Key Learning Objective: To listen to and describe a piece of music using musical vocabulary. Warm up /Starter activity: Plasticine Person (Sing Up warm up) Main activity: Introduce the new topic of Air with a listening activity Plenary: Record and listen to a play back of the children singing ‘Up, Up, Up’. What went well […]
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Secondary Curriculum – Pathway to a Piece: Lesson 1, Starter: Bach Listening
Time: 10 minutes Group size: Whole Class Tag words: composer, listening, learning, Bach, count, tune, melody, parts, violins, concerto, minor, movement Explain to the class that as composers, they need to start by listening to and learning from other music. The class will listen deeply and actively. They will get inside the music and try […]
Secondary Curriculum – Pathway to a Piece: Lesson 2, Starter: Warm up in a circle
Time: 10 minutes Group size: Whole Class Tag words: Form a circle with every pupil on a pitched instrument or using their voice (if they are confident singing in front of others). • Ask the class to play and hold D (Concert pitch) • Then have them play: D, E, F, G, A (again at […]
KS1 Lesson 1 Starter: Responding to Music
Time: 5 mins each Group size: whole class Focus Track: Also Sprach Zarathustra – https://bit.ly/1tONymZ Tag words: Warm-up, listening, movement, response to music, grandeur, majesty, space Explain to the class that they are going to listen to a piece of music, and ask them to think about how it makes them feel. Other than that, […]
KS1 Lesson 1 Main 2: Moving like an Astronaut
Time: 15 mins Group size: whole group Focus Track: Clubbed To Death – https://bit.ly/2qWlcsL Focus video: Walking on the Moon https://youtu.be/aQX9KOCS7MA Tag words: Listening, dancing, responding, science (gravity), beats, astronaut, movement, dance, club, mirroring. Show the pupils videos of astronauts moving in space and ask them “what is different about their movements? Why is […]