What am I going to learn in Music?

Summer 1st Half Term

EYFS - Big Bear Funk

The children will learn to sing the funk song, Big Bear Funk. They will listen to other funk songs and identify the features of the style. They will learn to find, move to and play the pulse in a piece of music. They will learn to clap and play back rhythms from a piece of music. They will learn to play instruments with the song, and begin to share what they have learnt through performance.

 

Year 1 - Reflect, Rewind, Replay

The children will listen to and appraise a range of classical music from the 20th Century and Romantic periods, understanding where these fit into a timeline of classical music. They will learn what different instruments sound like and identify them in a piece of music. They will revisit some of the pieces of music looked at in previous units. They will compose a piece of music. They will learn about pulse, rhythm, pitch and tempo.

 

Year 2 - Reflect, Rewind, Replay

The children will listen to and appraise a range of classical music from the Romantic, Baroque, 20th Century and Contemporary periods, understanding where these fit into a timeline of classical music. They will learn what different instruments sound like and identify them in a piece of music. They will revisit some of the pieces of music looked at in previous units. They will compose a piece of music. They will learn about tempo, duration and dynamics. They will learn about time signatures, bars, staves, clefs, crotchet and minim notes and rests, and how these are all used to write music down.

 

Year 3 - Reflect, Rewind, Replay

The children will listen to and appraise a range of classical music from the Early, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century and Contemporary periods, understanding where these fit into a timeline of classical music. They will learn what different instruments sound like and identify them in a piece of music. They will revisit some of the pieces of music looked at in previous units. They will compose a piece of music. They will learn about some of the interrelated dimensions of music. They will learn about time signatures, bars, staves, clefs, crotchet and minim notes and rests, and how these are all used to write music down.

 

Year 4 - Reflect, Rewind, Replay

The children will listen to and appraise a range of classical music from the Early, Baroque, Romantic, Early 20th Century and Contemporary periods, understanding where these fit into a timeline of classical music. They will learn what different instruments sound like and identify them in a piece of music. They will revisit some of the pieces of music looked at in previous units. They will compose a piece of music. They will learn about timbre and texture in music. They will learn about time signatures, staves, clefs, quaver and semibreve notes and rests, and how these are all used to write music down. They will learn how dynamics are written in notation.

 

Year 5 - Reflect, Rewind, Replay

The children will listen to and appraise a range of classical music from the Early, Baroque, Romantic, Early 20th Century and Contemporary periods, understanding where these fit into a timeline of classical music. They will learn what different instruments sound like and identify them in a piece of music. They will revisit some of the pieces of music looked at in previous units. They will compose a piece of music. They will learn about the interrelated dimensions of music. They will learn about time signatures, staves, clefs, quaver and semibreve notes and rests, and how these are all used to write music down. They will learn how dynamics are written in notation.

 

Year 6 - Reflect, Rewind, Replay

The children will listen to and appraise a range of classical music from the Early, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century and Contemporary periods, understanding where these fit into a timeline of classical music. They will learn what different instruments sound like and identify them in a piece of music. They will revisit some of the pieces of music looked at in previous units. They will compose a piece of music. They will learn about the interrelated dimensions of music. They will learn about time signatures, staves, clefs, quaver and semibreve notes and rests, and how these are all used to write music down. They will learn how dynamics are written in notation.