Learning
Music
Aims of Music at St Stephen's
To deliver a rich, varied and engaging music curriculum to all children in our school – one which is accessible to every child, regardless of gender, ethnicity and ability. By the time our children leave our school they should have experienced all the areas of the music curriculum and developed a range of skills to carry forward to their secondary education. It is also hoped that they will have started to develop personal interests within music, which they might carry forward to their adult life, and be able to find some aspects of the subject which give them enjoyment and enrichment for many years to come e.g. singing, playing an instrument or simply listening for pleasure.
Curriculum map
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Reception |
Two pitch songs. Rhythm and pulse. |
Pitch match the teacher’s pitch.
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Dynamics and tempo of songs |
Draw a response to a song or piece of music. |
Name and use different voices |
Use the body to show different pitches and rhythms. |
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Year 1 |
Show phrases of songs |
Introduction to percussion instruments |
Write and perform a visual score |
Use the thinking voice. |
Introduction to instruments of the orchestra. |
Body percussion. |
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Year 2 |
Learn handsigns for soh/me |
Rhythm notation ta and te-te |
Kodaly handsigns for doh, ray and lah |
Writing rhythms using ta, te-te and a rest. |
Use instruments to explore and compose using soh / me interval. |
Call and response songs |
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Year 3 |
Compose and perform 4, 8 and 16 beat rhythms. |
4/4 time signature and explore the beat structure. |
¾ time signature and explore the beat structure. |
Write own soh me melody on a one line stave. |
Improvise a soh / me /lah melody. |
Play improvised melodies on tuned percussion. Learn the minim. |
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Year 4 |
Conduct in ¾ and 4/4 |
Class recorder lessons |
Class recorder lessons |
Class recorder lessons |
Class recorder lessons |
Sing songs in rounds and canons. |
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Year 5 |
Sing songs with ostinatos. |
Write melodies on a two line stave. |
Read melodies from notation eg s-m-d-s-m. |
Pentatonic scale and melodies. |
Develop previous melodies as group performance. |
Sing songs with several parts and maintain own part. |
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Year 6 |
Identify and label song phrases AA. AB etc |
Perform pentatonic melodies on tuned percussion. |
Research a favourite current artist and present. |
Write a film score for a short animation. |
End of year performance songs. Research a music genre and present. |
End of year performance to an audience |
Half termly curriculum booklet articles
Useful websites
Within each of our units of learning, there will be details of websites that can support home and further learning beyond the classroom.
Music Development Plan
Click on the link below to view our music development plan.