PURPOSE OF STUDY
Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.
Aims
The national curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:
- Perform, listen to, review and evaluate the 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 inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.
CURRICULUM MAPS
Pulse Christmas Carol Service Assessment Pulse Exercise Exploring Pulse Rhythm Assessment Compose and perform own rhythms Elements Pitch Soundscape Assessment Create and perform a soundscape Music Notation – Pitch Melody – Solo Performing (Glockenspiel)Assessment Unit 5 Pitch Booklet Melody – Solo Performing (Keyboard) Melody, Drones and Chords Assessment Solo performance Folk Music Assessment Folk Arrangement of Drunken Sailor Musical Tags Programme Music Assessment Musical analysis of composition Compose a Programmatic Piece Blues Assessment Composition Blues Personalised Learning Project Assessment Group performance Graphic Score Topic 20th Century Music Assessment Performing different notation Samba Awaiting Content Assessment Create and perform a carnival piece Advertisements Awaiting Content Assessment Create and present an advert to an appropriate target audienceAutumn 1
Autumn 2
Vocal PerformanceSpring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Unit 6 Progressive Melody CourseSpring 1
Spring 2
SingingSummer
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Listening analysisSpring1
Spring 2
Performance of chords on Ukelele/guitarSummer 1
Summern 2
CreativityAutumn 1
Autumn 2
Assessment Use knowledge to develop a 20th century compositionSpring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2