The learning in this unit is focused around one song: Happy, a Pop song by Pharrell Williams. The material presents an integrated approach to music where games, the dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing and playing instruments are all linked.
This unit of work builds on previous learning. The learning is focused around two tunes and improvising: Bacharach Anorak and Meet The Blues.
The learning is focused around the song from Benjamin Britten’s Friday Afternoons: A New Year Carol. Other learning within the unit gives pupils the opportunity to research Benjamin Britten’s life and to listen to many of his other works through links to Fridayafternoonsmusic.co.uk .
The learning in this unit is focused around one song: You’ve Got A Friend by Carole King. The material presents an integrated approach to music where games, the dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing and playing instruments are all linked.
Pupils will will explore the concept of ‘identity’. Music and Me focuses on inspirational women working in music. Pupils are invited to try out different ways of making their own music, while exploring the work of some of the most influential women in music over the last 100 years. Four British female contemporary artists are featured and interviewed in the unit; all living in the UK, expressing themselves through music and with different cultural backgrounds.
This Unit of Work consolidates the learning that has occurred during the year. All the learning is focused around revisiting songs and musical activities, a context for the History of Music and the beginnings of the Language of Music.