Music

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Purpose of study

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.

Aims

The national curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:

perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians
learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence
understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.

Attainment targets

By the end of each key stage, pupils are expected to know, apply and understand the matters, skills and processes specified in the relevant programme of study.

Subject content

Key stage 1

Pupils should be taught to:

use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
play tuned and untuned instruments musically
listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music
experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music.

Key stage 2

Pupils should be taught to sing and play musically with increasing confidence and control. They should develop an understanding of musical composition, organising and manipulating ideas within musical structures and reproducing sounds from aural memory.

Pupils should be taught to:

play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music
listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
use and understand staff and other musical notations
appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians
develop an understanding of the history of music.

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Eastwood Village Progression of Vocabulary, Knowledge and Skills

	Song and Style	Instrument	Vocabulary to be introduced or recapped	Key Knowledge	Key Skills
FS	Autumn TermMe!	Percussion	Pulse	o To sing or rap nursery rhymes and simple songs from memory.o Songs have sections.o A performance is sharing music.o To know that we can move with the pulse of the music.	o To sing along with a pre-recorded song and add actions.o To sing along with the backing track.o Perform any nursery rhymes or songs adding a simple instrumental part
	Spring TermEveryone!	Percussion	Pulse
	Summer TermBig Bear Funk	Percussion/Glockenspiels	Pulse
Year 1	Autumn TermHey You!Old School Hip Hop	Percussion/Glockenspiels	Pulse	o To confidently sing or rap songs from memory and sing them in unison.o Learn the names of the notes in their instrumental part from memory or when written down.o Learn the names of the instruments they are playing	o Learn about voices, singing notes of different pitches (high and low). Learn that they can make different types of sounds with their voices – you can rap or say words in rhythm.o Learn to start and stop singing when following a leader.o Treat instruments carefully and with respect.o Listen to and follow musical instructions from a leader.o Play a tuned instrumental part with the song they perform
	Spring TermRound and RoundBossa Nova	Percussion/Glockenspiels	RhythmPulse
	Summer TermYour ImaginationPop	Percussion/Glockenspiels	PitchRhythm
Year 2	Autumn TermHands, Feet, HeartAfropop (South African)	Percussion/Glockenspiels	PulseRhythmPitch	o To confidently know and sing five songs from memory.o To know that unison is everyone singing at the same time.o Songs include other ways of using the voice e.g. rapping (spoken word).o Learn the names of the notes in their instrumental part from memory or when written down.o Know the names of untuned percussion instruments played in class.	o Learn about voices singing notes of different pitches (high and low).o Learn that they can make different types of sounds with their voices – you can rap (spoken word with rhythm).o Learn to find a comfortable singing position.o Learn to start and stop singing when following a leader.o Play the part in time with the steady pulse.o Listen to and follow musical instructions from a leader.
	Spring TermI wanna play in a bandRock	Percussion/Glockenspiels	DynamicsTempo
	Summer TermFriendship SongPop	Percussion/Glockenspiels	DynamicsTempo
Year 3	Autumn TermLet Your Spirit FlyRnB	Glockenspiels	StructurePulseRhythmPitch	o Singing in a group can be called a choiro Leader or conductor: A person who the choir or group follow Songs can make you feel different things e.g. happy, energetic or sad Singing as part of an ensemble or large group is fun, but that you must listen to each othero To know and be able to talk about the instruments used in class (a glockenspiel, a recorder)	o To sing in unison and in simple two-parts.o To follow a leader when singing.o To sing with awareness of being ‘in tune’o To have an awareness of the pulse internally when singingo To rehearse and perform their part within the context of the Unit song.o To listen to and follow musical instructions from a leader
	Spring TermThree Little BirdsReggae	Recorders	DynamicsTempo
	Summer TermBringing Us TogetherDisco	Glockenspiels	TextureStructure
Year 4	Autumn TermMamma MiaPop	Recorders	DynamicsTempo	o Texture: How a solo singer makes a thinner texture than a large groupo To know why you must warm up your voiceo To know and be able to talk about the instruments used in class (a glockenspiel, recorder and other instruments they might play or be played in a band or orchestra or by their friends.	o To sing with awareness of being ‘in tune’.o To rejoin the song if lost.o To listen to and follow musical instructions from a leader.o To experience leading the playing by making sure everyone plays in the playing section of the song
	Spring TermStop!Grime	Glockenspiels	TextureStructure
	Summer TermLean On Me Gospel	Glockenspiels	Notation
Year 5	Autumn TermLivin’ On a PrayerRock	Glockenspiels	TimbreStructure	o To choose a song and be able to talk about: Its main features, singing in unison, the solo, lead vocal, backing vocals or rapping and to know what the song is about and the meaning of the lyricso To know and be able to talk about different ways of writing music down – e.g. staff notation, symbols	o To sing in unison and to sing backing vocalso To experience rapping and solo singing.o To listen to each other and be aware of how you fit into the group.o To sing with awareness of being ‘in tune’.
	Spring TermThe Fresh Prince of Bel-AirOld School Hip Hop	Glockenspiels	Notation
	Summer TermDancing in the StreetMotown	Recorders	NotationTimbre
Year 6	Autumn TermHappyPop/ Neo Soul	Recorders	NotationTexture	o To know about the style of the songs so you can represent the feeling and context to your audienceo To choose a song and be able to talk about: Its main features, singing in unison, the solo, lead vocal, backing vocals or rapping and to know what the song is about and the meaning of the lyricso To know and be able to talk about different ways of writing music down – e.g. staff notation, symbols	o To sing in unison and to sing backing vocalso To experience rapping and solo singing.o To listen to each other and be aware of how you fit into the group.o To sing with awareness of being ‘in tune’.o To lead a rehearsal session
	Spring TermYou’ve Got a Friend70s Ballad/ Pop	Glockenspiels	MelodyHarmonyStructure
	Summer TermMusic and MeCultural Music and their own inspirations/ identities	Linked to pupils interest or cultural music	ImproviseComposeStructure