Try an easy percussion arrangement 

Percussion arrangements are a great way to turn a simple song into a more complex musical activity that can easily involve your whole class, no matter you or your students' ability in music.

If you don’t have easy access to instruments, begin by teaching the song with body percussion. You might like to explore found sound sources in your classroom to replace using musical instruments!

Music outcomes

F- 2
Develop aural skills by exploring and imitating sounds, pitch and rhythm patterns using voice, movement and body percussion ACAMUM080

Sing and play instruments to improvise, practise a repertoire of chants, songs and rhymes ACAMUM081

Create compositions and perform music to communicate ideas to an audience ACAMUM082

3-4

Develop aural skills by exploring, imitating and recognising elements of music including dynamics, pitch and rhythm patterns ACAMUM084

Practise singing, playing instruments and improvising music, using elements of music including rhythm, pitch, dynamics and form in a range of pieces ACAMUM085

5-6

Explore dynamics and expression, using aural skills to identify and perform rhythm and pitch patterns ACAMUM088

Links to other learning areas

Science/Geography - Water/ water cycle or weather

Art - create artworks based on the theme of rain, water or weather

Literacy - explore the use of repetition, alliteration and/or rhyme in song and invite students to create new lyrics based on rain or different weather conditions

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This is an example of the teaching resources you will receive when booking Musica Viva In Schools program, Water, Water, Everywhere.

Find out more about Musica Viva In Schools.