Platform

• Scratch

Related

• NZ History – Anzac Day

Digital Technologies Progress Outcomes

• CT = PO2

• DDDO = PO1

Cross-Curricular Links

• Aotearoa NZ’s Histories

• The Arts

Year Levels

• Y5-6 (Guided)

• Y7+

Duration

• 1+ lessons

Resources

• Activity Guide

• Programming a Piano (Template Activity)

Differentiation

Let ākonga experiment with sample sounds to get their keyboard to sound like a bugle or other military related musical instrument.

Extension

Challenge learners to extend their Anzac Day repertoire by learning the melody for the Reveille bugle call.

About Activity

This extension theme pairs with the Programming a Piano template activity to focus on a musical composition significant to Anzac Day.

Follow the template activity guide along with the content focus of the Anzac Day extension guide to consider the role of bugle music and performance in the history of Anzac Day. Then create an interactive piano keyboard program in Scratch, and challenge yourself to learn to play the melody of The Last Post bugle call.

Use the extension guide together with the Programming a Piano template activity guide.

Activity Guide

Performance: The Last Post

Corporal Matthew Creek, Band of the Royal Military College

This video posted by the Royal Australian Air Force is an excellent model for helping learn and practise The Last Post bugle call due to the easy pacing and clear quality of this version.