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: Cops and robbers and ask the children to write down everything they can remember about the rainforest rhythms they have been creating. The children need to write down the correct terms and body percussion they used in the previous lesson. Once they have written their own ideas down the children need to leave…

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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 be challenged to make their two melodies complementing each other, e.g. no clashing notes.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: having 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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