Lesson 2: Countryside sounds

After singing the folk song 'Lavender's blue', pupils consider what they might see and hear in the British countryside, and perform a countryside soundscape.

Before the lesson

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Learning objective

  • To learn about the music of the British Isles and create music of our own

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
  • experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions
    of music
  • listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded
    music’

See National curriculum - Music key stages 1 to 2

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: It might be useful to play the ‘Countryside sounds’ on the Audio file: Countryside sounds (see Main event) to help them consider how to recreate them.

Pupils working at greater depth: Could lead the soundscape performance; ask them to name the interrelated dimensions of music that you have used in your soundscape.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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