MUSIC
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life t
o everything - Plato
Music is a universal language spoken across the world. It draws together people and cultures; making a beautiful backdrop for life. At Wolston St Margaret’s, we believe in providing children a wealth of opportunities to listen, appreciate and perform a range of music. Our aim is to foster a love and understanding of music by providing lively, engaging and interactive music lessons. The children participate in: singing; tuned and untuned percussion work; and composition. In addition to this, pupils listen to and take part in discussions about music from a range of cultures and time periods. All children are taught the skills to be able to compose using musical instruments. When they are ready, musical notation is taught and children are taught correct musical terminology e.g. rhythm, melody, pitch, dynamics.
For further information about our Music Curriculum, please see the documents and information below:
We have adopted the Kapow Scheme of Learning to ensure progression and coherence across our Music Curriculum. Please see the document below for more information about Kapow and progression:
Kapow Musical Progression from EYFS - Year 6
MUSIC LEARNING LEAFLETS
Learning Leaflets include key vocabulary with definitions, dates and timelines, maps, significant individuals and other contextual knowledge along with key skills the children will need to demonstrate. We expect the majority of children to know the information on the learning leaflet by the end of the unit of work and be able to recall key detail.
The facts on the Learning Leaflet are the crystallised, necessary information about a topic but they don't represent the topic in its entirety and many children will have a far deeper understanding and be able to discuss and elaborate much further.
YEAR 1
Autumn Term 1 - Pulse and rhythm (Theme: All about me)
Autumn Term 2 - Christmas Performance
Spring Terms 1 & 2 - Musical Vocabulary (Theme: Under the sea)
Summer Term 1 - Timbre and rhythmic patterns (Theme: Fairytales)
Summer Term 2 - Pitch and tempo (Theme: Superheroes)
YEAR 2
Autumn Term 1 - Orchestral instruments (Theme: Traditional stories)
Autumn Term 2 - Christmas Performance
Spring Terms 1 & 2 - Musical me
Summer Term 1 - African call and response song (Theme: Animals)
Summer Term 2 - Myths and Legends
YEAR 3
Autumn Term 1 - Ballads
Autumn Term 2 - Christmas Performance
Spring Terms 1 & 2 - Pentatonic melodies and composition (Theme: Chinese New Year)
Summer Term 1 - Traditional instruments and improvisation (Theme: India)
Summer Term 2 - South Africa Instrumental Lessons
YEAR 4
Autumn Term 1 - Changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics (Theme: Rivers)
Autumn Term 2 - Christmas Performance
Spring Terms 1 & 2 - Caribbean Instrumental Lessons
Summer Term 1 - Body and tuned percussion (Theme: Rainforests)
Summer Term 2 - Samba and carnival sounds and instruments
YEAR 5
Autumn Term 1 - 5 Composition notation (Theme: Ancient Egypt)
Autumn Term 2 - Christmas Performance
Spring Terms 1 & 2 - Composition to represent the festival of colour (Theme: Holi festival)
Summer Term 1 - Blues
Summer Term 2 - South and West Africa
YEAR 6
Autumn Term 1 - Advanced rhythms
Autumn Term 2 - Christmas Performance
Spring Terms 1 & 2 - Dynamics, pitch and tempo (Theme: Fingal's Cave)
Summer Term 1 - Theme and Variations (Theme: Pop art)
Summer Term 2 - Composing and performing a Leavers' Song
