Lesson 2: Listening to space

Listening to space-inspired music, pupils respond creatively by drawing what they hear and then identifying the dynamics, instruments and mood of the pieces of music.

Before the lesson

Classroom resources

Learning objective

  • To listen for and recognise some basic elements of music

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: Would benefit from using the Dynamics movement visual prompt resource to show them when to be loud/quiet.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should be encouraged to use musical terminology when describing the music and challenged to give their own definitions of these terms and explain them to their peers.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Glossary

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