PRK – Year Overview – Music Half Term Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Year
Topic
Focus
Reception Introduce Yourself
Singing (Hello song, updated nursery rhymes etc). Introducing musical instruments
Year 1
Houses and the building blocks of music
Rhythm, chords and melody from the foundations up. Using iPads to create compositional structures.
Year 2
Significant Musicians
Topical, key musicians. Focus on singing and historical context
Year 3
Music for film and TV
John Williams and his use of Leitmotif – using the iPad to create theme music.
Year 4
Alternative provider
Guitar (21/22)
Year 5
Reintroducing the ukulele Revising chords, the parts of the instrument and learning about famous players whilst using the instrument in the context of songs.
Year 6
Technology in music
Exploring different composition methods using technology – programming, sampling and recording.
Reception 1st Christmas at Park Road Different focus each year Year 1
Reading music on the stave/ Christmas
Different focus each year
Year 2
Remembrance/ Christmas Different focus each year
Year 3
Revising the orchestra/ Christmas
Different focus each year
Year 4
Alternative provider
Guitar (21/22)
Year 5
Reading music on the stave/ Christmas
Different focus each year
Year 6
Revising the orchestra/ Christmas
Different focus each year
Reception Local Music: George Formby
The ukulele – posture, string names and strumming.
Year 1
Local Music: The Bickershaw Festival
The Kinks, Grateful Dead and Dr. John – The Blues and English Psychedelia using the piano.
Year 2
Chinese New Year
The orchestral music of China through to the modern day pop scene in China
Year 3
Local Music Map
Important musicians from the Warrington and North West area – George Formby, George Harrison and Rick Astley.
Year 4
Alternative provider
Guitar (21/22)
Year 5
David Bowie
Space and David Bowie's music – Chris Hadfield's celebration of Bowie's songs
Year 6
Local Music: Spike Island
The famous Spike Island concert and the music and artwork of The Stone Roses and the Manchester scene
Reception Rhythm in music
Konnakol and rhythm skills with an application to