Year 1 Learning Journey Use their voices Play tuned and untuned concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music Make and combine sounds Assessment Weather Music Toys Exploring Sounds Interesting Special Occasions Traditional tales Exploring In the Garden pulse, rhythm, Exploring sounds Big Sing Exploring Pitch Instruments and Exploring Duration tempo Symbols Singing from the topic Using to take part in the performance of a story and to improvise sounds made by different as well as sounds we can make with our bodies, handling Music from different times and cultures, variety of and sound sources Use sounds expressively to illustrate a story, Handling Taking part in the performance of a story, singing. Christmas Songs, Halloween and firework, Songs from the KS1 Christmas Play Use as accompaniment to pieces from special occasions or seasonal pieces and comment on effect Identifying long and short sounds in music Christmas Music, music for special occasions Use percussion to create a sequence of long and short Winter sounds (use symbols to record on paper) Performance of a Christmas song Performance of Toy Songs, Songs related to toys eg walking like a robot, my machine Using to play a variety of pulse and rhythm and to accompany recognising the difference between pulse and rhythm, developing a sense of pulse Stories about toys with sound effects, and marches Performance of toy and composing own toy story Performance of Toy Songs Traditional Tales Performance, Songs about fairy tale characters Use tuned and untuned percussion to play parts in a story Discriminate between high and low sounds create simple melodic patterns, composing, playing together Listen to music with changes in pitch, Jack and the Beanstalk story and Using a known fairytale, chn create melodic sequences for characters and other sound effects as you tell the story Fairy Tales Performance Performance of and whole class composition Use to play graphic scores and as part of large group compositions -Exploring, timbre, tempo and dynamics, conductors, exploring signals Variety of pieces that represent different types of weather Children compose a storm piece and create a graphic score to represent this Weather Composition Sing A Tiny Seed Was Sleeping and variety of plant and about insects Use as a tool to compose and accompany discriminate between long and short sounds and use this to help create own ideas insect pieces and music about nature Compose a short piece of music based around an insect Performance of and whole class composition
Year 2 Learning Journey Use their voices Play tuned and untuned concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music Make and combine sounds Assessment Music Around the Will I Ever Be Junk Band- Traditional Stories- Animal Magic- World- Famous?- Special Occasions Exploring Exploring and Exploring and Exploring music Investigating Pulse Big Sing Instruments and combining sounds combining sounds from around the and Rhythm Symbols world Variety of for the topic All Assembly a variety of and also clapping the pulse and rhythm to a variety of Pulse, rhythm, patterns in pitch, structure, handling, Classical to pop music, pieces to aid pulse and rhythm teaching Improvise rhythmic patters Sing a song from a popular musician Songs from the KS1 Christmas Play Christmas concert performance, learnt in topic, accompaniments to pieces and sound effects Pitch, dynamics, performance Exploring Sounds, handling, Christmas. Halloween Sing a Christmas song Learn a variety of raps based around traditional tales. All Assembly Use percussion to create sound effects for a story written by a member of their class To use music to tell a story (atmosphere, sound effects), timbre, pitch, composing, instrument families Peter & the Wolf identifying and how they are played effectively to tell a story. Use percussion to create sound effects for a story Performance of Story and music with this Do Anything But Throw it Away, Eddie the Penguin All Assembly Create a class junk band, accompanying a song (recyclable itiems eg tins, plastic bottles/boxes etc) Rhythm, pulse, pattern: ostinato, basic notation, exploring signals, playing together Stomp videos & music, Compose word rhythms based on recycling to play on old junk Junk Performance Animal Songs eg Never Smile at a Crocodile, All Assembly Play a variety of pieces that represent animals Graphic scores, timbre, texture, pitch, exploring sounds, Elements of music, composing, instrument families Listen to extracts from Carnival of the Animals by Saint Saens Chn compose a short piece of music to describe an animal Composition and Performance of Animal Piece Songs from Africa and Asia eg Si Si Si, A Keelie, Kye Kye Kule, Junkanoo, Dragon Song Perform different types of world music and own composition Pulse, repeated rhythms, cyclic patterns, call & response, pentatonic scales music from different countries consider styles, Chn will write their own dragon song Performance of World Songs and writing and performing song
Year 3 Learning Journey Perform in solo and ensembles Improvise and compose attention Use staff and other notations Appreciate live and recorded music from different traditions The Elements of Big Sing Music (Handling (Exploring lyrics/ (Instrument (Reading Instruments) melody and Families) Notation) structure) Rhythm in Action (Exploring Rhythm and Pitch) own rhythms, rhythm pieces, ostinatos, varying rhythm tasks, singing Improvise using percussion and rhythms learnt, writing own rhythms, exploring percussion Listen to recordings of music from around the world. All Songs. Rhythm patterns. Sing Rounds, singing pitch, Kodaly, recorder performance, handling, Christmas Concert Compose own short melody for recorder using up to three notes, rhythmic improvisation Listen to rounds, Christmas pieces, and recorder pieces. Teacher demonstrations, themselves Reading rhythms, Bar Lines, End Bar lines, crotchet, minims, semibreves, reading rhythms with notes written underneath, /rounds, Gamelan Scales, writing notation, playing rhythms, ostinato patterns Listen to music from various countries and a variety of percussion Listen to Christmas music from different traditions and music from the medieval period Sing as solos and groups from the 1960s, perform as a band Improvise accompaniments to Improve singing and performing, Listen to a variety of 1960 s Reading and playing Staff notation (treble clef) Handling, sight reading Write own melodies using the recorder as a tool Pitch Games and Reading staff notation, Stave and symbols, treble clef, 4/4, CBAG on the stave, song books Listen to recordings and performances of music from the 1960 s Rhythm and Melody writing, performing melodies, sight reading Continuation of the recorder scheme ready for final performance/ assessment Recognise both visually and by listening, categorise Listen to music played by the different instrument families The Weather (Exploring Descriptive sounds) Singing Weather, end of year assembly class recorder performance, Weather composition, Children compose music to describe a particular colour or piece of artwork, storm soundscape as a class music that describes weather or seasons Symbols Continued: ¾ Staccato, F and P (dynamics), Rests (Minims and Crotchets), repeats, ostinato patterns Listen to a range of music played by variety of, consider performance Children listen to music and describe how it makes them feel, weather pieces
Develop an understanding of Music History Relate music heard to time and context medieval and Christmas music, The influence of 1960 s music, especially the Beatles, on popular music Discussion of elements, list of a elements when responding to music/ classical Show the development of throughout history Assessment Percussion and notation test, Final rhythm writing Composition and performance of own Medieval Piece (using recorder) Composition and performance of own song Final Performance of CBAG pieces, Composition work Final Recorder performance Composition and performance of soundscape
Year 5 Learning Journey Perform in solo and ensembles Improvise and compose attention Use staff and other notations Appreciate live and recorded music from different traditions Develop an understanding of Music History Samba Music and the Music and the Big Sing- Victorian (Exploring Media- Adverts Media- Film Music Christmas (Introduction to Rhythmic (Introduction to (Exploring Musical (Exploring Musical (Exploring the voice) Ukulele) patterns) keyboard) Processes) Processes) Perform variety of pieces using the Ukulele and Voice Investigation of voice, exploring the voice of the ukulele, melody writing, rhythm writing Demonstrations, ukulele pieces, listening to others, aural skills to pick up Reading and playing C and F chord using the treble clef, Graphic Score. Watch performers playing the Ukulele and other string like How the string have developed over history at the Christmas Concert, Singing, rounds, in two parts, Victorian Christmas carols, music from the romantic Period All assembly Notation for available Watch choirs perform, performances of Romantic music and Ballet Romantic Music and Ballet, Traditional Victorian Carols background Sing together- Call and response, world music, responding to signals, playing as a large ensemble Composing Cyclic Patterns, Improvise rhythms Respond to aural cues when playing, Listen to recordings Rhythm grids, reading rhythms inc. Bar Lines, End Bar lines, crotchet, minims, semibreves, rests, dynamics Listen to recordings of Samba, Mp4 s of Samba schools and carnivals Relate music heard to its time and context Perform variety of pieces using the electronic keyboard Investigation of voice, exploring the voice of the keyboard, melody writing, rhythm writing Demonstrations, keyboard pieces, Reading and playing CDE (FG) using the treble clef, Graphic Score, Pentatonic Scale, drone. Watch performers playing the keyboard How the keyboard developed from the harpsichord Perform own Advert Jingle Compose own Advert Jinglemelody writing with an accompaniment Listen to Radio/TV Jingles Introduction of G chord, Continue to play C and F chord, Listen/watch adverts from across the decades Use of music in adverts Final product, demonstrations All assembly Create their own music to accompany a short film- El Caminante Listen to music from film and cartoons, ideas, pupils work Layering Patterns and Sequencing, using ICT to compose Listen and watch film and cartoon clips from different genres Development of film music
Assessment Ukulele Performance Final Performance of a song Ongoing performances Keyboard Performance Final composition and performance El Caminante Composition
Year 6 Learning Journey Perform in solo and ensembles Improvise and compose attention Use staff and other notations Appreciate live and recorded music from different traditions Yorkshire Folk Blues The Planetsmusic Big Sing (Exploring lyrics/ (Exploring Sound (Exploring lyrics (Singing in Parts) melody and (Keyboard Sources) and melody) structure) continued) Performance of own folk song and traditional folk Lyric and Melody writing folk both old and modern Using notation to write a melody, single fingered chords, scales, drones, rhythm writing Listen and review a selection of folk performances Perform in parts as groups, Vocal Development, Rounds Four Seasons, Canon, Toccata and Fugue, Organ Music Singing rounds and Canons, Carols All assembly Listen to choral works and choirs singing different from different genres Perform own Blues song with following elements: chords, bass line (HA), lyrics, improvisation All assembly Lyric Writing, improvising Listen to Blues music, lyrics, lyric structure and Twelve Bar Blues Chords and Chord Sequences, Bass Line, Structure Recordings of authentic blues and Performance of own composition, Sing World in union, perform ostinatos All assembly Compose a planet piece Listen to the Planets by Holst Writing notation Recordings of the Planets Perform variety of pieces using the electronic keyboard Investigation of voice, exploring the voice of the keyboard, melody writing, rhythm writing Demonstrations, keyboard pieces, Reading and playing CDE (FG) adding a left hand part playing C F and G chords Watch performers playing the keyboard Practice and present a final performance Solo parts Listen to each other, examples of performers Reading notation to perform Watch/Listen to recordings of popular bands/artists Develop an understanding of Music History Relate music heard to its time and context Music mainly from the Baroque period Relate music heard to its time and context Investigate Holst and his Planets How the keyboard developed from the harpsichord Explore popular music over the decades
Assessment Assessment of final song Performance of Performance of own Blues song and assessment of Blues Lyrics Planet test and composition and performance of planet piece Keyboard Performance Final Performance