Programming 1: Music

Applying programming skills to create a soundtrack for a particular genre.

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Scratch is a project of the Scratch Foundation, in collaboration with the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is available for free at https://scratch.mit.edu.

Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Recognise that Scratch is a coding application with music elements.
  • Predict the effects of different code blocks and explain discoveries from tinkering.
  • Code a soundtrack using sound blocks, loops and nested loops to enhance a scene.
  • Use loops to simplify a program and understand that nested loops can repeat a rhythm or pattern.
  • Decompose a program into smaller parts and remix existing code in new projects.
  • Identify errors in a program, debug them and evaluate the effectiveness of a program.

Suggested prior learning

ARCHIVED Year 4: Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Tinkering with Scratch music elements

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Lesson 2: Scratch soundtracks

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Lesson 3: Planning a soundtrack

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Lesson 4: Programming a soundtrack

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Lesson 5: Evaluating a soundtrack

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Key skills

  • Recognising examples of programming
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Key knowledge

To know:

  • Programmers often save
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Key vocabulary

adapt

code

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Equipment list

Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.

This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)

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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected

  • Scratch (website) ×1
  • Devices with internet access ×15
  • A4 paper ×30

The equipment below is optional
  • Digital device (internet-enabled) ×15
  • 2 pairs of headphones and a headphone splitter ×15
  • Example soundtracks from popular children’s films or TV programmes ×1
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Knowledge Organiser – Computing Y5: *New* Programming: Music

Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit ‘*New* Programming 1: Music’.

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Vocabulary display – Computing Y5: *New* Programming music

A display version of the vocabulary from the unit '*New* Programming 1: Music'.

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Cross-curricular opportunities

Music.

English: Reading – Comprehension.

Suggested next steps

Programming 2: BBC micro:bit

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