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Music

Curriculum Documents

Sticky Knowledge Year 3

Sticky Knowledge Year 4

Sticky Knowledge Year 5

Sticky Knowledge Year 6

Enrichment Opportunities

  • BBC Bitesize Lots of support with understanding the inter-related dimensions of music with simple guides
  • Classics For Kids A great website with the chance to listen to the works of the great classical composers. Games and resources to support as well.
  • Composer Timeline What was happening during the composers' lives and how did it influence their music? Take an interactive journey through a timeline of classical music composers and the events of the day.
  • Composer Map A great resource that allows you to read about the significant composers of Europe and America

A fantastic video to watch to widen your knowledge of the instruments that make up an orchestra

"The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" was composed by Benjamin Britten in 1945 (completed on New Year's Eve 1945 in fact) with a subtitle "Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell". It was originally commissioned for an educational documentary film called Instruments of the Orchestra, directed by Muir Mathieson and featuring the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. It was first performed in public in late 1946.

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Online Music Games 

  • Holy-Mole A listening game where you need to spot the wrong note being sung by the moles!
  • Weather Wise Catch the right staff notation to complete the tune!
  • Up Beat Keep the rhythm to chart topping tracks and rock the party!
  • Drum Beats Repeat the pattern of drum beats played by the computer
  • Angela's Sound Stage Welcome to Angela Anaconda's new sound effects suite. Her latest cartoon is nearly finished, but there is no sound yet. You need to go to the mixing machine and choose the sounds you think work best.
  • Rock-it-Racer Oh no! The "Just Call Me Harvey" rock band was on their way to a big concert in Franktown when they lost their music. Can you help?

Examples of learning

Music as part of the wider curriculum

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