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Music

Intent

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 interrelated dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations

Curriculum Map

Music Overview

Term

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Autumn

Charanga: MMC Year 1 Unit 1: How can we make friends when we sing together?

Instrument focus: glockenspiel, voice, percussion, ocarina

Charanga: MMC Year 2 Unit 1: How des music help us to make friends?

Instrument focus: glockenspiel, voice, percussion 

 

Class A: DPA WCIT: drums

 

Class B and C:

Charanga: MMC Year 2 Unit 6: How does music teach us about looking after our planet?

Instrument focus: recorder, voice, percussion

Charanga: MMC Year 3 Unit 1: How does music bring us closer together? 

Instrument focus: recorder,  voice,  percussion  

Charanga: MMC Year 4 Unit 3: How does music improve our world?   

Instrument focus: glockenspiel,  voice,  percussion  

Charanga: MMC Year 5 Unit 2: How does music connect us with our past?

Instrument focus: recorder, voice, percussion

Spring

Charanga: MMC Year 1 Unit 3: How does music make the world a better place?

Instrument focus: glockenspiel, voice, percussion, ocarina

Charanga: MMC Year 2 Unit 3: How does music make the world a better place?

Instrument focus:  recorder, voice,  percussion  

 

Class B: DPA WCIT: drums

 

Class A and C:  MMC Year 3 Unit 1: How does music bring us closer together?  

Instrument focus: recorder,  voice,  percussion  

Charanga: MMC Year 3 Unit 3: How does music make the world a better place? 

Instrument focus: recorder, voice,  percussion

Charanga: MMC Year 4 Unit 5: How does music shape our way of life?

Instrument focus: recorder, voice,  percussion

Charanga: MMC Year 5 Unit 4: How does music teach us about our community?

Instrument focus: glockenspiel, voice, percussion

Summer

Charanga: MMC Year 1 Unit 5: What songs can we sing to help us through the day?

Instrument focus: glockenspiel, voice, percussion, ocarina

Charanga: MMC Year 2 Unit 5: How does music make us happy?

Instrument focus:  recorder, glockenspiel, voice,  percussion  

 

Class C: WCIT:  drums 

 

Class A and B:  MMC Year 3 Unit 3: How does music make the world a better place?  

Instrument focus: recorder, voice,  percussion  

Charanga: MMC Year 3 Unit 5: How does music make a difference to us every day?

Instrument focus: recorder, glockenspiel, voice, percussion

Charanga: MMC Year 5 Unit 1: How does music bring us together?

Instrument focus: recorder, glockenspiel, voice, percussion

Charanga: MMC Year 5 Unit 6: How does music connect us with the environment? 

Instrument focus: recorder, glockenspiel, voice, percussion

 

Progression in Music