Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high-quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.
The national curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:
Intent
Pupils should be taught to:
Pupils should be taught to
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Year 1 and 2
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Traditional Rhymes Who I am, where I live |
Untuned Instruments Listening to the Beat: Who I am, where I live |
Chants: Repetition and Rounds Exploreres and expeditions |
Tuned Instruments Glockenspiel: Water tunes: pentatonic scale |
Songs from the seventies : listen learn and play |
Music and ICT inter=related dimensions Seaside noises and tunes (Garage band) |
Year 3 and 4
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Musical Composition Aural memory World drumming Evelyn Glenni
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Play and perform in solo and ensemble: use musical notation World drumming Sivamani |
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Improvise and compose World drumming African Drumming Bands |
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Year 5 and 6
| The Terrible Tudors Tudor instruments and song Greensleeves | The Planets: Holst |
A musical nature trail: pan-pipes | Country and western music. | Appreciate, understand and develop a knowledge of American musical history: rhythm and blues | rhythm and blues continued. |
Music Long Term Plan Cycle 2
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Year 1 and 2
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Songs from the 60s: The Beatles |
Untuned Instruments : Advert jingles then and now
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Chants and rhymes: Transport |
Tuned Instruments Xylophone: Water. Pentatonic Scale
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War-time tunes, songs |
Music and ICT inter=related dimensions Music around the UK |
Year 3 and 4
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Musical Composition Aural memory World Drumming Sheila E (Prince)
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Play and perform in solo and ensemble: use musical notation World Drumming Phil Collins
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Improvise and compose World Drumming Scottish Tribal Drumming |
Musical Composition Inter-related music and ICT
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Year 5 and 6
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Appreciate and understand traditions: Last Night of the Proms |
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Sing musically : Young Voices |
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Sing and play musically: performance |
Sing and play musically: performance |
We encourage appreciation of a wide variety of music through listening. We regularly link this with our topic work, listening to music from throughout history. We also link music lessons to our other subjects; using texts studied within English to inspire our own songwriting.