Primary Theme: Superheroes

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Lesson 1: Superhero figures

Pupils pose in a 'superhero' stance for their partner to sketch and then use wire and plasticine to turn their drawings into a three dimensional form

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Lesson 3: Multimedia superheroes part 1

In the first of three lessons based on the work of Roy Lichtenstein, children work in groups to create a composition with figures, splashes and action words, adding texture, definition and pattern to the piece

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Lesson 4: Multimedia superheroes part 2

Building on the previous lesson, in groups, children work a colour wash into their piece and using their fingers, apply a dot matrix effect, similar to that in Lichtenstein's ‘Explosion’

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Archived unit: Pitch and tempo

Learning how to identify high and low notes and to compose a simple tune, children investigate how tempo changes help tell a story and make music more exciting.

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This unit has now been replaced by the Year 1 unit Pitch (Theme: Superheroes) and will no longer be updated.

Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Explain what pitch means.
  • Identify whether a note is higher or lower.
  • Create a pattern using two pitches, then play or sing it.
  • Explain what tempo means.
  • Identify simple tempo changes in music.
  • Perform a pattern that gradually gets faster (accelerando).
  • Contribute to a group composition and performance by creating, selecting, combining and performing sounds.
  • Suggest improvements to their work.

Suggested prior learning

Music and movement

 

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Pitch and tempo: High fliers

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Lesson 2: Pitch and tempo: Pitch patterns

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Lesson 3: Pitch and tempo: Faster than a speeding bullet

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Lesson 4: Pitch and tempo: Superhero theme tune

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Lesson 5: Pitch and tempo: Final performance

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Key skills

  • Recognising basic tempo, dynamic and pitch changes.
  • Describing the character, mood, or ‘story’ of music they listen to (verbally or through movement).
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Key knowledge

  • To understand that tempo can be used to represent mood or help tell a story.
  • To understand that ‘tuned’ instruments play more than one pitch of notes.
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Key vocabulary

accelerando

compose

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Knowledge organiser: Music – Y1 Pitch (Theme: Superheroes)

Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit "Year 1 Pitch (Theme: Superheroes)".

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Vocabulary display: Pitch and tempo

A display version of the key vocabulary from the Pitch and tempo unit.

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Spoken Language: active participation in conversations

 

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