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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

QCA

Objectives

Section 1: Introduction: How can music describe different kinds of weather?
Children should learn:
  • how sounds can be used descriptively
  • that music can describe an environment

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Section 2: Exploration: How can we use sounds to describe the weather? (1)
Children should learn:
  • how words can describe sounds

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Section 3: Exploration: How can we use sounds to describe the weather? (2)
Children should learn:
  • how sounds can be changed

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Section 4: Exploration: How can we use sounds to describe the weather? (3)
Children should learn:
  • about sounds made by different sound sources

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Section 5: Exploration: How can we use sounds to describe the weather? (4)
Children should learn:
  • how sounds can be combined

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Section 6: Bringing it all together: Can we make our own weather composition?
Children should learn:
  • how sound can be organised
  • how to create a class composition, combining layers of sound within simple structures

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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?