Term 3: Football
Football is a lively, rhythmic chant about football. This unit sees children echo singing, composing word patterns, improvising with mi-re-do, and playing a percussion ostinato. Activities will support pupils to understand the difference between pitched patterns and rhythm patterns, higher and lower.
Term 3: ‘Dawn’ from the Sea interludes
In this unit, children will listen actively to music inspired by teh sea. Children will warm up their ears and voices with a sailor singing game. They will sharpen their quick reactions with a seaside signal game, using classroom percussion. Then pupils will be introduced to three contrasting themes in ‘Dawn’ from Benjamin Britten’s Sea interludes, bringing the piece to life by creating a moving musical piece.
Term 4:Â Musical Conversations
Music is full of conversations between instruments (and/or voices). Ideas are often passed back and forth, copied and developed. This unit describes how to create musical conversations with children. Pupils will invent and compose short pieces based around question-and-answer interactions/dialogue. They will also learn to take turns playing, lead and follow, read a ‘score’, and create their own simple graphic scores.