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Subjects

Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 1: Pulse and tempo: Dive into danger!

Using pulse and tempo to tell a story about a brush with sharks.

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Learning objective

To learn the musical vocabulary: pulse and tempo.

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National curriculum

Music

Pupils should be taught to:

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Cross-curricular links

Physical education

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, you might want to check that children: Understand that the pulse of the music can change. Know that sounds can help tell a story. Know that their voice, body and instruments can show fast and slow beats.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could follow an adult or child partner, completing the movement and sounds they make as a guide.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could use the performance opportunities to demonstrate to the class their own ideas for movements and sounds; could describe the tempo of the various story characters; could consider how pulse and tempo are linked.

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