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Lesson 1: The Three Bears

Children are introduced to instruments in the orchestra, and then try to identify the instruments within a piece of orchestral music based on the familiar story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

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Music > Key stage 1 > Archived unit: Orchestral instruments (Theme: Traditional Western stories) > Lesson 1: The Three Bears (archive)

Before the lesson

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Learning objective

To listen to and analyse an orchestral version of a traditional story

National curriculum

‘Pupils should be taught to:

listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded
music’

See National curriculum - Music key stages 1 to 2

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: May need help with reminders of what the different sections of the orchestra sound like.

Pupils working at greater depth: Should be challenged to explain how they grouped their instrument flashcards during the Attention grabber activity.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Glossary

Vocabulary

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