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 […]
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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 […]
Year 4, Unit 4: Songs of the City – Lesson 1 & 2
Key Learning Objectives: To sing a song in unison using actions. To maintain a part when singing two or more songs. To explain what a traditional song is and to be able to say where a song originates from. To describe how several songs when sung together can create different textures Starter activity: Class vocal […]
Year 2, Unit 3: Songs of the City – Lesson 6
Key Learning Objectives: To sing with increasing confidence and control as an individual and in a group. To identify a mood and sing with expression. To understand the significance of folk songs and oral tradition. Starter activity: Vocal warm up using the track, ‘Boom chicka boom’. The teacher to change a dimension of the music and […]
Year 2, Unit 3: Songs of the City – Lesson 5
Key Learning Objectives: To sing with increasing confidence and control as an individual and in a group. To maintain a part in a round. To identify a mood and sing with expression. To identify the structure of two songs (round / call and response). Starter activity: Listen and learn the melody to the track, ‘Sail […]
Year 2, Unit 3: Songs of the City – Lesson 3 & 4
Key Learning Objectives: To sing a traditional Irish song and identify traditional Irish instruments. To convey the mood or meaning of a song. To sing with accuracy of pitch. Starter activity: Learn and Sing the tracks, ‘Bogapilla’ and ‘Rubber Chicken’ – resources found on SingUp. Main activity: Introduce traditional Irish Folk music and instrumentation, culminating in the learning […]
Year 2, Unit 3: Songs of the City – Lesson 1 & 2
Key Learning Objectives: To sing accurately in unison. To sing with actions in time with the music. To sing with dynamic contrast. To describe music using a music vocabulary. Starter activity: Listening and response exercise using the track, ‘Boom chicka boom’- resource provided on SingUp. Main activity: Listen to the track, ‘Jump Jim Joe’ focussing on accurately learning the melody, […]