Subject Overview – Music
Children will be exposed to musical areas (themes) of singing, listening, composing and performance which with increase their development of musicianship.
| Autumn 1
(Being Me) |
Autumn 2
(Celebrations) |
Spring 1
(Traditional Tales) |
Spring 2
(A long, long time ago) |
Summer 1
(How do things grow?) |
Summer 2
(We are explorers!) |
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| FS1 | Enjoys listening to music
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Explores instruments and is beginning to name them (drum, tambourine, maraca, triangle…)
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Responds to music
Explores instruments and is beginning to name them (drum, tambourine, maraca, triangle…)
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Responds to music
Explores instruments and is beginning to name them (drum, tambourine, maraca, triangle…)
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Is able to name a wide variety of instruments (also including chime bars, glockenspiels, xylophones)
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Talks about how music makes them feel
Plays a given instrument to a simple beat
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| Knows some words when singing
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Knows some words when singing
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Knows some words when singing
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Sings in a small group
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Sings in a group, trying to keep in time
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Sings in a group, trying to keep in time
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| FS2 | Explores instruments and is beginning to name them (drum, tambourine, maraca, triangle…)
Can clap along to a simple beat
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Plays a given instrument to a simple beat
Make loud and quiet sounds
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Is able to name a wide variety of instruments (also including chime bars, glockenspiels, xylophones)
Knows how to use a wide variety of instruments.
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Make fast and slow sounds (tempo) | Selects own instruments and plays them in time to music, matching the beat.
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Make high and low pitch sounds (pitch)
Beginning to write own compositions using symbols, pictures or patterns |
| Sings in a group, trying to keep in time
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Sings in a group, matching pitch and following melody
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Sings by themselves, matching pitch and following melody
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| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |
| Y1
Y1 MMC
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Unit 1
My Musical Heartbeat |
Unit 2
Dance, Sing and Play! |
Unit 3
Exploring Sounds |
Unit 4
Learning to Listen |
Unit 5
Having Fun with Improvisation |
Unit 6
Let’s Perform Together! |
| Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Renaissance Period
1551 Ronde and Basse Dance Bergeret from La Mourisque (Susato) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Baroque Period
1720 1st movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (J. S. Bach) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Classical Period
1783 Rondo alla Turca (Mozart) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Romantic Period
1842 Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
20th Century
1969 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (David & Bacharach) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
21st Century
2011 Wild Man (Kate Bush)
Musical Traditions Ghana Kye Kye Kule |
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| SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Banana Rap |
SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Hands, Feet, Heart |
SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Hey You! |
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| Singing Assembly (All children)
Choir |
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| Y2
Y2 MMC
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Unit 1
Pulse, Rhythm and Pitch |
Unit 2
Playing in an Orchestra |
Unit 3
Inventing a Musical Story |
Unit 4
Recognising Different Sounds |
Unit 5
Exploring Improvisation |
Unit 6
Our Big Concert |
| Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Renaissance Period
1551 Ronde and Basse Dance Bergeret from La Mourisque (Susato) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Baroque Period
1720 1st movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (J. S. Bach) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Classical Period
1783 Rondo alla Turca (Mozart) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Romantic Period
1842 Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
20th Century
1969 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (David & Bacharach) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
21st Century
2011 Wild Man (Kate Bush)
Musical Traditions Ghana Kye Kye Kule |
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| SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Banana Rap |
SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Hands, Feet, Heart |
SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Hey You! |
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| Singing Assembly (All children)
Choir |
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| Y3/4
Y3 MMC
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Recorders only due to swimming lessons | Unit 1
Writing Music Down |
Unit 2
Playing in a Band |
Unit 3
Compose Using Your Imagination |
Unit 4
More Musical Styles |
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| Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Renaissance Period
1587 Jubilate Deo (Gabrieli) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Baroque Period
1724 Part 1: Chorale from St John Passion (J. S. Bach) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Classical Period
1791 Papageno’s Song from The Magic Flute (Mozart) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Romantic Period
1884 1st movement from The Holberg Suite (Grieg) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
20th Century
1989 Back to Life (Soul II Soul) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
21st Century
2016 Human (Rag’n’Bone Man)
Musical Traditions Poland Oi Dana (various) |
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| SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Three Little Birds |
SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Mamma Mia |
SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Living on a Prayer |
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| Singing Assembly (All children)
Recorders taught by Rotherham Music Service Choir |
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| Y5/6
Y4 MMC
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Unit 1
Musical Structures |
Unit 2
Exploring Feelings When You Play |
Unit 3
Compose with Your Friends |
Unit 4
Feelings Through Music |
One term per class of ukulele lessons | |
| Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Renaissance Period
1587 Jubilate Deo (Gabrieli) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Baroque Period
1724 Part 1: Chorale from St John Passion (J. S. Bach) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Classical Period
1791 Papageno’s Song from The Magic Flute (Mozart) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
Romantic Period
1884 1st movement from The Holberg Suite (Grieg) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
20th Century
1989 Back to Life (Soul II Soul) |
Chronology: Repertoire in Context
21st Century
2016 Human (Rag’n’Bone Man)
Musical Traditions Poland Oi Dana (various) |
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| SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Three Little Birds |
SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Mamma Mia |
SEND Freestyle – Signed Songs
Living on a Prayer |
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| Singing Assembly (All children)
Choir |
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SEND Freestyle-Signed Songs @melodysigns youtube
Cultural Capital
- One Voice
- Singing for the elderly
- Singing in the community
- Big Blast (Y3/4)
- Musical instrument lessons
