This skills overview is suitable for use with the original Kapow Primary Art and design scheme. We recommend that schools no longer use this scheme and transition to our revised Art scheme.
This overview shows the key skills covered across each year group and identifies which units give coverage of each of these skills.
If you are following our Long-term plan: Condensed, there are some skills and artists that are not covered. These skills are highlighted on the document with the ✦ symbol.
See our revised Art and design scheme here.
Note: The latest progression information can now be found in the Music curriculum portal.
Note: The latest progression information can now be found in the Computing curriculum portal.
Note: The latest progression information can now be found in the French curriculum portal.
A Knowledge Organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit Music, KS2, Instrumental Lessons: Indonesia.
This resource is designed to support pupils as they explore traditional Indonesian gamelan music through instrumental practice. It introduces key musical vocabulary including gamelan, gong, metallophone, slendro, and octave, and explains how gamelan melodies follow a cyclical 8-note pattern. Pupils learn about the slendro scale—a pentatonic system where each pitch is numbered 1 to 5—and how different instruments play variations of the same tune using varying octaves and rhythms. This organiser also supports visual learning with labelled images of gamelan instruments and maps showing the musical origins in Java and Bali, helping pupils build cultural and musical awareness through hands-on experience.
Note: The latest progression information can now be found in the French curriculum portal.
Note: The latest progression information can now be found in the French curriculum portal.
Our French: Long-term plan—condensed curriculum version suggests an order for primary lesson plans for French for schools with less time. It details which units/ lessons to teach if you wish to teach only 18 lessons over a school year, rather than the full scheme of work we detail on our standard French: Long-term plan.
The organisation of our French curriculum is explained, such as detailing the strands which thread through every unit. Each unit is hyperlinked and there is a short description of the content to give you an overview of Kapow’s Languages curriculum.
This condensed curriculum version of the French Long-term plan still gives full coverage of the national curriculum, but in fewer lessons. Please note that not all the skills and knowledge from our French: Progression of skills and knowledge document will be covered: you are advised to see our French: Progression of skills and knowledge — condensed version for further details if you follow the condensed curriculum.
Note: The latest progression information can now be found in the Computing curriculum portal.
