Music

Music Overview

Key Stage One

• use their voices expressively and creatively by singing

songs and speaking chants and rhymes

• play tuned and untuned instruments musically

• listen with concentration and understanding to a range

of high-quality live and recorded music

• experiment with, create, select and combine sounds

using the inter-related dimensions of music.

Key Stage Two

• play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing

musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression

• improvise and compose music for a range of purposes

using the inter-related dimensions of music

• listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory

• use and understand staff and other musical notations

• appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music

drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians

• develop an understanding of the history of music.