English

     Autumn 1

The Piano

The Piano is a flashback narrative based on short animation by Aidan Gibbons.

Studying the film and the themes that run through short clip generates some fantastic speaking and listening opportunities as well as some amazing writing.

The children got a chance to listen to the music to see how it made them feel. they linked it to the past and remembered what happened. Then they listened to the music with the lonely man to began to understand his feelings and memories.

Whilst thoughts rushed swiftly through his mind, the lonesome man tapped his fingers gently on each key. Soothingly, the music reminded him of his past memories however unfortunately the music only made him remember the sombre, sad and depressing memories. Sorrow ran through him.

Autumn 1 - Flashbacks and Biographies

Year 6 are studying novels based on the Titanic and using the short animation of The Piano to inspire their own flashback writing.