Before the lesson
Learning objective
- To create a piece of music inspired by a single colour
National curriculum
Pupils should be taught to:
- Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music
- Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
- Use and understand staff and other musical notations
- 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: Group these pupils together and give them support from a teacher or teaching assistant.
Pupils working at greater depth: These pupils should create the soundtrack for the class composition (see extension activity in ‘Main event’).