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 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 5, Unit 1: Air – Lesson 6
Key Learning Objective: To perform, evaluate and celebrate the composition created this term. Starter activity: Vocal warm up with aircraft sounds, going to the extremes of high and low register, working on dynamic contrasts. Then perform ‘Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines’ as a class and record. Main activity: Performing and evaluation, each group to rehearse and […]
Year 5, Unit 1: Air – Lesson 3
Key Learning Objective: To identify, follow and conduct tempo changes. Additional Learning Objective: To understand how composers use tempo to create effects. Starter activity: Listening and discussion based on two aircraft; the Bristol Box Kite and Concorde. Focus on how the difference in speed between the two aircraft could be represented musically. Main activities: To be […]
Year 1, Unit 1: Air – Lesson 4
Key Learning Objective: To listen to a variety of musical excerpts and identify different tempo. Additional Learning Objectives: To internalise and maintain a pulse. To use relevant musical vocabulary to describe the speed of different musical excerpts. Starter activity: Listening and response exercise using the tambour, introducing the concept of tempo. Main activity: Demonstrate how pulse […]
Year 1, Unit 2: Animal Rhythms – Lesson 1
Key Learning Objective: To feel and internalise the pulse/beat Warm up /Starter activity: Warm up and Stomp Canon/ Kye Kye Kule Main activity: Introduce the concept of a pulse/beat Plenary: Focus Song: This Train
Year 1, Unit 1: Pitch – Lesson 4
Key Learning Objective: To listen to a variety of musical excerpts and identify different tempo. Additional Learning Objectives: To internalise and maintain a pulse. To use relevant musical vocabulary to describe the speed of different musical excerpts. Starter activity: Listening and response exercise using a tambour, introducing the concept of tempo. Main activity: Demonstrate how […]
KS1 Lesson 2 Starter: Space warm up
Time: 5 mins each Group size: whole class/group Tag words: space, syllable, song, clap, rhythmic, slow, accurate, tempo, track, body percussion, complexity, stamp, tap, clap. Focus video: Syllable Song or Clap, Stomp and Chomp https://bit.ly/2rRgOjg Focus track: I feel Space, Lindstrøm https://bit.ly/2HLRy2b Ask the class to stand up. Play the music and lead a […]