Music
Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high-quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.
Music teaching at Harris Primary Academy Beckenham ensures that all pupils perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians. They have the opportunity to learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence. Children should understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations
Our Learning Journey in Music
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | |
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Autumn 1 |
Singing Feel the groove |
Singing Sounds like, feels like, looks like |
Singing underground rhythms |
Singing Partner songs and composition: Gospel |
Singing Rhythmn notation: connect it |
Singing Pachelbel’s Canon |
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Autumn 2 |
Singing Feels like winter |
Singing Musical terminoogy |
Singing worldwide winter |
Singing Celebration |
Singing Shakelton’s journey in music |
Singing Winter |
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Spring 1 |
Singing Creepy crawly rhythms |
Singing A short ride in a fast car |
Singing instrumental 1 |
Singing Whole class instrumental |
Singing Major and minor pentatonic scales |
Singing Music Tech: Loops, Texture and Structure |
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Spring2 |
Singing Highs and lows |
Singing Mars, the bringer of war |
Singing instrumental 2 |
Singing Whole class instrumental |
Singing The blues: scales and improvisation |
Singing Music Tech: Creating original music and mixing |
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Summer 1 |
Singing Highs, lows and in between |
Singing Sounds like, feels like, looks like |
Singing Indian Classical Music: Tala, Drone & Raga |
Singing Folk music: British Isles |
Singing Musical theatre |
Singing Song writing: rhythm and rhyme |
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Summer 2 |
Singing Being a composer |
Singing Muzingo Island: Mi, So, La |
Singing Sea shanties and sailor songs |
Singing Triads, chords and bass lines |
Singing Rock music |
Singing Ensemble performing preparing for Year 7 |
