Early Learning Goals: To discriminate between changes in pitch, recognising high, middle and low sounds. To use the voice to copy a simple melodic pattern. To play a simple melodic pattern on an instrument. Starter activity: Warm up/breathing exercise, followed by a performance of ‘Row, row, row the boat’ as a round in two parts. […]
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Reception, Unit 2: Pitch – Lesson 2
Early Learning Goals: To discriminate between changes in pitch, recognising high, middle and low sounds. To use actions to demonstrate pitch. To explore high and low sounds using voices and instruments. Starter activity: Warm up/breathing exercise, followed by introduction to ‘Row, Row, Row the boat’ to aid understanding of vocal range. Main focus: Revision of the […]
Reception, Unit 2: Pitch – Lesson 1
Early Learning Goals: To discriminate between changes in pitch, recognising high and low sounds. To use actions to demonstrate pitch. To explore high and low sounds using voices. Starter activity: Singing activity to help with breathing, chosen from the starter list. Main focus: Introduction to the concept of pitch, using the seven-step approach laid out on […]
Year 1 Unit 1: Air Lesson 1
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 […]
KS1 Lesson 6 Main 2: Coming Home!
Time: 5 mins Group size: Whole Group Tag words: pitch, low, descending, sinking, diminuendo, instruments, landing, hands, high, quieter, slower, lower Tell the class that they are almost home, and about to descend through Planet Earth’s atmosphere. Using the pitched instruments, ask for a volunteer from the class to show you what they think landing […]