Composing and performing a Leavers’ song
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Composing and performing a Leavers’ song
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify and evaluate the musical features of a song.
- Contribute ideas to their group chorus, suggesting how lines three and four could rhyme.
- Contribute ideas to their group verse, suggesting how lines one and four and five and eight could rhyme.
- Fit an existing melody over a four-chord backing track.
- Create a melody that fits both the lyrics and the four-chord backing track of the chorus, using tuned percussion instruments.
- Record melodies using letter notation.
- Perform the leavers’ song with confidence.
Suggested prior learning
Film music
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: A single year
- To listen to and describe music.
Lesson 2: Writing chorus lyrics
- To write lyrics for a song.
Lesson 3: Writing verse lyrics
- To organise lyrics into a song structure.
Lesson 4: Backing track
- To use vocal improvisation and known melodies against a backing track.
Lesson 5: Creating a melody
- To compose a melody.
Lesson 6: The final piece
- To compose a verse melody.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Resources
Unit resources
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Knowledge organiser: Music – Y6 Leaver’s song
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Vocabulary display: Composing and performing a Leavers’ song
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit Composing and performing a Leavers’ song.
Cross-curricular opportunities
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