Learning objective

  • To learn to sing a British folk song.

Success criteria

  • I can breathe at appropriate times

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National curriculum

Music

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Use

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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 the children can recall how to: Change their singing voice in different ways. Maintain a comfortable position when sitting or standing to sing and play instruments. Begin to acknowledge their own feelings around music and performance.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use visual cues and gestures to indicate when to take a breath.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should use their fingers or hands to show pitch changes when singing; could use terms like pitch, dynamics, and tempo to describe their singing and the music they hear.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: breathing at appropriate times when singing;

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Vocabulary definitions

  • dynamics

    The volume of the music (loud or quiet).

  • pitch

    How high or low a sound is.

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