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Music lessons in year 4...
By the end of Year 4 children will be able to
Listen and Appraise: Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music from different traditions and from great musicians and composers.
Develop an understanding of the History of music.
2. Musical activities: Use their voices expressively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.
Play tuned and un-tuned 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 their inter-related dimensions of music.
3. Perform and share: Use their voices expressively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.
Play tuned and un-tuned instruments musically.
Autumn Term
Autumn Term
Autumn 1 - Body and tuned percussion (Rainforests)
Autumn 1 - Body and tuned percussion (Rainforests)
Pitter Patter raindrops
To identify structure and texture in music.
Rainforest Body Percussion
To use body percussion.
The rhythm of the forest floor
To create musical rhythms using body percussion.
The loopy rainforest
To create simple tunes.
Sounds of the rainforest
To build and improve a composition.
Autumn 2 - Developing singing technique
Autumn 2 - Developing singing technique
Here come the Vikings
To sing in time with others.
Sing like a Viking
To sing in time with others.
Viking notation
To recognise simple rhythmic notation by ear and sight.
Viking Battle song
To use simple rhythmic notation to compose a Viking Battle song.
Perform like a Viking
To perform music with confidence and discipline
Spring Term
Spring Term
Spring 1 - To perform a piece of music to celebrate Hanami.-Change in pitch, tempo and dynamics (Rivers)
Spring 1 - To perform a piece of music to celebrate Hanami.-Change in pitch, tempo and dynamics (Rivers)
The singing river
To sing in two parts using expression and dynamics.
The listening river
To recognise key elements of music.
The repeating river
To perform a vocal ostinato.
The percussive river
To create and perform an ostinato.
The performing river
To improve and perform a piece of music based around ostinatos.
Spring 2 Haiku, music and performance (Hanami)
Spring 2 Haiku, music and performance (Hanami)
Describing blossom
To describe the festival of Hanami using words and sounds.
Sounds of blossom
To represent a blossom tree using sounds.
Blossom haiku
To identify different musical features.
Haiku melodies
To work as a group to create a piece of music to celebrate Hanami.
Haiku performance
Summer Term
Summer Term
Summer 1 - Samba and carnival sounds and instruments
Summer 1 - Samba and carnival sounds and instruments
Introduction to Samba
To recognise and identify the main features of Samba music.
Pulse and rhythm
To understand and play syncopated rhythms.
Samba rhythms
To play syncopated rhythms as part of a group.
Composing a break
To compose a basic rhythm break.
Samba performance
To perform rhythm breaks within the samba piece.
Summer 2 - Rock and Roll
Summer 2 - Rock and Roll
Hand Jive
To understand the history of rock and roll music.
Rock around the clock
To be able to perform with a sense of style.
Walking bass line
To play a walking bass line on tuned percussion.
Performing the bass
To be able to play a rock and roll bass line
Rock and Roll bass performance
To be able to play a Rock and Roll piece of music
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