Instruments

Children learn how events, actions and feelings within stories can be represented by pitch, dynamics and tempo.

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.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Listening for dynamics and tempo

  • To explore listening and analysing a piece of music in relation to a story.

Lesson 2: Sound effects and dynamics

  • To explore how music and sound effects can tell a story.

Lesson 3: Creating a soundscape

  • To select appropriate sounds to match events, characters and feelings in a story.

Lesson 4: Using sound to represent events

  • To suggest appropriate sounds to represent parts of a story.

Lesson 5: Musical story performance

  • To perform a composition showing changes in tempo and dynamics.

Key skills

Listening and evaluating 

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Key knowledge

To know that:

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Key vocabulary

dynamics

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Unit resources

Assessment – Year 2: Instruments

Assessment resources for this unit. Use

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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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