"The class orchestra"

The following chart show how the new A & C Black scheme can be used to provide broad coverage in line with the National Curriculum for Music for England.

This guidance is designed to supplement the materials available in this new scheme of musical activities.

Special Note: I am grateful for the work of Alison Keates and Dot Atkin (Shropshire Music Service) who worked with me in the preparation of this new support material.

	Music 2000	Programme of Study for Year 4
	Key Stage 2	A & C Black 'Music Express'	"The class orchestra"
	Pupils should be taught how to:	Objectives	Activities
	Controlling sounds through singing and playing - performing skills		Page/Activity
1a	sing songs, in unison and two parts, with clear diction, control of pitch, a sense of phrase and musical expression	To sing songs from different cultures and to consider phrasing	18/3; 19/1; 21/1; 21/2; 21/3;
1b	play tuned and untuned instruments with control and rhythmic accuracy	To develop instrumental accompaniments for songs;	18/3; 22/1;
1c	practise, rehearse and present performing with an awareness of the audience	To rehearse and perform songs with accompaniments;	19/2; 19/3; 22/3; 23/2; 23/1; 23/3; 25/1; 25/2; 25/3;
	Creating and developing musical ideas - composing skills		Page/Activity
2a	improvise, developing rhythmic and melodic material when performing	To develop rhythmic accompaniments;	22/2;
2b	explore, choose, combine and organise musical ideas within musical structures	To consider the intended effect of a song:	22/1; 22/2; 25/1;
	Responding and reviewing - appraising skills		Page/Activity
3a	analyse and compare sounds	To find ways to make a song accompaniment interesting;	25/1;
3b	explore and explain their own ideas and feelings about music using movement, dance, expressive language and musical vocabulary	To consider the intended effect of a song:	23/3;
3c	improve their own and others' work in relation to its intended effect	To discuss the effectiveness of a performance;	23/3; 25/2;
	Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding		Page/Activity
4a	to listen with attention to detail and to internalise and recall sounds with increasing aural memory	To listen and identify ways sounds are used to accompany a song;	18/1; 18/2; 19/2;
4b	how the combined musical elements of pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture and silence can be organised within musical structures and used to communicate different moods and effects	To explore simple structures through the use of repetition with a focus on the phrasing;	19/1; 21/2;
4c	how music is produced in different ways and described through relevant established and invented notations
4d	how time and place can influence the way music is created, performed and heard		18/1; 18/2;

 

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