1472900197 Music Express 2014 – Year 3

*** One book remaining, to be discontinued once gone *** 1472900197 Music Express 2014 7-8 – Year 3. 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: Environment Musical focus – Composition; Subject link – Geography The children explore songs & poems about places. They create accompaniments & sound pictures to reflect sounds in their local environment. Unit 2: Building Musical focus – Beat; Subject link – DT The children explore and create rhythms, inspired by the sights & sounds of a building site. They play games, sing and compose music to build into a performance. Unit 3: Sounds Musical focus – Exploring sounds; Subject link – Geography The children explore timbre & structure to learn how sounds are produced and classified through musical conversations from around the world. Unit 4: Poetry Musical focus – Performance; Subject link – English The children explore & develop three contrasting poems. They use voices, body percussion & movement to create their own expressive performances. Unit 5: China Musical focus – Pitch; Subject link – Mathematics The children explore the pentatonic scale and ways of notating pitch, They listen to traditional Chinese music, sing, read & compose music, ending in a musical celebration of the Chinese New Year. Unit 6: Time Musical focus – Beat; Subject link – Mathematics The children develop their understanding of beat, metre & rhythm. They combine melodic & rhythmic patterns, and use staff notation as part of a final performance. Unit 7: In the Past Musical focus – Pitch; Subject link – PE The origins of pitch notations are introduced as the children make hand signals and compose three-note melodies. They learn basic dance steps & prepare a performance. Unit 8: Communication Musical focus – Composition; Subject link – Computing The children learn to make music inspired by technology and computing. They explore & compose sounds for earcons, emoticons, mobile phone ringtones, computer games & apps. Unit 9: Human Body Musical focus – Structure; Subject link – Science The children are taught about the human body by skeleton dances & songs. Percussion instruments are used to improvise, create word rhythms & build a final skeleton dance. Unit 10: Singing French Musical focus – Pitch; Subject link – Languages The children are introduced to French greetings, vocabulary & numbers as they play lively singing games. Unit 11: Ancient Worlds Musical focus – Structure; Subject link – History The children explore music from Ancient Greece inspired by Orpheus, Echo & Theseus. They compose a song-cycle & a round, and compose their own ostinati. Unit 12: Food & Drink Musical focus – Performance; Subject link – DT A feast of chants, songs & performances. Composing word rhythms, singing a round & creating musical recipes will develop the children’s skills from breakfast through to dinner time!