This unit vocabulary display includes keywords from the mixed-age unit Religion and worldviews, Y1/2 (A), Why should we care for the world? and additional unit-specific words that may be helpful in a display.
Key vocabulary is clearly labelled on the display, highlighting essential words that the pupils are expected to retain and reuse in future units. Understanding these words enhances comprehension of the subject and supports understanding of prominent organised worldviews.
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This Music video supports teachers in developing effective strategies for teaching beat and rhythm at key stage one. It explores what beat and rhythm look like in a classroom setting, common challenges pupils may face, and how these foundational skills progress as pupils move into the upper key stages. Through clear modelling, movement activities, and simple instrument use, the video helps teachers build pupil confidence in recognising, maintaining, and responding to a steady beat before formally introducing rhythm.
This Music video introduces key techniques for teaching pitch at key stage one. It explores how to develop children’s understanding of high and low sounds through vocal warm-ups, sound pictures, and pitched instruments. The video also models how to teach singing with a limited pitch range, gradually expanding as children gain confidence.
This Music video explores how to teach the concept of tempo in key stage one through movement, rhythm, and familiar rhymes. Focusing on the theme of the snail and mouse, it helps pupils differentiate between fast and slow speeds by encouraging physical responses, voice work, and simple instrument play. The video also models how to scaffold tempo understanding through beat-keeping, miming, and retrieval activities.
This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Teacher Skills videos for Music, Key Stage 1. It equips teachers with practical strategies to support children as they explore tempo, preparing them for more advanced musical concepts in future key stages.
This Music video explores how to teach the concept of dynamic skills at key stage one. It introduces strategies to help pupils recognise and produce loud and quiet sounds through voice, listening activities, and instrumental exploration. The video clarifies common misconceptions and models dynamic contrasts using familiar songs and simple call-and-response activities, helping pupils apply their understanding to musical performance.
This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Teacher Skills videos for Music, key stage 1.
This unit vocabulary display includes keywords from the mixed-age unit Design and technology, Year 1, Mechanisms: *New* Wheels and axles and additional unit-specific words that may be helpful in a display.
Key vocabulary is clearly labelled on the display, highlighting essential words that the pupils are expected to retain and reuse in future units. Understanding these words enhances comprehension of the subject and supports the development of design thinking, practical skills and knowledge of key processes and materials.
See the full Design and technology: Key vocabulary.
This unit vocabulary display includes keywords from the unit RSE & PSHE, Year 1, Citizenship and additional unit-specific words that may be helpful in a display.
This video aims to help Religion and worldviews subject leaders gain an understanding of the Kapow Primary Religion and worldviews scheme of work, describing the strands and the documentation that can further support you in your role.
This video explains the structure of our Science scheme of work. It describes the strands and documentation that can further support subject leaders in their roles.
