Key Learning Objectives: To demonstrate an increased understanding of pitch through kinaesthetic learning. To perform a piece with several contrasting parts within a large ensemble. Starter activity: Singing exercise using ‘Bristol Pitches’, the pupils to listen again and sing the note names, whilst raising a hand to mirror the rising pitch. Main activity: Performance activity, split […]
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Year 3, Unit 3: Pitch – Lesson 2
Key Learning Objectives: To develop an understanding of pitch through kinaesthetic learning. To understand that the pitch of an instrument is often determined by the size of the instrument. To explore a partner song and sing the songs together in ensemble. Starter activity: Engage with an activity from the Pitch Starter Bank. Main activity: Revisit the […]
Year 3, Unit 3: Pitch – Lesson 1
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 […]
Year 3, Unit 1: Air – Lesson 5
Key Learning Objective: To complete composing the soundscape and notate on graphic score. Additional Learning Objective: To choose a location and represent it through notated symbols and with a particular dynamic. Starter activity: Revisit ‘Hot Air Balloon song’, focusing on the direction of the melody. Does it move in steps or leaps? Main activity: Recap […]
Year 2, Unit 1: Water – Lesson 2
Key Learning Objective: To explore the correlation between pitch and high/low notation. Additional Learning Objectives: To create my own symbols to represent sounds. To define music vocabulary –pitch (HIGH and LOW) and identify the pitch when heard. To keep a beat/respond to a beat. Starter activity: Introduce the vocabulary of pitch (high/middle/low) demonstrating these pitches using […]
Year 1, Unit 1: Air – Lesson 3
Key Learning Objective: To create symbols that represent musical sounds and notate them as a graphic score. Additional Learning Objective: To feel and internalise the pulse in the context of an action songs. Starter activity: Warm up using the song, ‘John Kanaka’, listen to the performance track until everyone is familiar with the melody. Main […]
Year 1, Unit 1: Air – Lesson 1
Key Learning Objective: To listen to and describe a piece of music using musical vocabulary. Additional Learning Objectives: To sing in time and in tune, following a melody as it moves up and down in pitch. To stand tall with good posture when singing. Starter activity: Warm up using the song, ‘Plasticine Person’, focusing on achieving […]
Reception, Unit 2: Pitch – Lesson 6
Early Learning Goals: To sing and play intervals as part of a song. To play a melodic ostinato on the strong beats of the bar. Starter activity: Warm up exercises, focusing on posture and controlled breathing. Main focus: Introduce the second part of ‘The River’ and learn the second part of ‘Mother Earth Carry Me’. Plenary: […]
Reception, Unit 2: Pitch – Lesson 5
Early Learning Goals: To use graphic notation to illustrate pitch. To describe the features of a Native American Indian music. To use voices expressively and creatively to sing songs and chants. Starter activity: Breathing exercise focusing on isolating diaphragm movement, followed by a vocal warm up using the song ‘Dr Knickerbocker’. Main focus: Sing […]
Reception, Unit 2: Pitch – Lesson 4
Early Learning Goal: To recognise that music is notated to show both pitch and duration. Starter activity: Three individual aural exercises that kinaesthetically reinforce the concept of high and low notes to the pupils. Main focus: Listen to ‘Abeeyo’ and introduce ‘callers’ and ‘responders’, focusing on varying dynamics and ‘body pitching’ the sounds. Plenary: Listen […]