Term 1 ‘My Musical Heartbeat’
Every piece of music has a pulse or a beat. Children are encouraged to listen and try to keep the pulse or steady beat together.
Term 2 Dance, Sing and Play!
This unit teaches children about long and short sounds known as ‘rhythm’ and low or high sounds known as ‘pitch’.
Following the Charanga Musical School scheme of learning, these units are organised into 3 main parts:
- Listen and Appraise the songs.
- Musical Activities – learn and/or build on our knowledge and understanding about the interrelated dimensions of music.
- Perform the Song – perform and share our learning as we progress through the unit of work.
For more information, please view our Charanga musical school year 1 knowledge organisers