Beat The Grid — Sample Activity

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Overview

We’re going to follow the instructions and clap, tap or stomp on the right beats.
We’ll look at the shapes in the grid to help us break up the beat into 4 parts – just like counting 1, 2, 3, 4 in music!

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Contributes to Learning Outcomes

KS1 (Years 1–2)

experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the interrelated dimensions of music

KS2 (Years 3–6)

listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
use and understand staff and other musical notations

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