Learning objective
- To identify the pitch of notes from staff notation, and play them accurately.
National curriculum
Children should be taught to:
- Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, [using their voices and] playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
- Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
- Use and understand staff and other musical notations
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Could be supported by a TA or more confident partner for the note naming activity. They should use the Sheet music: Vamos, let’s go! – tuned percussion part 1 in the performing activity as it is slightly easier than part 2*.
Pupils working at greater depth: Challenge them to move on to decoding the note names in Sheet music: Vamos, let’s go! – tuned percussion part 2. In the performing activity, these pupils can be expected to play this percussion part too.
*You will notice that we have named the more challenging part, part 2. This is in case your pupils were beginning to guess that they were always being given the ‘easy’ part, and worrying about not being as ‘good’ as the other children!
