Lesson 1: Hearing colours

Children explore how music can be experienced visually by associating sounds and rhythms with different colours.

Before the lesson

Learning objective

  • To understand that music can be represented with colours

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Could be paired with a more confident talk partner.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should support a less confident talk partner.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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Elizabeth Stafford,  
Music specialist
After a brief spell as an opera singer, Liz embarked on a 20-year career in music education, teaching at early years, primary and secondary. After Liz had her daughter, she started her own business Music Education Solutions® Limited, helping teachers…
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