Lesson 4: Enter the dragon

Children embark on creating a piece of music called 'Enter the Dragon' to tell the 'Story of Nian', using untuned percussion instruments to represent the villagers frightening the dragon away

Before the lesson

Learning objectives

  • To perform a group composition

National curriculum

‘Pupils should be taught to:

  • play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical
    instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
  • use and understand staff and other musical notations’

See National curriculum - Music key stages 1 to 2

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Create mixed ability groupings for this activity.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: These pupils can be chosen to lead their group performances.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progression and understanding

Vocabulary

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