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This unit has now been replaced by the Year 1 unit Keeping the pulse (Theme: My favourite things). It is no longer being updated.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Clap the rhythm of their name.
- Clap in time to music.
- Sing the overall shape of a melody.
- Play in time to music.
- Copy and create rhythms based on word patterns.
- Play on the pulse.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Lesson 1: Pulse and rhythm: My favourite things
Lesson 2: Pulse and rhythm: You’ve got a friend
Working scientifically
Lesson 3: Pulse and rhythm: Dance, dance, dance
Lesson 4: Pulse and rhythm: Happy
Lesson 5: Pulse and rhythm: Practice makes perfect
Key skills
- Recognising and understanding the
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Key knowledge
- To know that rhythm
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Key vocabulary
body percussion
chant
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Music – Y1 Pulse and rhythm
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit "Archived unit: Pulse and rhythm…
Vocabulary display: Pulse and rhythm – Y1
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Pulse and rhythm unit.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- spell by: segmenting spoken words into phonemes and representing these by graphemes, spelling many correctly’
See 'National curriculum - English key stages 1 and 2'.
Physical Education
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- perform dances using simple movement patterns’
See 'National curriculum - Physical Education key stages 1 and 2'.