Please note
This unit has now been replaced by the Year 2 unit *NEW* Call and response (Theme: Animals) and will no longer be updated.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Use tempo, dynamics and timbre in their piece.
- Play in time with their group.
- Use instruments appropriately.
- Successfully sing back the melody line in time and at the correct pitch.
- Play either a call and/or response role in time with another pupil.
- Perform their composition.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Lesson 1: Going on safari
Lesson 2: Rhythmic safari
Lesson 3: Call and response
Lesson 4: Rhythmic response
Lesson 5: The safari event
Key skills
- Recognising timbre changes in
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Key knowledge
- To know that dynamics
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Key vocabulary
actions
backing track
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Unit resources
Assessment – Music Y2: West African call and response song
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser – Y2 Music: West African call and response song (Animals)
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Unit vocabulary
Subject resources
Music: Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching Music
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National curriculum mapping
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Music: Pupil progression of skills
Progression document showing how skills and
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Assessment
An assessment tool for monitoring the
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Equipment list
A list of essential and optional
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Unit vocabulary
A unit-by-unit list of musical vocabulary
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Music teacher skills videos
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments
- participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates’
See 'National curriculum - English key stages 1 and 2'.
Science
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats’
