Knowledge organiser for the Year 6 Upper Key Stage 2 Music lessons on composing and performing a Leaver’s song.
year: Year 6
Knowledge organiser: Music – Y6 Songs of World War 2
Knowledge organiser for the Year 6 Upper Key Stage 2 Music lessons featuring Songs of World War 2.
Computing: Long-term plan — mixed-age
This long-term plan is for schools teaching Computing to mixed-age classes.
It organises our Computing scheme of work into a two-year rolling programme (Cycle A and Cycle B) which ensures full coverage of the national curriculum objectives.
Along with our suggestions for differentiation included in each lesson plan, this document will enable you to support progress between year groups, despite the challenges of mixed-age teaching in Computing.
There is a Computing: Progression of skills and knowledge document which accompanies this version of the long-term plan.
Knowledge organiser: KS2 Instrumental Music: North America
Knowledge organiser for the North America instrumental lessons suitable for Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2 Music lessons. Includes key knowledge about the features of minimalist music and the origins of this music genre.
Knowledge organiser: KS2 Instrumental Music: India
Knowledge organiser for the India instrumental lessons suitable for Lower Key Stage 2 Music or Upper Key Stage 2 Music lessons. Key vocabulary and knowledge featured in the unit, including the history of Bollywood film music and performance directions vocabulary and symbols from the instrumental piece featured in the unit.
Knowledge organiser: KS2 Instrumental Music: South America
Knowledge organiser for the South America instrumental lessons suitable for Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2 Music lessons. Capturing key learning from the unit, including the origins and types of Latin American music, note names and their durations (including dotted minims and quavers) and instruments featured.
Knowledge organiser: KS2 Instrumental Music: Caribbean
Knowledge organiser for the Caribbean instrumental lessons suitable for Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2 Music lessons. Includes key learning about the history and culture associated with Calypso music as well as the features of this genre of music, such as syncopation and harmony as well as the Pentatonic scale and note names.
Knowledge organiser: KS2 Instrumental Music: South Africa
Knowledge organiser for the South Africa instrumental lessons suitable for Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2 Music lessons. Encapsulating the key learning from the unit, including musical vocabulary, note names (minims, semibreves and crotchets), featured instruments and the different types of South African music styles, including Afropop, South African jazz, Gumboot dance (taught in the unit) and Zulu folk music.
Learn more about the Kapow Primary music scheme of work.
RSE & PSHE: Mapping to the PSHE Association’s Programme of study
This maps Kapow Primary’s RSE and PSHE lessons to the PSHE Association’s Programme of Study and its core themes: Health and wellbeing, Relationships and Living in the wider world.
The PSHE Association’s Programme of Study is the only national programme of study for PSHE education and is signposted to by the Department for Education.
Music: Staff Presentation
This presentation introduces you to our Music curriculum, highlighting features such as CPD support, videos to support notation, and our KS2 instrumental scheme. Our staff presentation has two main goals:
New to Music?
If your school is new to our Music curriculum, this presentation is the perfect introduction. It provides an ideal starting point for staff to explore.
Interested in Joining?
This presentation is your starting point for those eager to dive into Music with Kapow Primary. It’s a valuable tool to create awareness about what Kapow Primary can offer your school. After the presentation, we recommend starting a 14-day school free trial. This allows your colleagues to immerse themselves in the scheme and experience its full potential.
