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Students learning in music builds upon learning from the previous band. Students perform from a musical score that they have graphically notated and composed collaboratively with the ensemble. The task involved students playing instruments and improvising music, using elements of music including rhythm, pitch, dynamics and form in a range of pieces, including in music from the local community. Students listened to Penguin Circus by Nigel Westlake and responded to the different sections of the music with storytelling to identify how the character of the penguin was reflected in the music. They later discussed how the music helped them demonstrate rhythm through movement. They explored the movement and behaviours of penguins evident in their coastal community. Students learned to play Rocking Dog by Jon Madin on classroom instruments. They listened to other music that communicated the behaviour of animals, as stimulus material to further explore rhythm through body movement and use of non-tuned and tuned percussion instruments. Students composed and performed their own music inspired by penguins modelled on the form and style in Rocking Dog.