Term

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Autumn 1

Action songs and games (pulse)

Vocal health

Reggae 1 Instrumental and vocal performance

(rhythm, pulse) Vocal health

Composition and performance around animals (expression, pitch, rhythm)

Composition and performance through body percussion (rhythm, pulse, dynamics, form)

Composition and performance using the blues

(A minor blues scale, melody, form)

Composition and performance using jazz (Bossa Nova, Swing, Latin rhythms, improvisation)

Autumn 2

Christmas

Production 

Christmas

Production 

Christmas

Production 

Christmas

Production 

Christmas

Production 

Christmas

Production 

Spring 1

Performance around Hip-Hop (rhythm, pulse, rap)

Significant Contributions to modern music history:

Prokofiev

(the orchestra)

Significant Contributions to modern music history: Bob Marley

 (rhythm, texture, instrumentation)

Significant Contributions to modern music history:  

ABBA (melody, texture, song writing)

Significant Contributions to modern music history: Classic Rock (pulse, backbeat, dynamics, texture, form)

Garage Band and

Exploring film and computer game music

Spring 2

Music theory  long and short sounds 1

Music theory

Long and short sounds 2:

Exploring duration in music

Music theory

Minims and crotchets; treble clef 1

Music theory

Minims, crotchets, semibreves; treble clef 2

Music theory

Minims, crotchets,

Semibreves, quavers, treble clef 3

Music theory

Composing using the treble clef

Stations of the Cross

Summer 1

Exploring unpitched percussion, rhythm games

Exploring Samba drumming stage 1

Exploring African drumming stage 1

Exploring Calypso music using pitched and unpitched percussion

Exploring African Drumming stage 2

Exploring Samba drumming stage  2

Summer 2

Imagination Songs

Review

Friendship Songs

Review

Folk Music

Review

Soul and Gospel Music

Review

Old School Hip Hop

Review

Review

Production/Celebration Songs/ Leavers’ Mass