The Arts Unit Creative Teachers
3 to 6 – lesson 3
Performance, listening and movement activities for 3 to 6
Student music resource developed by The Arts Unit in consultation with Kay Taylor
Years 3 to 6 music
Overview
Lesson 3 focuses on student performance.
Students perform an accompaniment to the music of The High Road.
Learning intentions
Through this lesson:
all students will recognise that music has a beat
most students will perform confidently, maintaining the beat
some students will need teacher support to maintain the beat.
Assessment opportunities
Student progress can be monitored through a range of assessment strategies and differentiated according to individual student needs. Assessment opportunities could include:
observation of students maintaining the beat with body percussion and bucket drumming
observation of student engagement with the repertoire.
Activity 1
Required resources
Audio recording of The High Road (section 1 is available to stream directly from this activity or to download from the downloads page)
Bucket drums
Rulers
Key vocabulary
Beat
Repeated pattern
Differentiation
Teacher adaptions as required
One or 2 students could play the drums pattern in the introduction
Instructions
Each student has a bucket on the floor in front of them.
Students copy the teacher performing the beat as section 1 of The High Road is played:
1, 2, 3, 4.
Repeat this pattern as required.
The High Road – section 1
Duration 1:29
The High Road (Section 1).mp3Bucket drums – example 1
Duration: 00:50
Students keep the beat using bucket drums (audio section 1).
Activity 2
Required resources
Audio recording of The High Road (section 2 is available to stream directly from this activity or to download from the downloads page)
Bucket drums
Rulers
Key vocabulary
Beat
Repeated pattern
Differentiation
Teacher adaptions as required
Instructions
Each student has a bucket on the floor in front of them and 2 rulers.
Students copy the teacher performing the beat as section 2 of The High Road is played. Tap the rulers together gently:
1, 2, 3, tap.
Repeat this pattern as required.
The High Road – section 2
Duration 1:31
The High Road (Section 2).mp3Bucket drums – example 2
Duration: 00:47
Students keep the beat using bucket drums and rulers (audio section 2).
Instructions – extension
Each student has a bucket on the floor in front of them.
Students play a repeated quaver pattern instead of the beat as section 2 of The High Road is played.
The High Road – section 2
Duration 1:31
The High Road (Section 2).mp3Bucket drums – example 3
Duration: 00:47
Extension: students play a repeated quaver pattern using bucket drums (audio section 2).
Activity 3
Required resources
Audio recording of The High Road (full piece available to stream directly from this activity or to download from the downloads page)
Bucket drums
Rulers
Coloured fabrics or ribbons
Key vocabulary
Performance
Differentiation
Teacher adaptions as required
Instructions
Students perform a bucket drumming accompaniment to The High Road.
Class (or classes) perform a bucket drumming accompaniment to The High Road with FoIM students playing recorder and strings.
Students in groups perform dance, body percussion and bucket drumming.
The High Road – full piece
Duration 4:35
The High Road (Full Piece).mp3Third-party content attributions
The High Road, composed by Tracy Burjan, arranged by Tracy Burjan, Paul Burjan and Susan Sukkar, © Tracy Burjan, Paul Burjan and State of NSW (Department of Education), 2022, reproduced and communicated with permission.