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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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

  • compose

    To create music.

  • loop

    Something which keeps repeating.

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Laura Barr

Music specialist

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In her 14 year teaching career, Laura assumed the role of Music Lead, and was Head of Music in a large secondary school. Laura has a passion for working with children with a disadvantaged background, either through deprivation or disability, and now works…
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