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Important note
This unit helps children with developing knowledge and understanding of dynamics using instruments; learning to compose and play rhythms to represent planets. This unit replaces the Year 2 unit Dynamics, timbre, tempo and motifs (Theme: Space), which is permanently available in our archive but is no longer updated in line with curriculum or website developments.
For the most up-to-date information about our music scheme, please refer to the document Music: Long-term plan.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Use their voice to create a variety of sounds.
- Use dynamics to create an atmosphere.
- Collaborate with peers to contribute to a group soundscape.
- Correctly identify changes in dynamics.
- Show changes in dynamics using bodies and vocals.
- Compare two pieces of music using musical vocabulary to describe the changes in dynamics.
- Interpret music in a visual form.
- Identify and discuss patterns in different pieces of music.
- Successfully create and play patterns, notating them.
- Create and play a simple pitch pattern accurately.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Lesson 1: Vocal soundscape
Lesson 2: Creatively responding to music
Lesson 3: Comparing music
Lesson 4: Pitch patterns
Lesson 5: Creating and performing a musical structure
Key skills
Listening and evaluating
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Key knowledge
To know that:
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Key vocabulary
composer
dynamics
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Tuned percussion instruments ×15
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Music Y2: Contrasting dynamics
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit Contrasting dynamics.
Vocabulary display: Contrasting dynamics – Y2
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit Contrasting dynamics.
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