Before the lesson
Classroom resources
Learning objective
- To use vocals or tuned percussion to perform a piece of music as an ensemble
National curriculum
Pupils should be taught to:
- Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
- Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
- Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Make sure these children are singing as this is the easier of the two tasks.
Pupils working at greater depth: These children can be pushed to play the chords as it will be key for them to stay in time.