Music Curriculum Key Knowledge and Skills
Nursery
AUTUMN TERM Row Row Row Your Boat Twinkle Twinkle
SPRING TERM Insey Winsey Spider Jack and Jill
SUMMER TERM Hickory Dickory Dock Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
Focus Instruments
Maraca and Triangle
Rainstick and Drums
Wood Block and Tambourine
Listen and Respond
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To distinguish between different voices and instruments Enjoy marching, walking, dancing, jumping, running, twirling, skipping and other physical activity while listening to and creating music Identify common instruments by sight or sound
Explore and Create
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To demonstrate rhythm with body movements that might be in tempo with the music To explore instruments making up their own songs or rhythms
Singing
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To sing short phrases of a song in tune (the rest might be out of tune) To know a range of Nursery rhymes and sing as a group
Share and Perform
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Enjoy playing a wide range of rhythm instruments that will sometimes be in tempo with the music To sing lyrics with increasing ease and enjoyment
Reception
AUTUMN TERM Me!
SPRING TERM My Story
SUMMER TERM Our World