Key Learning Objectives: To respond to a piece of music with creative writing. To recognise changes in dynamics within a piece of music. To identify how a composer can orchestrate a simple theme in a variety of ways to create varying effects Listening focus: Listening and response exercise, based on the work ‘Firebird’ by the Russian […]
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Year 4, Unit 3: Chronology – Lesson 4
Key Learning Objectives: To respond creatively to a piece of music. To suggest words to describe the mood of a piece of music, considering how the composer may have wanted the listener to feel. To identify instruments and to consider how their timbre suggests tone colours. Listening focus: Listening and response exercise, based on the […]
Year 4, Unit 3: Chronology – Lesson 3
Key Learning Objectives: To follow a graphic score To know that staccato means detached. To recognise repeated rhythmic patterns. To compose and perform melodic phrases. Listening focus: Listening and response exercise, based on the work ‘Fossils’ by Camille Saint-Saëns, the twelfth movement of the musical suite ‘Carnival of the Animals’. Main activity: Focus on the rhythm of the main theme, noticing […]
Year 4, Unit 3: Chronology – Lesson 2
Key Learning Objectives: To listen to a piece of music and to consider and share emotional responses. To begin to understand independent part writing and layering of musical parts. To recognise music sung a capella (unaccompanied voices) Listening focus: Listening and response exercise, based on the work ‘Crucifixus’ by Antonio Lotti, an introduction to Baroque choral […]
Year 4, Unit 3: Chronology – Lesson 1
Key Learning Objectives: To learn about Renaissance instruments and to identify the differences and similarities to instruments today. To understand a piece of music is often written for a purpose and consider where it may have been performed. To listen carefully to a piece of music and use drama to respond creatively to it. […]
Year 4, Unit 2: Rhythm – Lesson 6
Key Learning Objectives: To further develop my understanding of notation. To explore texture and pulse by playing rhythms simultaneously in an ensemble. Starter activity: Select an activity from the Rhythm Card Starter Bank. Main activity: Use the Lego notation sets and the Rhythm fraction walls to allow each child to compose a four beat rhythm. Incorporate […]
Year 4, Unit 2: Rhythm – Lesson 5
Key Learning Objectives: To develop understanding of notating rhythms. To compose and notate rhythms. Starter activity: Select an activity from the Rhythm Card Starter Bank. Main activity: Create four beat phrases using the provided Lego notation sets and Rhythm fraction wall, referring to the note value chart to identify the different note lengths within the two […]
Year 4, Unit 2: Rhythm – Lesson 4
Key Learning Objectives: To memorise and perform rhythms with increasing aural memory. To perform as part of an ensemble. Starter activity: Select an activity from the Rhythm Card Starter Bank. Main activity: Incorporate the use of rhythm sticks into playing the call and response game, ‘My sticks, your sticks.’ Gradually develop the complexity of the rhythms, making […]
Year 4, Unit 2: Rhythm – Lesson 3
Key Learning Objectives: To explore how rhythm is used in a non-western musical tradition. To learn about strong and weak beats in Indian talas. To perform Tintal tala with increasing aural memory. To compose and perform an Indian tala inspired rhythm in an ensemble with increasing accuracy. Starter activity: Select an activity from the Rhythm […]
Year 4, Unit 1: Water – Lesson 2
Key Learning Objective: To identify the key features of a sea shanty. Additional Learning Objectives: To perform as either the shanty man or in chorus. To demonstrate a feeling for the pulse of the song. Starter activity: Listening and response exercise, create a class boat and listen to ‘Haul Away Rosie’. Pupils to ‘haul a rope’ in […]