Music / Year 5 and 6 / Presenting and performing

Curriculum content descriptions

perform music in a range of forms they have learnt and/or composed in informal and/or formal settings (AC9AMU6P01)

Elaborations
  • rehearsing and refining performances to engage audiences and communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning; for example, focusing on expressive elements of music such as dynamics and balance when rehearsing performances of songs from a cultural group in their community or songs in a language they are learning
  • providing and responding to feedback to refine performances and compositions; for example, discussing how the composer indicates dynamics in the music and how the performer/s interpret this information and how the performer/s communicate the mood of the music; for example, using tone colour/timbre and/or articulation (phrasing, staccato, legato)
  • presenting performances via digital platforms including, if age-appropriate, interacting with audiences via platforms such as school intranet or website, and considering online safety protocols; for example, streaming or uploading recordings of performances and posing questions for the audience to respond to in a chat space
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
ScOT terms

Ear training,  Music performance,  Musical elements,  Aural skills

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Shake the papaya tree

Find out more about papaya trees and then learn to draw one! Learn a song about climbing a tree and some movements to perform as you sing the song. Explore how to find the beat in the music.

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Colourful melodies

This resource explores making and organising sounds to compose a simple musical composition. Through making a rainbow water xylophone, students will learn how sound waves travel and how different pitches are produced.

Video

BTN: A journey into world music

From Japanese drumming to African choirs, there is a wide world of music to be enjoyed beyond mainstream pop music in Australia. Music from one culture will often sound very different to music from another, using varied musical styles and instruments. Come along on a musical journey and explore the increasingly popular ...

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Electronic sounds

Students experiment and compose with electronic sounds.

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Make it and play it!

Students learn about, make and use percussion instruments.

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It all 'ads' up!

Students create and explore advertising jingles.

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Inspire me …

Using stimulus material to inspire art and music. Learn about plastics in the ocean and what oceanographers have learnt through seascape artwork. Create an artwork based on a seascape and plastic waste, Explore graphic notation and create a city soundscape with an artwork as a stimulus.