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Important note
In this unit, the children learn folk songs and create sounds to represent three contrasting landscapes: seaside, countryside and city. This unit replaces the Year 2 unit On this island: British songs and sounds, which is permanently available in our archive but is no longer updated in line with curriculum or website developments.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:
- Breathe after each phrase in a song when singing.
- Sing a song from memory.
- Use different pitches while singing (high and low notes).
- Sing lyrics accurately.
- Perform actions that match lyrics.
- Collaborate and communicate within a group.
- Use sounds creatively to represent a chosen environment.
- Perform a composition.
- Apply pitch and dynamics to enhance a composition.
- Read notation from left to right.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Lesson 1: Seaside sounds
Lesson 2: Countryside sounds
Lesson 3: City sounds
Lesson 4: Structured soundscape
Lesson 5: Performing a composition
Key skills
Listening and evaluating
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Key knowledge
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Key vocabulary
composer
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Music Y2: Singing
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit Singing.
Vocabulary display: Singing – Y2
A display version of the key vocabulary from the unit Singing.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Geography
Locational knowledge; Human and physical geography.