Heathrow Primary School
Heathrow Primary School
Year 1
Autumn 1 – Pulse and Rhythm (Theme: All About Me)
As musicians, we started by learning how to feel the pulse in music and experiment with percussion instruments. We then moved onto learning how to play rhythms on untuned percussion instruments to deepen their understanding of pulse and rhythm. We then had the chance to develop our ‘thinking voice’ by internalising the pulse when listening to music. Using a technic called the call and response method, we listened out for rhythms and then repeat them. After identifying the pulse in several songs, we practise performing either the pulse or rhythm to highlight the differences between the two.
- Attitude
- Achievement
- Aspiration