Time: 15 mins Group size: Whole Class/Group Tag words: Explore, discover, find, search, seek, tuned, untuned, percussion, instruments, treasure, alien, artefact, sort, choose Hide lots of tuned and untuned percussion instruments around the room. Ask the pupils to explore the room/alien world and give them a minute to carefully hunt down the alien treasures before […]
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KS1 Lesson 4 Main 3: Making Alien Music
Time: 15 mins Group size: Whole Class Tag words: composing, performing, improvising, instruments, pattern, counting, timbre, play, number, remember, counting, different, sounds Explain to the class that it’s time to make our own piece of Alien Music using the instruments/artefacts found on the alien planet. Make sure each pupil has an instrument and is sat […]
KS1 Lesson 4 Plenary: Saying goodnight to the planet
Time: 5 mins Group size: Whole Class Tag words: instruments, artefacts, alien, planet, goodnight, sleep, questions, timbre It is now time for the artefacts/instruments to go to sleep. Ask the pupils to say “goodnight” to the artefacts/instruments and one at a time, carefully bring them to the front of the class to put them away. […]
KS1 Lesson 5 Main 1: Walk like an Alien!
Time: 15 mins Group size: Whole Class Tag words: conducting, sound and movement, actions, walking, step, instruments, percussion, walk, planet, slow, quick Put on the alien hat and tell the pupils that you are going to walk around the room and show you what the alien planet sounds like. Tell them that on every step, […]
KS1 Lesson 6 Main 2: Coming Home!
Time: 5 mins Group size: Whole Group Tag words: pitch, low, descending, sinking, diminuendo, instruments, landing, hands, high, quieter, slower, lower Tell the class that they are almost home, and about to descend through Planet Earth’s atmosphere. Using the pitched instruments, ask for a volunteer from the class to show you what they think landing […]