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Lesson 6: The final piece

Using all the techniques and knowledge they have learned, the children create and perform their Year 6 leavers' song.

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Learning objective

To compose a verse melody

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music
Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Classroom reosurces

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Work in a group supported by the teacher or Teaching Assistant to compose a melody for verse one. You may want to hand out copies of the Activity: Notes in a chord.

Pupils working at greater depth: Can use their own instruments to compose the melody for verse one, and/or write it out using staff notation instead of letter notation.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

In this unit

Created by:

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