Music: Key Stage 1
Lesson plans and teacher videos to instill confidence in your teaching of Music
Choose your topic
We make teaching music simple with engaging lessons based on popular themes, from animals and festivals to to space and superheroes, all supported by teacher videos.
Year 1
5 lessons
Pulse and rhythm
Theme: All about me. (Can be made COVID-19 appropriate).
5 lessons
Timbre and rhythmic patterns
Theme: Fairytales. (Can be made COVID-19 appropriate).
5 lessons
Pitch and tempo
Theme: Superheroes
5 lessons
Classical music, dynamics and tempo
Theme: Animals
5 lessons
Chanting and tuned percussion
Theme: Space
5 lessons
Vocal and body sounds
Theme: By the sea
Year 2
5 lessons
Myths and legends
Developing understanding of musical language and how timbre, dynamics and tempo affect the mood of a song. Can be made COVID-19 appropriate.
5 lessons
On this island: British songs and sounds
Creating sounds to represent three contrasting landscapes: seaside, countryside and city.
5 lessons
Musical me
Learning to sing and play a song
5 lessons
Orchestral instruments
Theme: Traditional western stories. This topic can be made COVID-19 appropriate.
5 lessons
African call and response song
Theme: Animals
5 lessons
Dynamics, timbre, tempo and motifs
Theme: Space
