Learning objective
- To create simple tunes.
Success criteria
- I know that a repeated melody or a
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National curriculum
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
- Play
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Cross-curricular links
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Word hunt and ask the children to write down everything they can remember about rainforest rhythms from last lesson, including correct terms and body percussion they used. Once they have written their own ideas down, ask them to leave their whiteboards in their spaces and move around the classroom to “hunt” for the…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should have one of the starter melodies played for them and then offered some suggestions for making a longer melody; could use Activity: Melody starters.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should make their two melodies complement each other, e.g. no clashing notes.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: creating two different melodies.
Pupils working at
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Vocabulary definitions
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compose
To create music.
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loop
Something which keeps repeating.
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Example work
Horncastle Primary School, Lincolnshire
Horncastle Primary School, Lincolnshire
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 6th October, 2025
Lesson 5: Sounds of the rainforest
Combining the four sections of their compositions, building structure through combining rhythms and melodies and...
Lesson 1: Pitter patter raindrops
Listening to the body percussion piece 'Rain Sound', the children are introduced to the terms...
Assessment – Music Y4: Body and tuned percussion
Assessment quiz for use at the start and/or end of the unit to assess pupil...
Lesson 3: The rhythm of the forest floor
Creating body percussion rhythms to suit the movement of the animals within layers of the...
