Before the lesson
Learning objective
- To understand the concept of pitch
National curriculum
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and
rhymes - play tuned and untuned instruments musically
- listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded
music’
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Group these pupils together with the support of a teaching assistant.
Pupils working at greater depth: Should be challenged to identify the higher of two notes that are next to each other, then extending to playing three notes close together (see Teacher video: Pitch: High fliers).