| Autumn | Spring | Summer |
| Year 1 |
Rhythm work: introducing crotchets, quavers and rests using untuned percussion
Singing: Topic songs, Myself, Harvest and Christmas, music listening and composition
Performing: Harvest Festival, Nativity Play, Carol Service.
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Rhythm work: pulse, copycat rhythms
Singing: Topic songs - Weather, Spring, Easter, music listening and compostition
Performing: Easter Church Service |
Rhythm work: develop previous work, Introduce tuned percussion for work on pitch
Singing: Topic songs - Plants, Growing, Summer, Water.
Music listening and composition
Performing: Summer Concert |
| Year 2 |
Rhythm work: developing work from Year 1 on untuned percussion, introducing minims and semibreves
Singing: Topic songs - My Body, Harvest, Christmas.
Music listening and composition
Performing: Harvest Festival, Nativity Play, Carol Service |
Rhythm work: Introduce stave and music notes to play simple melodies
Singing: Topic songs - Weather, Spring, Easter.
Music listening and composition
Performing: Easter Church Service |
Rhythm work: developing pitch on tuned percussion, reading simple music to play melodies.
Singing: Topic songs - Minibeasts, Summer.
Music listening and composition
Performing: Summer Concert |
| Year 3 |
Instrumental: Revision of note values, Introduction of notes B,
A, G on the stave.
Playing simple recorder pieces.
Composing simple pieces
using B,A,G.
Singing: topic related –
Harvest and Christmas
Music listening and composition
Girls all perform in
Nativity Play
Extra Curricular Choir
opportunity.
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Instrumental: Revision of B,A,G, Introduction of further notes.
Playing simple recorder pieces
Composing simple pieces
Singing: Light popular songs. Disney, show tunes, fun songs
Simple rounds
Music listening and composition
Performing in Easter Church Service
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Instrumental: Revision and practise of recorder pieces.
Composing pieces using these notes.
Singing: Selection of
light, fun songs.
Music listening and composition
Girls perform in Summer
Concert show.
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| Year 4 |
Instrumental: Revision of notes on stave and time values.
Playing simple pieces and rounds on recorders and percussion.
Composing simple pieces.
Singing: Topic and seasonal related Harvest and Christmas
Music listening and composition
Girls all perform in Nativity Play
Extra Curricular choir opportunity.
Music listening and composition
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Instrumental: Further recorder pieces – Composing simple pieces.
Singing: Topic related and light, popular fun songs.
Music listening and composition
Girls perform in Easter Church Service.
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Instrumental: Further recorder pieces – some Tudor pieces.
Knowledge of early Tudor instruments.
Composing simple pieces.
Music listening and composition
Singing:Tudor songs and topic related.
Girls perform in Summer Concert.
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| Year 5 |
Notation and keyboard skills.
Different ways of using your hand and hands to make music, including Rap.
Learning songs for Christmas Service. |
Composing and performing music for a specific purpose
Learning songs for Easter Service |
Learning how dynamics and tempo affects the character of a piece of music.
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| Year 6 |
Notation and Keyboard skills.
Instrumental families and timbres.
Learning songs for Christmas Service. |
Twentieth Century popular music and dance.
Intervals and parallel motion.
Learning songs for Easter Service. |
Adapting music using various variation techniques.
Musical imagery. |
