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Curriculum Yearbook


Music

Aims for the Year
  • to enjoy making and listening to music
  • to explore how and why music changes over time and place
  • to perform, compose, appraise and listen to music
What we will do
  • explore different types of dance music
  • compose and arrange using keyboards and computers
  • produce a musical score
  • perform music in a group
  • perform a solo on our 1st instrument/voice
  • compose a song
  • research a style of music of our own choice
  • listen to and explore a wide range of music
Assessment
  • continuous classroom observation

  • assessment tasks during and at the end of each unit

  • yearly examination
Ways you can help
  • support your son/daughter with homework programme, especially research
  • support them with final presentation of project work
  • encourage a variety of musical experiences at home
  • encourage your child with regular instrumental practice
  • encourage your child to enjoy music through visiting concerts
Keywords
crochet minim semi-breve
quaver
semi-quaver composition

riff
performance
sequence