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Music at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5/6)

Unit 21: Who knows? - Exploring musical processes

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About this unit

This unit provides an opportunity for children to develop and demonstrate the musical skills, knowledge and understanding achieved in years 5 and 6.

During the unit children will develop an understanding of the process of composing by creating and performing music in response to musical and non-musical stimuli.


Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Introduction: how do composers begin to compose?
2. Exploration: what different starting points can be used to stimulate composition? (1)
3. Exploration: what different starting points can be used to stimulate composition? (2)
4. Exploration: what different starting points can be used to stimulate composition? (3)
5. Exploration: what different starting points can be used to stimulate composition? (4)
6. Bringing it all together: composing music to a given brief