Music
Subject Leaders - Mrs Harding (Music) and Miss Khan (Performing Arts)
At Forefield Juniors, we follow the Kapow Primary Scheme. There are four units in each year group, which will be taught throughout the year. The instrumental units are whole-class glockenspiel lessons, where children will learn to read and write using standard musical notation. All units include listening, composing, performing, the history of music and the inter-related dimensions of music.
Year 3 |
Ballads | Instrumental unit (glockenspiels) – South Africa | Pentatonic melodies and composition – Chinese New Year | Traditional instruments and improvisation - India |
Year 4 | Body and tuned percussion - Rainforests | Samba and carnival sounds and instruments | Instrumental unit (glockenspiels) – Caribbean | Adapting and transposing motifs - Romans |
Year 5 | Instrumental unit (glockenspiels) – South America | Composition notation – Ancient Egypt | Blues | South and West Africa |
Year 6 | Film Music | Dynamics, pitch and tempo – Fingal’s Cave | Theme and Variations – Pop Art | Baroque |