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EYFS Music scheme of work and lesson plans. Develop your Reception class' Music skills. Complete with pupil videos and teacher CPD to support early years learning.

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Teacher skills videos

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    Celebration music

    Learning about the music from a range of cultural and religious celebrations, including Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwankzaa and Christmas.

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    Music and movement

    Creating simple actions to well-known songs, the children learn how to move to a beat and express feelings and emotions through movement to music.

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    Musical stories

    Moving to music using instructions and changing movements to match the tempo, pitch or dynamics.

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    Exploring sound

    Exploring how to use our voice and bodies to make sounds, experimenting with tempo and dynamic when playing instruments and identifying sounds in the environment.

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    Transport

    Identifying and copying sounds produced by different vehicles using voices, bodies and instruments.

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    Big band

    Learning about what makes a musical instrument and how instruments are grouped, following a beat using untuned instruments and performing a song to a small audience.

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Pre-2026 Music: List of musicians

A list of the songs, artists and composers that are present across our Music scheme of work.

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Webinar recording with support for Music subject leaders.

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