Music: Key stage 2

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Composing and improvising skills LKS2
Singing LKS2
Pitches (all key stages)
Dynamics (all key stages)
Staff notation 6 - KS2 - Tuned percussion
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Useful resources for teaching Music

Useful resources for teaching Music

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We make teaching music simple with engaging lessons based on popular themes, from animals and festivals to space and superheroes, all supported by teacher videos.

Year 3

Music
Ballads
(5 lessons)
Children learn what ballads are, how to identify their features and how to convey different emotions when performing…
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Creating compositions in response to an animation (Theme: Mountains)
(5 lessons)
Learning to tell stories through music. Listening to music and considering the narrative it could represent. Paying close…
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Developing singing technique (Theme: the Vikings)
(5 lessons)
The children develop their singing technique. Learning to keep in time and work on musical notation and rhythm,…
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Pentatonic melodies and composition (Theme: Chinese New Year)
(5 lessons)
Revising key musical terminology, playing and creating pentatonic melodies, composing a piece of music using layered melodies.
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Jazz
(5 lessons)
Learning about ragtime style music, traditional jazz and scat singing. Children create a jazz motif using a swung…
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Traditional instruments and improvisation (Theme: India)
(5 lessons)
Children listen to a range of rag and tal music, identifying traditional instruments as well as creating their…
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Year 4

Music
Body and tuned percussion (Theme: Rainforests)
(5 lessons)
A topic of discovery; children will explore the rainforest through music and be introduced to new musical terms.…
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Rock and roll
(5 lessons)
Learning about the origin and features of rock and roll music, pupils learn how to play the Hand…
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Changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics (Theme: Rivers)
(4 lessons)
Learning to listen to changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics and relate it to something tangible and familiar.…
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Haiku, music and performance (Theme: Hanami festival)
(5 lessons)
This Japanese inspired topic looks at the springtime festival of Hanami, which celebrates the fleeting beauty of spring…
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Samba and carnival sounds and instruments (Theme: South America)
(5 lessons)
Getting a feel for the music and culture of South America, children are introduced to samba and the…
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Adapting and transposing motifs (Theme: Romans)
(5 lessons)
Drawing upon their understanding of repeating patterns in music, pupils are introduced to the concept of motifs.
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