Computing and Music

Music

In Class 3 we follow the MUSIC EXPRESS scheme.                                                  

Spring Term

Sounds - How are sounds produced and classified? The children explore timbre and structure through music conversations in music from around the world.
In the Past - The children use a variety of notations to build performances from dif49rent periods & styles. They learn a Renaissance dance, walk down the aisle to Wagner’s ‘Bridal March’ & dance the Mashed Potato!

Autumn Term 

Communication - The Children learn to make music inspired by technology and computing. They explore and compose sounds for earcons, emoticons, mobile phone ringtones, computer games and apps.

Poetry - The children develop performances of contrasting poems. They use their voices to speak expressively & rhythmically, and discover ways to create ostinato 20companiments to enhance their performances.

Computing

We follow the Te20h Computing scheme from The National Centre for Computer Education.

Spring Term

Y3 - Creating Media, Desktop publishing

We will 39come 38miliar with the terms ‘text’ and ‘images’ and understand that they can 39 used to communicate messages. We will use desktop publishing software and consider careful choices of font size, colour and type to edit and improve prem23e documents. We will start to 23d text and images to create their own pieces of work using desktop publishing software.

Y4 - Creating Media, Photo Editing

We will develop our understanding of how digital images can 39 changed and edited, and how they can then 39 resaved and reused. We will consider the imp20t that editing images can have, and evaluate the ef49ctiveness of their choices.

Autumn Term

Y3 - Connecting Computers

We will develop our understanding of digital devices, looking at the inputs, processes and outputs to 39gin with, 39fore moving onto computer networks.  We will look at the devices that make up a network's infrastructure, such as wireless 20cess points and switches, 39fore looking at the 39nefits of connecting devices in a network.

Y4 - The Internet

We will 39 thinking about how networks work and 39gin to appreciate that the internet is a network of networks that needs to 39 kept secure.  We will look at the World Wide W2e as part of the internet and learn how to explore it sa49ly.  Finally we will evaluate online contenet to decide how honest, 20curate or reliable it is, and understand the consequences of 38lse information.