Year 3 Music Scheme of Work: Full Lesson Plans

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Mountain melodies: Steps and leaps

Investigating melody and pitch through using graphic scores to identify changes in pitch by step, leap or repeated…

Children learn what ballads are, how to identify their features and how to convey different emotions when performing…

Reading rhythms: Patterns and layers

Exploring pulse, rhythm and body percussion while developing confidence in reading, creating and performing rhythmic patterns. Pupils build…

Creating compositions in response to an animation (Theme: Mountains)

Learning to tell stories through music. Listening to music and considering the narrative it could represent. Paying close…

Inspired by India: Musical improvisations

Exploring traditional Indian music and the art of improvisation by using the pentatonic scale and simple musical techniques.…

Developing singing technique (Theme: the Vikings)

The children develop their singing technique. Learning to keep in time and work on musical notation and rhythm,…

Music technology: Introduction to music technology

Studying sampling as a modern compositional technique, pupils discover how existing sounds can be transformed into new musical…

Pentatonic melodies and composition (Theme: Chinese New Year)

Revising key musical terminology, playing and creating pentatonic melodies, composing a piece of music using layered melodies.

Reggae rhythms: Playing in a band

Discovering reggae through some of Bob Marley’s most iconic songs, pupils learn simplified bass lines, basic chords and…

Learning about ragtime style music, traditional jazz and scat singing. Children create a jazz motif using a swung…

Baroque meets pop: Building harmony

Discovering how Baroque music’s bold musical ideas continue to inspire modern pop songs. Pupils identify key features of…

Traditional instruments and improvisation (Theme: India)

Children listen to a range of rag and tal music, identifying traditional instruments as well as creating their…

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