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Learning objective

  • To use musical notation to play melodies.

Success criteria

  • I know that melodies (tunes) can be written
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Music

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  • Use
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English (Year 1)

Writing – transcription 

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Guess the timbre. Arrange the children in pairs and ask them to take turns singing the song learnt in the previous lessons in a voice of their choice. Their partner should try to guess what emotion their voice is showing.

Learning objective

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could have colour-coded letters and coloured dots on the corresponding notes of the instrument so that they do not have to rely on letter recognition alone; could work with more confident pupils for the letter notation activities.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could bring their own instruments to the lesson if appropriate; could be chosen to lead the Wrapping up activity.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: playing a known melody from letter

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Vocabulary definitions

  • melody

    Patterns of different pitches (high and low notes).

  • notation

    How the music is written down.

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In this unit

Assessment - Music Y2: Musical me

Lesson 1: Once a man fell in a well

Lesson 2: Dynamics and timbre

Lesson 3: Melody

Lesson 4: My own melody

Lesson 5: Group composition

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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team

Last update: 15th January, 2026

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