Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Identify and evaluate the musical features of a song.
• Contribute ideas to their group chorus, suggesting how lines three and four could rhyme.
• Contribute ideas to their group verse, suggesting how lines one and four and five and eight could rhyme.
• Fit an existing melody over a four-chord backing track.
• Create a melody that fits both the lyrics and the four-chord backing track of the chorus, using tuned percussion instruments.
• Record melodies using letter notation.
• Perform the leavers’ song with confidence.

From January 2025, lessons within this unit will also feature a Recap and recall section and our Presentation mode feature.