Before the lesson
Teacher resource: Musical Mountain
Learning objectives
- To compose and notate a short melody to accompany a story
National curriculum
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related
dimensions of music - 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’
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Should be given the notes to use and may need to give them an order to play them in.
Pupils working at greater depth: Should be pushed to organise their music so it fits accurately with the animation clip they are using.