A set of cross-curriculum resources to support music education and general learning across all subject areas. Designed for KS2 and KS3 children.
Maths
- Counting with Notes (use musical notation to make your own maths sums; learn about rhythm and note values)
English
- Spring Poetry (listen to The Four Seasons and write your own poem about Spring time)
- Writing a Story (listen to the first movement of Scheherazade and write a story about the journey you are imagining)
Science
- The Rainforest (identifying endangered species in the Rainforest)
- Under the Sea (identifying endangered species under the sea)
History – Composer Portfolios (detailed portfolios about well-renowned music composers and their history)
- Bach
- Beethoven
- Bernstein
- Brahms
- Britten
- Clara Schumann
- Ethel Smyth
- Fanny Mendelssohn
- Florence Price
- Gershwin
- Hildegard Von Bingen
- Mozart
- Shostakovich
- Stravinsky
Modern Foreign Languages (listen to music in this language and have a go at translating it into English)
Geography
- Where did they come from (researching music composers’ nationality and identifying where they came from on the world map)
Physical Education
- Choreography (choreograph your own dance based on the 4 elements)
- Interpretive Dance (create your own dance moves to The Carnival of the Animals and all the different animal groups)
Art
- Creating a Graphic Score (choose a piece of music and draw what you hear)
- Pictures at an Exhibition (listen to the different sections and draw your own interpretation)