Before the lesson
Learning objective
- To create an eight beat break to play within a performance
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
- Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music
- Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
- Use and understand staff and other musical notations
- Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians
- Develop an understanding of the history of music
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Give them one of the predetermined eight-count rhythms so all they have to do is memorise it and play it in the correct place.
Pupils working at greater depth: These children should be encouraged to use a rest (or two) in their breaks.