Musical theatre

This unit focuses on teaching musical theatre, where children learn how singing, acting, and dancing combine to create an overall performance. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

Teacher video: Musical theatre: Unit overview

Suggestions on teaching the unit

Lesson plans

Lesson 1: What is musical theatre?

To understand the history of musical theatre

Lesson 2: Character or action song

To identify character songs and action songs

Lesson 3: Create your own musical

To create a musical theatre scene

Lesson 4: Rehearsing my musical

To rehearse a musical theatre scene

Lesson 5: Performing my musical

To perform a musical theatre scene

Key skills

  • Recognising and confidently discussing

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Key knowledge

  • To understand that musical

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Key vocabulary

action song

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Assessment – Music Y5: Musical theatre

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Year 5: Musical theatre knowledge organiser

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Year 5: Musical theatre vocabulary display

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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

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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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