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Our Curriculum

Music

Music plays a crucial role in enriching the educational experiences of all children at Botwell House Catholic Primary School. It links strongly to our Mission Statement and School Targets, supporting attainment across the curriculum. Inclusive values are embedded to achieve a caring, stimulating environment where all children can achieve their potential.We strongly believe that music provides exciting, challenging experiences which help develop creativity, co-operation, confidence and self-esteem.

The music department is well resourced to support the curriculum which covers singing, playing instruments, composing, listening, performing and technology and is delivered weekly by a music specialist. There are a number of extracurricular activities such as: Choir, Orchestra, Instrumental tuition and Rock and Pop Foundation courses. We enjoy performing both in school and the community and have also been part of the local Hayes Community Choir.

 

KS1 Overview

Term

Year 1

Year 2

 

 

Autumn 1

Action songs and games (pulse)

Vocal health

Bucket beats and rhythm games (Pulse, rhythm)

 

Autumn 2

Christmas Practice  

Christmas Practice

 

 

Spring 1

Exploring Different Types of Music: Pop and Hip-Hop (rhythm, pulse, rap, melody)

Exploring Different Types of Music: Reggae and Rock  Instrumental and vocal performance

(rhythm, pulse) Vocal health

 

 

Spring 2

Music theory long and short sounds I

Music theory

Long and short sounds II:

Exploring duration in music

 

 

Summer 1

Exploring unpitched percussion, rhythm games

Exploring Samba drumming stage 1

 

 

Summer 2

Imagination Songs

 

Review

Friendship Songs

 

Review

KS2 Overview

Term

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

 

 

Autumn 1

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

 

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

 

 

Composition and performance using the blues

(Minor pentatonic scales, melody, form)

 

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

 

 

Autumn 2

Christmas Practice

 

Christmas Practice 

Christmas Practice

  Christmas Practice

 

 

Spring 1

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)

Introducing Music Technology: Garage Band, Chrome Music Lab;

Exploring film and computer game music

 

Spring 2

Music theory

Minims and crotchets; treble clef  

 

Music theory

Minims, crotchets, semibreves; treble clef 2

Music theory

Minims, crotchets,

Semibreves, quavers, treble clef 3

Stations of the Cross

Music theory

Composing using the treble clef

 

Summer 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

Folk Music

 

Review

 

Soul and Gospel Music

 

Review

Soundscapes

 

Review

 

Review

 

Production/Celebration Songs/ Leavers’ Mass

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Botwell House
Botwell Lane, Hayes
UB3 2AB

Telephone: 0208 573 2229