Learning objective
- To appraise different musical features in a variety of film contexts.
Success criteria
- I can discuss the
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National curriculum
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
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Cross-curricular links
None.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Hand out the whiteboards and pens. Play the link: Mission Impossible theme and ask the children to note on a whiteboard what they notice about the tempo (speed) of the music. Repeat the activity, asking them to comment on the pitch (how high or low the notes are) and then the dynamics (volume) of the…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could have the music downloaded to listen through headphones rather than through the class speakers.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should justify their answers using musical vocabulary, e.g. pitch, harmony, tempo etc.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying how different styles of music
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Vocabulary definitions
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emotion
A strong feeling.
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imagery
Pictures in the listener's mind, created by a piece of music.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 10th November, 2025
Assessment – Music Y6: Film music
Assessment quiz for use at the start and/or end of the unit to assess pupil...
Lesson 2: Scenes and sounds
Analysing a film score to identify and understand the composing techniques that create action, tension...
Lesson 5: The soundtrack
Bringing together their skills from this unit to soundtrack film clips with their own graphic...
Lesson 3: Following the score
Using graphic scores to interpret different emotions in film music, making up own graphic score...
