Tag: Songs of the City

Year 4, Unit 4: Songs of the City – Lesson 6

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 […]

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 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, […]