Creating compositions for an animation
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Creating compositions in response to an animation (Theme: Mountains)
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Verbalise how the music makes them feel.
- Create actions or movements appropriate to each section of a piece of music.
- Play in time and with an awareness of other pupils’ parts, giving some thought to dynamics.
- Play melodies and rhythms which represent the section of animation they are accompanying.
Suggested prior learning
Ballads
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Telling stories through music
- To tell a story from a piece of music through movement.
Lesson 2: Creating a soundscape
- To create a soundscape using percussion instruments.
Lesson 3: Story sound effects
- To create a range of sounds to accompany a story.
Lesson 4: Adding rhythm
- To compose and perform a rhythm to accompany a story.
Lesson 5: Musical mountain
- To compose and notate a short melody to accompany a story.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Unit resources
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Knowledge organiser: Music – Y3 Creating compositions in response to an animation (Mountains)
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- draft and write by, in narratives, creating settings, characters and plot’