Learning objective
- To practise and perform a song relating to the countryside.
Success criteria
- I can sing a simple song from memory.
- I
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National curriculum
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
- Use
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Cross-curricular links
None.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: What do you think? and use the activity to recap learning from the previous lesson.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
Could listen to the countryside sounds audio file and try identifying and mimicking these sounds, supported with prompts or demonstrated examples.
Pupils working at greater depth:
Should use musical terminology when describing countryside sounds (e.g. pitch, dynamics); could create a variety of countryside sounds beyond the three pictures; could help others to sing in time by maintaining eye contact and nodding their head when the next phrase starts.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: singing the song from memory; breathing after
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Vocabulary definitions
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composer
A person who writes music.
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phrase
A musical sentence.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 7th April, 2026
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