Lesson 5: Journey to space

Pupils combine their soundscapes from Lesson 1 with their motifs from Lesson 4 to create and perform a longer piece of music.

Before the lesson

Learning objective

  • To be able to create short sequences of sound and perform with accuracy

National curriculum

‘Pupils should be taught to:

  • experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions
    of music
  • 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 the first in their group to perform the motif.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should try and use more than one dynamic within their motif, perhaps starting quieter and getting louder.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Glossary

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