Please note
This unit has now been replaced by the unit *NEW* Instruments (Theme: Musical storytelling) and will no longer be updated.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Make plausible descriptions of the music.
- Identify a few instruments and the sounds of different sections of the orchestra.
- Explain what is happening in the music using language relating to emotion.
- Create a piece of music with some appropriate tempo, dynamic and timbre changes.
- Suggest appropriate musical timbres for each of the characters and tempo changes for the actions.
- Perform confidently using appropriate instrumental sounds.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Lesson 1: The Three Bears
Lesson 2: The Snow Queen
Lesson 3: Red Riding Hood
Lesson 4: Jack and the Beanstalk
Lesson 5: Super storytellers
Key skills
- Recognising timbre changes and
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Key knowledge
- To know that musical
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Key vocabulary
actions
brass
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Unit resources
Assessment – Music Y2: Orchestral instruments
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
A pupil-facing summary document for the
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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
English
Pupils should be taught to:
- Develop pleasure in reading […] by: becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories, fairy stories and traditional tales.
- Understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those they listen to by: making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done.
- Develop positive attitudes towards […] writing by: writing for different purposes.
