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Mood music

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Composers

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Objectives

History

  • Learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.

Music

  • Use voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.
  • Play tuned and untuned instruments musically.

Lesson Planning

Meet da Vinci the inventor and learn about his parachute idea. Order transport inventions through time. Make da Vinci’s parachute and then design and make own parachutes.

Teaching Outcomes
 To meet da Vinci the inventor and learn about his parachute idea.
To order transport inventions through time.
To make da Vinci’s parachute.
To design and make parachute.

Children will:

  • 'Travel' by aeroplane to meet da Vinci in Italy.
  • Explore and order modes of transport through time.
  • Use da Vinci’s parachute design to design and make their own parachutes.

Provided Resources

  • Mood face resource;
  • First verse of the poem Macavity by TS Eliot
  • Composition notes and examples

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

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