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Gustav Holst
This music scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate the style and structure of different compositions by a famous musician and create sounds to represent a particular place or landscape. The class can practise playing percussion instruments for matching sounds of a planet in the Solar System.
Investigate the style and structure of different compositions by a famous musician and create sounds to represent a particular place or landscape
Lesson One : World Music
Listen and respond to different musical styles from around the world that can represent cultures from ma range of countries and locations
Lesson Two : Holst’s Music
Explore the life and work of a famous music composer and learn how he composed pieces of music to represent different planets in space
Lesson Three : Soft and Loud Sounds
Select and sort a range of different percussion instruments into matching groups to compare their sounds
Lesson Four : Painting Music
Create and perform short pieces of music to match the themes and ideas expressed in a painting by a famous artist
Lesson Five : Planet Sounds
Select and create short pieces of music to represent one of the planets in the Solar System to reflect musical compositions by Gustav Holst
Lesson Six : Planet Performance
Compose and perform short pieces of music to represent one of the planets to match the musical style of the composer Gustav Holst
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Word Matching
Identify, match and record the initial sounds that have been used in a range of cvc words beginning with different letters
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Family Toys
Investigate and record how a selection of different toys and games that were owned by families have changed and developed over time
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Subtraction Digits
Model and illustrate how to subtract pairs of single digit numbers within ten using concrete equipment and diagrams to support the subtraction calculations
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Family Experiences
Practise composing and presenting some example stories with familiar settings to illustrate things that might be experienced by a family