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Scottish Music Curriculum - First Level
Scottish Music Curriculum - First Level
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Through music, learners have rich opportunities to be creative and to experience inspiration and enjoyment. Performing and creating music will be the prominent activities for all learners. Through these activities they develop their vocal and instrumental skills, explore sounds and musical concepts, and use their imagination and skills to create musical ideas and compositions. They can further develop their understanding and capacity to enjoy music through listening to musical performances and commenting on them. They use ICT to realise or enhance their composition and performance, and to promote their understanding of how music works.
EXA 1-16
I can sing and play music from other styles and cultures, showing growing confidence and skill, while learning about musical notation and performance direction.
End of Level Benchmarks
• Performs songs with enthusiasm, from a range of styles and cultures, demonstrating a variety of basic singing techniques such as accurate pitch, good diction and appropriate dynamics, for example, loud or quiet.
• Performs a simple rhythm part on a range of instruments, for example, keeps the beat using body/untuned percussion.
• Performs simple melodic parts, for example, on tuned percussion, tin whistle, recorder.
• Follows performance directions, for example, follows the group leader.
• Follows simple music notation, for example, in the form of pictures, graphics, treble clef.
EXAMPLES OF ACTIVITIES
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EXA 1-17a
I can use my voice, musical instruments and music technology to discover and enjoy playing with sound, rhythm, pitch and dynamics.
End of Level Benchmarks
• Follows performance directions, for example, follows the group leader.
• When communicating ideas and feelings through creative musical activities, working on their own and/or with others: uses voice, instruments and technology to create musical ideas using sound, rhythm, pitch and dynamics.
EXAMPLES OF ACTIVITIES
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EXA 1-18a
Inspired by a range of stimuli, and working on my own and/or with others, I can express and communicate my ideas, thoughts and feelings through musical activities.
End of Level Benchmarks
• Follows performance directions, for example, follows the group leader.
• When communicating ideas and feelings through creative musical activities, working on their own and/or with others: uses voice, instruments and technology to create musical ideas using sound, rhythm, pitch and dynamics, for example, by creating a soundscape or by adding tuned/untuned percussion to enhance a story or a song.
• Shares views and listens appropriately to views of others, suggesting what works well and what could be improved in their own and others’ work, using some music vocabulary.
EXAMPLES OF ACTIVITIES
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EXA 1-19a
I can respond to music by describing my thoughts and feelings about my own and others’ work.
End of Level Benchmarks
• Shares thoughts and feelings by expressing personal views in response to musical experiences such as performances, school shows and music from different styles and cultures.
• Shares views and listens appropriately to views of others, suggesting what works well and what could be improved in their own and others’ work, using some music vocabulary.
EXAMPLES OF ACTIVITIES
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Links to resources
BBC teach - School radio
Primary Music takes a cross-curricular approach, with music objectives explored in relation to popular infant topics or related areas of the curriculum. The content is ideal for the non-specialist teacher, offering a mix of materials chosen especially to appeal to each age group with clear instructions on how and what to do, and providing a term's worth of music activity. There are opportunities to sing, take part in music activities, appraise music, with suggestions for composition included in the comprehensive Teacher Notes.
BBC teach - Ten pieces
BBC Ten Pieces opens up the world of classical music. Explore our exciting films, lesson plans, instrumental arrangements & live events!
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