Key Learning Objectives: To develop an understanding of pitch through kinaesthetic learning. To listen to and trace the pitch of a melody. To learn that the leaps in-between notes are called intervals. Starter activity: Engage with the ‘aeroplane trail’ activity, found in the Pitch Starter Bank. Main activity: Listening and response exercise based on the track ‘Land […]
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Year 2, Unit 1: Water – Lesson 5
Key Learning Objective: To keep a steady pulse and to play rhythms together. Additional Learning Objectives: To feel the pulse whilst listening and internalise the pulse through movement. To build an understanding of the pulse and its role as the foundation of music. Begin to understand that rhythms are patterns of long and short sounds. The […]
Year 1, Unit 2: Animal Rhythms – Lesson 6
Key Learning Objective: To read and perform a four bar notated rhythm. Starter activity: Pupils select favourite warm up song to focus their voices, bodies and brains. Main activity: Using a selection of untuned percussion instruments, children chant the animal rhythms and then play on their instruments, reinforcing a four-bar rhythm. Plenary: Revisit ‘Zebra Crossing’, incorporating a game […]
Year 1, Unit 2: Animal Rhythms – Lesson 5
Key Learning Objectives: To compose and perform a four beat rhythm. To use this as a rhythmic ostinato. Starter activity: Revision of the song, ‘Tony Chestnut.’ Main activity: Revision of the rhythm picture cards, followed by revision of the term ‘ostinato’ and the creation of a four-bar rhythm using the animal pictures. Plenary: Revisit ‘This Train is […]
Year 1, Unit 2: Animal Rhythms – Lesson 3
Key Learning Objectives: To identify the difference between pulse and rhythm. To recognise, play and compose simple rhythm patterns with the aid of animal note value cards. Starter activity: Listening and response exercise using the chant ‘H.E.L.L.O.’ Main activity: Creation of an individual rhythmic pattern, based on syllables found in the words ‘frog’ and ‘monkey’. Plenary: Listening […]