: Activity one:Listening and response exercise based on the work, ‘Etude Aux Chemins de Fer’ by the French composer Pierre Schaeffer. Activity two: […]