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Please note
In this unit, the children use instruments to represent animals, copying rhythms and creating call and response rhythms. The Archived unit: West African call and response song (Theme: Animals) will no longer be updated. Please see our Music: Long-term plan for more information about recent updates to our scheme and how they may affect your school.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Use dynamics when creating sound.
- Play in time with a group.
- Experiment with different sounds on the same instrument.
- Clap the animal sound patterns mostly accurately.
- Clap the sound patterns in time with the pulse of the backing track.
- Demonstrate both a call and response.
- Copy a sound pattern using an instrument.
- Playing either a call and/or response role in time with another pupil.
- Perform a composition.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Lesson 1: Animal sounds
Lesson 2: Sound pattern safari
Lesson 3: Call and response
Lesson 4: Instrumental response
Lesson 5: Dynamics performance
Key skills
Listening and evaluating
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Key knowledge
To:
- Recognise and
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Music – Y2 Call and response
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit Call and response.
Vocabulary display: Call and response – Y2
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit Call and response.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language
Physical education