Description

🎵 September Composers – Daily Reading & Listening Activities (KS2–3 Music & Literacy)

Start the academic year with daily music appreciation and literacy practice!

This ready-to-use September pack introduces pupils to a new composer every day, blending short biographies with high-quality comprehension questions, suggested answers, and QR codes linking directly to listening clips. A perfect way to build cultural capital, strengthen reading skills, and engage learners through the first month of term.

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✨ What’s Included

✔️ 30 Composer Profiles (1st–30th September)
Each profile features a clear, age-appropriate 150-word biography for KS2–3 pupils.

✔️ 5 Daily Comprehension Questions
Covering retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation, and summary skills.

✔️ Suggested Answers
Ideal for self-marking, whole-class teaching, or independent feedback.

✔️ QR Codes to Listening Clips
Instant access to music extracts via MusicOfTheDay.co.uk.

✔️ A Varied Range of Musical Styles and Cultures
Combining classical, Romantic, medieval, contemporary, film, folk, jazz, and world traditions.

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🎯 Benefits for Teachers and Pupils

• Cross-curricular value linking English, Music, PSHE, and Humanities

• No preparation required — ideal for daily starters, assemblies, tutor time, or cover

• Boosts curiosity and cultural awareness through real listening experiences

• Differentiation built in with tiered question types

• Flexible use for whole lessons, short tasks, homework, or independent learning

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🎼 Featured September Composers

A powerful and diverse line-up to launch the new school year:

🎻 Early, Baroque & Classical

• Johann Pachelbel

• Henry Purcell

• Isabella Leonarda

• Francesca Caccini

• Hildegard von Bingen

• Albéric Magnard

• Robert Casadesus

🎼 Romantic & Late-Romantic

• Clara Schumann

• Edvard Grieg

• Louise Farrenc

• Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

🎵 Modern & Contemporary Classical

• Nadia Boulanger

• Arvo Pärt

• Peter Maxwell Davies

• Ahmet Adnan Saygun

• Malcolm Arnold

• John Rutter

• Eleanor Alberga

• Dmitri Shostakovich

🎶 Film, Popular & Folk Traditions

• Hans Zimmer

• Freddie Mercury

• Mike Post

• William Jackson (harpist)

• Baden Powell de Aquino

• Vincent Youmans

• Mart Saar

• Neil Chotem

• Nuno Bettencourt

• Mikis Theodorakis

A rich, multicultural mix designed to broaden pupils’ understanding of music across centuries, genres, and continents.

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📚 Curriculum Links

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – National Curriculum

English (KS2 Reading)

• Retrieve and record information

• Understand vocabulary in context

• Draw inferences

• Summarise key ideas

Music (KS2/KS3)

• Listen attentively

• Appreciate a wide range of composers and traditions

• Understand musical history and musical context

Cultural Capital (PSHE/Ofsted)
Promotes exposure to significant cultural figures from around the world and throughout history.

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👩‍🏫 Ideas for Classroom Use

• Begin each day with a Composer of the Day routine

• Build a composer display wall for September

• Integrate comprehension tasks into guided reading sessions

• Use listening clips for music appreciation or analytical tasks

• Encourage creative responses such as diary entries, reviews, or composer profiles

• Ideal for whole-class, group work, homework, or supply cover

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🛒 Why Teachers Love This Resource

This pack saves planning time, supports literacy and musical development, and provides a meaningful, structured start to the school year.

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🎶 Perfect for:

• KS2 and KS3 classroom teaching

• English & Music departments

• Supply teachers needing ready-made lessons

• Homeschool learning

• Cross-curricular enrichment projects

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👉 Add the September Composers pack to your basket today and begin the year with daily inspiration, music, and meaningful literacy practice!