the voice we use to create musical sounds that can be a mixture of high sounds and low sounds

a combination of notes to make a memorable tune

Hickety Tickety - audio

British English CC

Doggie, Doggie - audio

Doggie, Doggie - video

Hickety Tickety - video

Starlight - audio - sing your answers

Starlight- audio with modelled response

Starlight game - video

Star Light- audio

Warm-ups

Yoo Hoo

Down by the Bay

Let's Warm Up 

Singing with pitch accuracy

Music

Singing and moving together

Learning about beat

Learning about rhythm

Recognising pitch changes in our singing games

Bringing it together

In this unit, pupils develop their understanding of pitch, pulse, beat, and rhythm by participating in a variety of singing games. Through playful and interactive songs and movements, pupils will naturally develop their understanding of these musical elements.

Start with singing: learning through singing games

When we sing the call, we sing a musical question. When we sing the response, this is like a musical {{}}.

True or false? A response or singing answer always has a different melody to the question or call.

Call and response is an example of a musical ...

Which pitch action might show the highest pitch here?

When we __________ we are speaking in time to the pulse.

An {{}} is a singing structure where we sing an exact copy of a musical phrase after hearing the call.

Match the musical element to its definition.

Singing with pitch accuracy

Lesson outcome