A Knowledge organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit French, Year 4, The Eurovision Song Contest.
This French resource is designed to support the pupils as they explore European countries and their languages through the context of the Eurovision Song Contest. It introduces key vocabulary such as country names, nationalities, musical instruments, and performance-related terms, helping the pupils develop their French-speaking, listening, and reading skills. The pupils will also learn how to describe countries and cultures in French, expanding their understanding of linguistic diversity.
A Knowledge Organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit Music, KS2, Instrumental Lessons: Indonesia.
This resource is designed to support pupils as they explore traditional Indonesian gamelan music through instrumental practice. It introduces key musical vocabulary including gamelan, gong, metallophone, slendro, and octave, and explains how gamelan melodies follow a cyclical 8-note pattern. Pupils learn about the slendro scale—a pentatonic system where each pitch is numbered 1 to 5—and how different instruments play variations of the same tune using varying octaves and rhythms. This organiser also supports visual learning with labelled images of gamelan instruments and maps showing the musical origins in Java and Bali, helping pupils build cultural and musical awareness through hands-on experience.
A Knowledge organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit Computing, Year 5, Programming 1: Music.
This resource is designed to support the children as they explore programming music using Scratch. It highlights key vocabulary and concepts, including loops, sprites and code blocks, alongside musical terms such as rhythm, pitch, tempo and timbre. The resource explains Scratch’s visual coding interface and is perfect for consolidating essential knowledge and developing both coding and musical creativity through hands-on programming tasks. There are also connections to the Upper Key Stage 2 Music lessons.
Knowledge organiser for the Year 4 French lessons on French weather and the water cycle, capturing the essential knowledge and skills learned throughout the unit.
