Lesson 5: Rehearse and perform

Pupils rehearse and perform their compositions from the previous lesson, learning to perform as a group and to follow their graphic scores accurately.

Before the lesson

Learning objective

  • To perform a group composition

National curriculum

‘Pupils should be taught to:

  • play tuned and untuned instruments musically’

See National curriculum - Music key stages 1 to 2

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Should be encouraged to play an untuned instrument with a simple rhythm.

Pupils working at greater depth: Should be challenged to add more musical detail such as dynamics and tempo changes.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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