Category: Unit 4

Year 4, Unit 4: Songs of the City – Lesson 6

Key Learning Objectives: To sing with confidence and control as an individual and in a group. To sing in parts. To understand the significance of folk songs and oral tradition and explain this with reference to known songs.   Starter activity: Class vocal warmup using the track, ‘Warmup and Stomp Canon’, explaining to the children that singers […]

Year 4, Unit 4: Songs of the City – Lesson 5

Key Learning Objectives  To perform a sequence of movements to a song. To maintain a steady pulse. To clap the rhythm of the song. To trace the pitch of a melody.   Starter activity: Class vocal warmup using the track, ‘Plasticine person’, engaging with different vocal sounds and exercises for the vocal muscles. Main activity: Learn the traditional […]

Year 4, Unit 4: Songs of the City – Lesson 3 & 4

Key Learning Objectives  To add tuned and untuned percussion parts to accompany the medley of traditional songs already learnt.   Starter activity: The whole class to clap to the heartbeat and engage with the Vocal warm ups (1 1,2,1) – found on SingUp. Main activity: Revisit the four Pentatonic Partner songs, adding instruments to accompany the […]