Autumn

EYFS Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6

Topic - Nursery Rhymes -This is me -The great fire of -Treasure hunters -Under the sea -Space -The Ancient ones
- On Sudden Hill -Let’s celebrate London -Winter -Around the world -Italy
-Christmas -Festivals wonderland

Objectives • Remember and sing entire -Find the pulse whilst -Understand that -Recognise the -Confidently -Compose complex Autumn 1
songs. listening to music and timbre describes the pulse within the recognises a rhythms from an -Appropriately discuss
• Sing the pitch of a tone sung using movement. character or quality of context of range of increasingly aural memory the interrelated
by another person (‘pitch -Listen to and copy a the sound; that texture different sounds percussion and -Understand how pulse, dimensions and recognise
match’). simple rhythm or describes the layers and listening orchestral rhythm and pitch work them in music.
• Sing the melodic shape melody. within the Music; that instruments and together
music.
(moving melody, such as up and -Sing and perform, structure describes know the -Listen with attention to Autumn 2
-Develop an
down, down and up) of familiar chants, raps and that different sections different sounds details and recall sounds *Listen to a wide range of
understanding of
songs. (3-4) songs. of music are ordered. they make with increasing memory high quality live and
formal written
Create their own songs or -Improvise a simple (timbre). recorded music drawn
improvise a song around one rhythm using different notation which -Listen to and from different traditions
they know. instruments and the includes crotchets recall sounds with and from great
Respond to what they have voice. and rests. increasing aural composers and musicians
heard express their thoughts -Use voices memory. *Graphic Scores
and feelings. expressively and
Listen with increased attention creatively by singing
to sounds. songs and speaking
• Sing in a group or on their chants and rhymes with
own, increasingly matching the growing confidence.
pitch and following the melody.
(R)

Music Autumn 1:Children introduced Ourselves-lesson 3 Storytime In the past Sounds Solar system Growth
Express to new nursery rhyme each *Show me one click * Lesson 1 (Sound *Lesson 3 (Bransle *Lesson 2 (Saint *Lesson 3 (Musical orrery) *Lesson 3 (Harmony
scheme week. Machines – lesson 2 games) dance steps, train swing sing) *Lesson 4 (Moonlight junction, Street busker
Charanga Unit 1 Me. *robot beat *Lesson 3 (Spooky Bransle Around the world textures) accompaniment)
Inlcuding high/ low pitch instruments) performance) *Lesson 2 Life cycles World unite
games. Weather Food and drink (Pentatonic *Lesson 1 (Lullaby, *Lesson 2 (World cup
Active listening opportunities *Lesson 1 (Waiting for *Lesson 1 (Banana planet) Brahms) passing game actions,
for different genres of the bus band) *Lesson 3 (where *Lesson 4 (Funeral World cup passing game)
Autumn
EYFS Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6

Musical Pitch Beat Exploring sounds Pitch, performance, Exploring sounds Listening, notation, Listening, composition
Beat Exploring sounds notation pitch structure
focus
Using their
voices
Exploring
sounds
Listening and
appraising

Genres, Nursery External source Russian ballet music Trad children’s song Glen Miller 1940s dance Impressionist Music Ravell’s Bolero (Growth
styles, rhymes little train of the (Tchaikovsky) ’Bananas, bananas band music Debussy.
traditions *Kye Kye Kule Caipiri (South Winter The 4 seasons
(African song) American) Youtube- (Vivaldi) 60’s musical (Oliver) Celtic Irish folk band Funeral prelude from
and
*Gong xi gong National Youth ‘Food, glorious food music and Malian pop Liszt.
composers
xi (Chinese Orchestra playing music
song) (linked with Music Brahms- Lullaby
Express Unit)

Enrichment Christmas Afro-Carrebean song MMS Time travellers Arts Week; focus of Young persons guide Charanga space unit MMS Temples, tombs
performance. linked with core (the Great Fire of composers Anna To the orchestra Britten found in freestyle KS2 and treasures
story Handa’s London) Meredith, composing own (orchestral families) find topics. (Egyptians).
Music area Surprise class piece using online
within Arts Week; focus of vocal/body percussion Arts Week; focus of Arts Week; focus of
Provision MMS: All about me composers Anna and movement Arts Week; focus of composers Anna composers Anna
activities. Meredith, composing composers Anna Meredith, composing own Meredith, composing own
Arts Week; focus of own class piece using Meredith, composing own class piece using class piece using
composers Anna vocal/body percussion class piece using vocal/body percussion vocal/body percussion
Meredith, composing and movement vocal/body percussion and movement and movement
own class piece using and movement
vocal/body
percussion and
movement
 Spring

EYFS Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6
Topic Super Heroes -Come outside Africa South America Vikings and Anglo Saxons Crime, punishment and North America
The Runaway Chapatti -Are we nearly Homely Habitats rainforests Incredible invadors medicine
there yet? Hinduism

Objectives -Listen with increased -Understand that -Use tuned and -Play and perform -Copy increasingly -Improvise with -Improvise and compose
attention to sounds. pitch describes untuned classroom individually or in groups challenging rhythms using increasing confidence music for a range of
-Respond to what they how high or low percussion to play (ensemble) with body and untuned using own voice, purposes using the
have heard, expressing sounds are; that accompaniments and confidence. percussion as appropriate. rhythms and varied interrelated dimensions.
their thoughts and timbre describes tunes. -Begin to listen to and -Compose and layer pitch -Create a simple
feelings. the quality of the -Build an recall sounds with ostinato rhythm patterns. -Play and perform in composition and record
-Listen attentively, sound (tone understanding of the increasing aural solo or ensemble using formal notation
colour); that pulse and internalise memory. contexts with accuracy,
move to and talk about
dynamics describe it when listening to a control, fluency and
music, expressing
how loud or quiet piece of music. expression
their feelings and
the music is -Experiment with, -Develop an increasing
ideas.
select and combine understanding of the
-Explore and engage in sounds history of music.
music making and
dance, performing solo
or in small groups.

Units Old Music Express: Seasons Toys Environment Building At the movies Roots
*Spiders Tricks 2 *Lesson 2 (Down *Lesson 1 (Toy beat *Lesson 1 (My place *Lesson 2 (Building it up, *Lesson 1 (Musical *Lesson 2 (The riverbank)
weeks go the seeds) marking) ostinato) compose and perform, Off sound effects) *Lesson 4 (Sansa Kroma,
*Lesson 2 (Toybox *Lesson 3 (Our place we go!) *Lesson 2 (Abstract River music and stepping
*Lesson 3
beats) rondo) Poetry Albert with Mickey stones)
(Cuckoo in the
Number China *Lesson 1 (Feel the rhythm Mousing)
tree, The cuckoo) *Lesson 2 (Play me *Lesson 1 (playing of time) Our community
Weather one) pentatonic melodies) *Lesson 2 (Write a rap- *Lesson 3 (Lyrics in
*Lesson 2 (We’re *Lesson 3 (Ostinato * Lesson 2 (Build your rap) time gone by)
indoors/weather won’t stop!) own) *Lesson 3 (Train wheel *Lesson 6 (Prepare for
Spring

EYFS Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6
Musical focus Texture, Listening (pitch, Beat Listening Beat, composition, Composition, Improvisation
listening, timbre) Rhythm performing performing, notation performance Composition
improvising, performing
performing.

Genres, Variety of The carnival of the Medieval dance music ‘Litte cabbage’ Russian brass piece Film sound track African folk melody
different Music animals (descriptive (Schiarazula Chinese Pentatonic song Winter Bonfire (off we Hubert Parry-
styles,
through listening music) marazula) (Online) go!) Jerusalum (Old
traditions and appraising. Jerusalum)
and Romantic Symphonic
composers Nursery rhymes. Music (Beethoven).

Enrichment Charanga: Our Exposure to a rane MMS Saving the world Charanga scheme: Vikings
world (Spring 2 of African songs (the rainforest, (found in freestyle, KS2
unit) through the composing and creating topics).
Charanga scheme. scores)
Summer
EYFS Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6

Topic Naturally happy Seaside Stone Age to Iron Age Sikhism Water Moving on and up
Brilliant bodies and Chocolate Local history Scarborough
marvellous minds

Objectives *Awaiting update -Begin to -Play instruments -Understand that -Use musical language to -Use and develop an -Create a simple
in line with new understand that using the correct improvisation is a describe (appraise) a understanding of composition and record
EYFS curriculum rhythm is a techniques and with phrase or piece made piece (or style) of music. formal written using formal notation
objectives. mixture of long respect. up on the spot -Develop an understanding notation, which -Sing a part of an
and short sounds -Practise, rehearse -Sing songs with two of formal written includes staff, ensemble with full
played over the and present (multiple) parts with notation which includes semibreves and confidence and
pulse (strong performances with a increasing confidence. minims and quavers. dotted crotchets precision.
beat). sense of audience. -Sing as part of an
-Sing songs ensemble (group) with
musically (whilst increasing confidence
demonstrating and precision
good posture).

Unit Our bodies Travel Poetry Singing Spanish (additional notation Class awards
*Lesson 2 (The *Lesson 1 (Going to *Lesson 1 (playground *Lesson 3 (chocolate, unit) on server in *Lesson 2 (Class
keel row) Town accompaniment) interludes) molinillo) Music folder exhibition)
*Lesson 3 – *Lesson 3 (Our fast *Lesson 2 (Tiniest, Environment *Lesson 4 (Fanfare plus)
(What’s your beat, machine score) noisest, spookiest & *Lesson 1 (The tree in Celebration Moving on
Click flippety flap Our land happiest) season, The tree in season *Lesson 1 (Everybody *Lesson 3 (Moving
clap) *Lesson 2 (Mountain Ancient worlds composition, Vivaldi's loves harmony) forward with chords)
Number knights forest *Lesson 1 (Soothing four seasons) *Lesson 3 (Arranging *Lesson 5 (Rock
*Lesson 1 (Chinese heroes) the dragon) *Lesson 3 (Antarctic a celebration) accompaniment)
dance) *Lesson 3 *Lesson 2 (Mirror, symphony and Arctic
(Instruments in echoes) introduction)
sequence)
Summer
EYFS Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6

Musical Beat and rhythm, Performance Improvising and Pitch, performing, Performing, singing, Composition and
singing. Exploring sounds singing. composition, listening and notation, performing, notation.
focus
appraising, notation.

Genres, Northumbrian folk Short ride in a fast Traditional Spanish Traditional/ Mussorgsky Pictures at
tune (The keel machine children’s song (chocolate, contemporary Song an exhibition
styles,
row) (Contemporary) molinillo)
traditions
and Russian ballet Concerto for strings
composers (Chinese dance) Vivaldi (19th century)

Enrichment MMS: How are MMS: Let’s go on Charanga scheme: MMS Chocolate MMS weather and MMS Fit for life
you? holiday Brilliant bodies and climate
brilliant minds (found
Bobby Shaftoe in freestyle, KS2 Formal notation
some sounds are topics). through additional
short (linked with unit.
long and short
sounds)