West African call & response song

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Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Use tempo, dynamics and timbre in their piece.
  • Play in time with their group.
  • Use instruments appropriately.
  • Successfully sing back the melody line in time and at the correct pitch.
  • Play either a call and/or response role in time with another pupil.
  • Perform their composition.

Suggested prior learning

Vocal and body sounds (Theme: By the sea)

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Going on safari

  • To create short sequences of sound.
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Lesson 2: Rhythmic safari

  • To copy a short rhythm.
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Lesson 3: Call and response

  • To learn a traditional song from Ghana.
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Lesson 4: Rhythmic response

  • To create rhythms based on call and response.
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Lesson 5: The safari event

  • To add dynamics (volume) to a structure of rhythms.
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Key skills

  • Recognising timbre changes in

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Key knowledge

  • To know that dynamics

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Key vocabulary

timbre

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Assessment – Year 2: West African call and response song

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Knowledge organiser – Y2 Music: West African call and response song (Animals)

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Music: Long-term plans

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Music: Pupil progression of skills

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Curriculum planning

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Cross-curricular opportunities

English

‘Pupils should be taught to:

  • maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments
  • participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates’

See 'National curriculum - English key stages 1 and 2'.

 

Science

‘Pupils should be taught to:

  • identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats’

See 'National curriculum - Science key stages 1 and 2'.

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