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QCA

Music at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 1/2)

Unit 7: Rain, rain, go away - Exploring timbre, tempo and dynamics
Section 3: Exploration: How can we use sounds to describe the weather? (2)

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • how sounds can be changed

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Using these words, explore different ways of saying them to create an effect, eg getting louder to reflect thunder getting nearer, slowing down to reflect rain stopping.
  • change sounds to reflect different stimuli

Points to note

  • Record sounds made by the class and play the sounds back to them. Could they be made more effective, eg by making them longer, shorter, louder, quieter, faster, slower?

Sections in this unit

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1. Introduction: How can music describe different kinds of weather?
2. Exploration: How can we use sounds to describe the weather? (1)
3. Exploration: How can we use sounds to describe the weather? (2)
4. Exploration: How can we use sounds to describe the weather? (3)
5. Exploration: How can we use sounds to describe the weather? (4)
6. Bringing it all together: Can we make our own weather composition?