Music

Music is important at Bellefield to raise cultural capital among our pupils by immersing them in a rich and diverse environment of global and historical pieces. Music will help develop children’s coordination and rhythm as well as refining gross and fine motor skills through practical exploration. Music will allow children to communicate universally and bring the school together as a community. Children will be encouraged to think critically about musical pieces, both their own and others, as well as having the self-confidence to create and perform.

KS1

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Cycle A

Drumming w/ David Garcia

Drumming w/ David Garcia

Listening: African music

Singing: Call/response songs 

Composing: Animal-themed pieces

Performing: Body percussion

Lion King KS1 performance

Cycle B

Drumming w/ David Garcia

Drumming w/ David Garcia

The Singing Mermaid production 

Singing

Listening

Performing

Cycle C

Drumming w/ David Garcia

Tin Forest (TBC)

Castles (TBC)

Links to cross curricular learning (including spirituality, diversity, well-being and global awareness) 

Space:

Listening: Mars - Holst

Singing: If I was a rocket

Composing: Percussion and other untuned instruments. 

Performing: Composed pieces.

Tin Forest (TBC)

Castles (TBC)

LKS2

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Cycle A

Ukulele (2 classes)

Amazing Egyptians production

Ukulele (2 classes)

Listening: Chinese music and instruments

Singing: CNY celebration

Composing/Performing: Making drums

Cycle B

Ukulele (2 classes)

Archie’s War production

Listening/Singing: War tunes, Stille Nacht

Ukulele (2 classes)

Notation - reading music

Composing/performing: Tudor fanfare

Identifying Tudor instruments

Cycle C

Ukulele (2 classes)

Just Like the Romans

Ukulele (2 classes)

Listening: Indian pieces

Listening/singing: Victorian dance/music

Opera

Composing/performing: Cries of street sellers

UKS2

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Cycle A

Charanga Unit 1

Ukulele (2 classes)

Composing/Performing: Creating thunderstorms

Charanga Unit 2

Ukulele (2 classes)

Summer production

Charanga Unit 3

Cycle B

Listening/Singing: War tunes

Tea dances

Charanga

Charanga Unit 4

Ukulele (2 classes)

Charanga Unit 5

Ukulele (2 classes)

Summer production

Charanga Unit 6