Important note
This unit is new to Year 2 for 2024/25. Please see our Music: Long-term plan for more information about recent updates to our scheme and how they may affect your school.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify sections of the music where the tempo changes.
- Correctly describe sections of music as fast or slow.
- Point out moments in the music where the dynamics change.
- Accurately describe dynamic changes as soft or loud.
- Give specific examples of how the music corresponds to actions in the story.
- Provide clear and specific examples of how music supports the story.
- Justify tempo and dynamic choices made to represent a character, event or feeling.
- Suggest appropriate musical dynamics and tempo changes for different scenes of the story.
- Work as part of a group to rehearse a performance.
- Perform confidently using appropriate instrumental sounds.
- Play their part at appropriate tempo and dynamics.
Suggested prior learning
*NEW* Call and response (Theme: Animals)
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Listening for dynamics and tempo
Lesson 2: Sound effects and dynamics
Lesson 3: Creating a soundscape
Lesson 4: Using sound to represent events
Lesson 5: Musical story performance
Key skills
Listening and evaluating
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Key knowledge
To know that:
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Key vocabulary
dynamics
encore
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Unit resources
Assessment – Year 2: Instruments
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
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Key vocabulary
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Subject resources
Music: Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching Music
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National curriculum mapping
This National curriculum coverage mapping document
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Music: Pupil progression of skills
Progression document showing how skills and
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Assessment
An assessment tool for monitoring the
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Equipment list
A list of essential and optional
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Key vocabulary
A unit-by-unit list of musical vocabulary
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Music teacher skills videos
A collection of teacher skills videos
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
Reading – comprehension.