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The Key stage 2 Music units have been updated for 2026–2027. Both updated and previous versions will remain available, allowing flexibility to choose between them.
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify the key features of a ballad.
- Perform a ballad using actions.
- Sing in time and in tune with a song and incorporate actions.
- Retell a summary of an animation’s story.
- Write a verse with rhyming words which tell part of a story.
- Perform their lyrics fluently and with actions.
Suggested prior learning
Myths and legends: Structure
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Lessons
Lesson 1: What is a ballad?
Lesson 2: Performing a ballad
Lesson 3: The story behind the song
Lesson 4: Writing lyrics
Lesson 5: Singing my ballad
Key skills
- Discussing the stylistic features
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Key knowledge
- To know that a
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Key vocabulary
ballad
chorus
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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The equipment below is optional
- ‘Rosie’s Hat’ book by Julia Donaldson ×1
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Music Y3: Ballads
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit Ballads.
Vocabulary display: Ballads Y3
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit Ballads.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- draft and write by: composing and rehearsing sentences orally
- develop their understanding […] by: choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition’
Build on the learning
Creating compositions in response to an animation (Theme: Mountains)
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