1472900203 Music Express 2014 – Year 4

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1472900203 Music Express 2014 8-9 – Year 4 .

Providing up to date delivery of the new Music National Curriculum from September 2014, this new edition of Music Express offers 60 completely new units of work, which are fully supported by CDs and audio-embedded whiteboard displays.

As ever, Music Express 2014 presents an invaluable resource of great songs, stories, visuals, movies and music from across the world and across history. With new links to every subject and with lesson plans catering to all music curricula of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Music Express is relevant to all schools and all children.

Contents:

• Unit 1: Poetry
  Musical focus – Performance; Subject link – English
  The children develop performances of contrasting poems. They use their voices to speak expressively & rhythmically, and discover ways to create ostinato accompaniments to enhance their performances.
• Unit 2: Environment
  Musical focus – Composition; Subject link – Science
  Seasons & the environment provide the stimuli for compositions. The children make descriptive accompaniments & discover how the environment has inspired composers throughout history.
• Unit 3: Sounds
  Musical focus – Sounds; Subject link – Science
  After exploring how sounds are poduced & classified, the children use their voices to make beatbox sounds, sing four-part songs & perform a jazzy round.
• Unit 4: Recycling
  Musical focus – Structure; Subject link – Art
  The children make their own instruments from junk and then use them to improvise, compose & play junk jazz music in a variety of different musical structures.
• Unit 5: Building
  Musical focus – Beat; Subject link – PSHE
  The children use building-themed songs to explore how music can be constructed to provide different textures. They use layers and rondo structure to combine ostinati played on body prcussion and tuned instruments.
• Unit 6: Around the World
  Musical focus – Pitch; Subject link – Geography
  The children explore pentatonic melodies & syncopated rhythms, learning that the fundamental dimensions of music are the same all over the world.
• Unit 7: Ancient World
  Musical focus – Structure; Subject link – History
  The children celebrate the achievements of the ‘Amazing Egyptians’ and explore 20th century minimalist music inspired by the age of Akhenaten. They arrange and perform a layered pyramid structure.
• Unit 8: Singing Spanish
  Musical focus – Pitch; Subject link – Languages
  The children explore part-singing and accompaniments in four contrasting songs from the spanish-speaking world.
• Unit 9: Communication
  Musical focus – Composition; Subject link – English
  The children create a news programme, complete with theme music and school news headlines. Using songs & raps, this musical news bulletin will alert the school to the burning issues of the day!
• Unit 10: Time
  Musical focus – Beat; Subject link – Mathematics
  Music featuring bells & clocks helps the children understand rhythm and syncopation. They learn to sing and play bell patterns, listen to an orchestral clock piece & create their own descriptive music.
• Unit 11: In the Past
  Musical focus – Notation; Subject link – PE
  The children use a variety of notations to build performances from different periods & styles. They learn a Renaissance dance, walk down the aisle to Wagner’s ‘Bridal March’ & dance the Mashed Potato!
• Unit 12: Food & Drink
  Musical focus – Performance; Subject link – DT
  The children cook up a musical feast, enjoying a varied diet of healthy beans, exotic Tudor banquets & DIY pizzas before celebrating with a song performance.