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Bring the sounds of autumn into your classroom with this engaging Autumnal Sounds resource, designed to help pupils explore, recreate, and perform seasonal soundscapes using instruments, objects, and voices. Perfect for Key Stage 1 and 2 music lessons, this activity supports the UK National Curriculum while encouraging creativity, collaboration, and imaginative play.

Pupils will experiment with environmental sounds such as wind, rain, leaves, birds, fireworks, and Halloween noises, before working in groups to create and perform their own autumn soundscapes. The optional rainstick craft activity provides a fun, cross-curricular extension linking music, art, and design.

What’s Included:

A full lesson plan with clear learning objectives

Starter activity: listening to real autumn sounds and class discussion

Four exploration stations: Weather, Walking, Halloween, Fireworks

Creative group task: composing and performing an autumn soundscape

Plenary activity: reflection and vocabulary use (dynamics, tempo, timbre, pitch)

Rainstick craft instructions – make your own instrument to take home

Teacher notes including:

Curriculum links (KS1 & KS2)

Differentiation and SEND support

Assessment opportunities

Cross-curricular links and extension ideas

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the activity, pupils will be able to:

Recreate autumnal sounds using voices, instruments, and objects.

Develop listening and sound-matching skills.

Work collaboratively to produce short soundscapes.

Use and apply musical vocabulary with confidence.

Key Benefits

Supports UK National Curriculum music objectives for KS1 & KS2.

Ready-to-use printable PDF with no additional planning required.

Encourages creativity, teamwork, and performance skills.

Adaptable for different age groups and abilities.

Ideal as a seasonal one-off lesson or part of a wider unit on soundscapes and environmental sounds.

Make your autumn music lessons fun, interactive, and curriculum-aligned with this Autumnal Sounds teaching resource , perfect for primary school classrooms.