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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:
- Match their movements to the music, explaining why they chose these movements.
- Accurately notate and play a pentatonic melody.
- Play their part in a composition confidently.
- Work as a group to perform a piece of music.
Suggested prior learning
Developing singing technique (Theme: the Vikings)
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Dragon dance
Lesson 2: Pentatonic scale
Lesson 3: Letter notation
Lesson 4: Enter the dragon
Lesson 5: Final performance
Key skills
- Discussing the stylistic features
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Key knowledge
- To know that the
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Key vocabulary
accuracy
crescendo
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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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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
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Elastic to secure the mask
- Tuned percussion instruments ×15
- Untuned percussion instruments ×15
- Scarves ×8
- Video recording devices
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Music Y3: Pentatonic melodies and composition (Chinese New Year)
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit Pentatonic melodies and composition.
Vocabulary display: Pentatonic melodies and composition
A display version of the key vocabulary from the unit Pentatonic melodies and composition.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Physical education
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- perform dances using a range of movement patterns’
See 'National curriculum - Physical education key stages 1 to 2'.
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- develop positive attitudes to reading […] by: increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including fairy stories, myths and legends, and retelling some of these orally’
See 'National curriculum - English key stages 1 to 2'.
British values: Mutual respect, Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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