the regular, steady heartbeat of the music

the pattern of sounds that we play and sing

a device used to make a musical sound which is played by striking, scraping or shaking

Task A - "Minibeasts are feeling great" excerpt

British English CC

Task A - Minibeast Party - backing track

Task A - Minibeast party - vocal track

Explain - Beetle on my toe - vocal 

Check - Bee, Bee, Bumblebee - True or False?

Explain - Beetle on my toe for - backing track

Explain - Bee, Bee, Bumblebee - rhythm actions

Explain - body percussion

Check - ant, ant, spider, ant (Ta Ta Ta-di Ta)

Check - ant, spider, spider, ant (Ta Ta-di Ta-di Ta)

Check - ant, spider, ant, spider (Ta Ta-di Ta Ta-di)

Check - spider, spider, spider, ant (Ta-di Ta-di Ta-di Ta)

Task B - Rhythm 1 (Ta Ta Ta Ta echoes with backing track)

Task B - Rhythm 2 (Ta-di Ta Ta-di Ta echoes with backing track)

Task B - Rhyhm 3 (Ta-di Ta-di Ta-di Ta echoes with backing track)

Task B - Rhythm 4 (Ta-di Ta Ta Ta echoes with backing track)

Task B -  Rhythm 5 (Ta Ta-di Ta-di Ta echoes with backing track)

Baby One, Two, Three

Boom Chicka Boom (1)

Standing Tall

Warm ups

Echoing simple rhythm patterns

Music

Singing, moving and playing to a steady pulse

Identifying the timbre of classroom percussion

Reading rhythms from pictures

Composing a rhythm sequence using pictures

Playing rhythm patterns to a steady pulse

In this unit, pupils use minibeast names to rehearse and compose simple four beat rhythms by clapping, chanting and performing on untuned percussion. They use minibeast images to order and repeat these rhythms. Backing tracks are used to aid rehearsal and performance of their rhythmic compositions.

Compose and Create: exploring and performing rhythm patterns

the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.

the way an instrument sounds that helps us identify it.

the regular, steady heartbeat of the music.

Match the word to the number of syllables.

The pattern of sounds that we play and sing is called the {{}}.

When we sing or play an exact copy of a musical phrase, we call this {{}}.

When we are describing an instrument's special sound that helps us identify it, we are describing it's {{}}.

Echoing simple rhythm patterns

Lesson outcome