This Music video introduces teachers to the second unit of the Key stage 2 instrumental scheme, based on the music of the Caribbean. It begins by using the song Calypso Queen by Calypso Rose to spark discussion before moving on to the history and features of calypso.

This Music video introduces teachers to lesson two of the Caribbean unit, where pupils combine topical headlines with calypso’s traditional features of political lyrics and improvisation. After recapping the song What’s the Story, the class will explore how calypso often includes verse and chorus structures before creating their own short news headlines to be performed in the chorus gaps.

This Music video introduces teachers to lesson three of the Caribbean unit, where pupils explore the instrumental aspects of calypso music. The lesson begins with listening examples of steel pans and discussion of their role, before pupils learn differentiated tuned percussion parts of the song. Part two provides a simpler stepwise option, part one introduces quicker movements, and the bass line offers greater challenge with faster rhythms and wider leaps.