Before the lesson
Learning objective
- To understand the concept of tempo
National curriculum
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- play tuned and untuned instruments musically
- listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded
music - experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions
of music’
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: You can clap along, gradually increasing the speed of your clap so they can match their music to your clap.
Pupils working at greater depth: Should be grouped together, and challenged to slow down gradually (rallentando) after they have got up to their top speed.