Please note
This unit has now been replaced by the Year 2 unit *NEW* Singing (Theme: On this island) and will no longer be updated.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Sing, play and follow instructions to perform as a group.
- Describe music using simple musical vocabulary.
- Explore multiple ways of making the same sound.
- Represent the same sound in different ways.
- Describe how they have adapted a sound using musical vocabulary.
- Contribute musically to a final performance.
- Create a piece that clearly represents a particular environment.
- Extend a piece of music so that it represents three distinct environments.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Lesson 1: British seaside sounds
Lesson 2: Countryside sounds
Lesson 3: Sounds of the city
Lesson 4: Structured soundscape
Lesson 5: Journey through Britain
Key skills
- Listening to and recognising
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Key knowledge
- To know that folk
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Key vocabulary
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body percussion
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Unit resources
Assessment – Music Y2: On this island: British songs and sounds
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
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Unit vocabulary
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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Unit 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
Geography: Locational Knowledge
English: Spoken Language