Following the Charanga Musical School scheme of learning, these units are organised into 3 main parts:
- Listen and Appraise the songs.
- Musical Activities – learn and/or build on our knowledge and understanding about the interrelated dimensions of music.
- Perform the Song – perform and share our learning as we progress through the unit of work.
Term 1: Writing down music
During this unit the children will learn that long and short (rhythm) and high and low (pitch) sounds can be represented by musical symbols. These
symbols can be written on a stave and named with special musical names. During this unit the children will learn that this helps us to remember what we are going to sing and play.
Term 4: Playing in a band
All the learning in this unit will be based on finding out that playing together in a band is fun and exciting! Pupils will try to read the notation of one of the easy instrumental parts when playing together in this unit. In music, the steady beat is organised by time signatures which tell us how many beats there are in each bar. We will investigate such questions as; What are the time signatures of the music you are playing? We will also explore that when people sing or use instruments to play two or more different pitches that sound at the same time, we can hear harmony in music. Finally, we will explore singing and playing instruments together to create these beautiful sounds.
For more information, please view our Charanga musical school year 3 knowledge organisers