Key Stage 2
Orchestral piece by Czech composer from the Romantic era.
KS1 idea: Good for listening to use of long and short sounds (particularly short sounds in the main section).
Official classification: Unit 3. The long and the short of it - Exploring duration, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Curriculum support
Audio narration by Natasha from Storynory.com. Aladdin’s Lamp is packed with oriental mystique - not one, but two genies, wicked magicians, gold and jewels galore, a palace that is transported through thin air, a beautiful princes, and a poor boy who gets very lucky indeed.
Official classification: Listening, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Fairy Tales, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
Open Sesame ! The famous story from Persia of how Ali Baba outwitted a band of robbers with a little help from the clever slave-girl, Morgiana. Audio narrated by Natasha from Storynory.com
Official classification: Listening, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Fairy Tales, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
Aesop’s fable of the runaway slave and the lion with a thorn in its paw. A tale story of gratitude. Narrated by Natasha from Storynory.com
Official classification: Listening, Animals, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Fairy Tales, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
Aesop’s fables are loved pretty much everywhere. In these four audio adaptations by Storynory a rat, grasshopper, a fox and a mouse tell their tales in their own words.
Official classification: Listening, Animals, The Spoken Word, Stories, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Fairy Tales, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
Tongue Twister. Audio by Storynory.com
Official classification: Listening, Tongue Twisters, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
Tongue Twister, audio by Storynory.com
Official classification: Listening, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Tongue Twisters, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
Tongue Twister, audio by Storynory.com
Official classification: Listening, Animals, Tongue Twisters, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
Two poems. Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore. No Rudolf but Santa’s Reindeer Dasha, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen feature. Audio narration by Natasha from storynory.com
Official classification: Listening, Christmas, Poetry, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Unit 21 Who Knows, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
Arguably Beethoven's best known symphony. Characterised by it's opening motif, it's use and influence continues to be widespread.
KS1/2: An example of use repeated patterns. Focus listening by asking pupils to give a signal each time they hear the opening motif repeated during the rest of the piece.
Official classification: Symphony, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Curriculum support, Naxos
Audio clip, recommended for use in QCA Unit 10 for Key Stage 2 as good example of repeated patterns, or ostinato.
Official classification: Symphony, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Unit 10 Play It Again, Curriculum support, Naxos
Exploring different approaches to writing rap lyrics, focussing on improving descriptive language. Compares two rap verses, with the same subject matter to highlight different ways to describe a scene or event and improve descriptive lyrics.
Official classification: Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Rapping, Charanga, Rap Activities, Hip Hop Coach
Children's clapping game from Saydisc's Children's Singing Games, recorded at St John's Baloonagh Primary School, Tralee, Southern Ireland (1975)
Official classification: Singing, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Unit 14 Salt Pepper Vinegar Mustard, Curriculum support, Children, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Children's skipping game from Saydisc's Children's Singing Games, recorded at St James' Girls School, Paisley (1961)
Official classification: Singing, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Unit 14 Salt Pepper Vinegar Mustard, Curriculum support, Children, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Children's skipping game from Saydisc's Children's Singing Games, recorded at St Michael's Junior School for Girls, Workington (1960)
Official classification: Singing, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Unit 14 Salt Pepper Vinegar Mustard, Curriculum support, Children, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Children's clapping game from Saydisc's Children's Singing Games, recorded at Ballyheigue and Glenderry Primary Schools, Southern Ireland (1975)
Official classification: Singing, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Unit 14 Salt Pepper Vinegar Mustard, Curriculum support, Children, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Live backing sequencer to support a composition or improvisation based on Track 02 Amanecer Andino (Andean Dawn) from Saydisc Percussion Around the World. (Also Track 01 of Saydisc Listen to This! KS3.) In the original recording there's a free slow introduction followed by a faster section based on C and Am chords, but with this tool users can decide their own structure.
KS2/3 idea - students can use this tool to provide an accompaniment while one student performs live their own version of a characteristic pentatonic melody on a separate instrument. Students can also use this tool for support as they play along and learn the ostinato drum and guitar parts.
Official classification: Percussion, Composing, Improvising, Rehearsing, Ostinato, Melody, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, The Andes, Curriculum support, Melody, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
The 'now and next' functions in the Live Sequencer tool allow students to create their own arrangement of the koto melody from Saydisc Listen To This KS3, track 4 Aki No Shirabe (Autumn Tune). Students also type in their own descriptions of each phrase so they can easily identify each one and demonstrate use of musical language. They can then trigger the phrases live to play in any chosen order. Perhaps this could be used to provide music for a dance or similar performance.
Official classification: Composing, Arranging, Improvising, Changes in Volume, Silence, Phrasing, Melody, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, Japan, Koto, Curriculum support, Live Sequencer, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Second movement of Britten's Simple Symphony. The piece is played entirely pizzicato by strings.
KS1 idea - an ideal track for listening and/or to accompany movement, particularly in context of QCA Unit 7 'rain, rain, go away' as the pizz strings paint a vivid rainy scene.
Official classification: Unit 7. Rain, rain, go away - Exploring timbre, tempo and dynamics, 1900-1949, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Classical, Weather, United Kingdom, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
A short "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?" style quiz (c.10 minutes) from www.millionaireforschools.co.uk ideal for use as introduction, starter or review of a lesson.
Number of question steps: 6
Questioning Style: sequential (the same questions each time you play)
Subject: Music
Age Range: 9-11
Difficulty: Medium
Keywords: Instruments, Brass
Description: A short quiz designed for use as a introduction, starter or review of a lesson about brass instruments.
Official classification: Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Curriculum support
Tags: instruments, brass