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Important note
In this new unit, children are exploring the song ‘Once a Man Fell in a Well’, playing it using tuned percussion and reading simple symbols representing pitch. The Archived unit: Musical me 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:
- Move their eyes from left to right to read pitch patterns.
- Sing high and low notes including the notes in between.
- Play a pattern of high and low notes on an instrument.
- Read notation from left to right.
- Draw high and low sounds using dots at the top and bottom of a page, respectively.
- Recognise when notes stay the same.
- Recognise missing notes on a stave.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Lesson 1: Exploring pitch patterns
Lesson 2: Singing pitch patterns
Lesson 3: Introducing notation
Lesson 4: Instrumental pitch practice
Lesson 5: Writing musical notation
Key skills
Listening and evaluating
- Recognising simple
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Key knowledge
To know that:
- Notation is
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Key vocabulary
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high
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Music – Y2 Pitch
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit Pitch.
Vocabulary display: Pitch – Y2
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit Pitch.
Subject resources
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