Lesson 3: The 'Shosholoza' show

Children learn some African dance steps and practice a final performance of the Shosholoza song, incorporating their new moves and the chords from Lesson 2.

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.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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Music specialist
In her 14 year teaching career, Laura assumed the role of Music Lead, and was Head of Music in a large secondary school. Laura has a passion for working with children with a disadvantaged background, either through deprivation or disability,…
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