Year 5 Music

By the end of year 5 children will be able to

                                                       Develop an understanding of the history of music.

                                                 Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory.

                                                Use and understand staff and other musical notations.

Autumn Term

Autumn 1 - Composition and notation (Ancient Eygpt)

To sing with accuracy, fluency, control and expression.

To explore and use different forms of notation.

To understand note length.

To read simple pitch notation.

To use hieroglyphs and stave notation to write a piece of music.

Autumn 2 - Blues

To know the key features of Blues music.

To play the first line of the 12-bar Blues.

To be able to play the 12-bar Blues.

To be able to play the Blues scale.

To be able to improvise with noted from the Blues scales.

Spring Term

Spring 1 - To perform music with confidence and discipline Looping and remixing 

To be able to play a simple looped rhythm from notation.

To create a piece of music using pre-written loops.

To be able to play a melody line accurately and fluently.

To select a section of a tune and perform it as a loop.

To combine loops to create a remix.


Spring 2 - Musical Theatre

To understand the history of musical theatre

To identify character songs and action songs

To create a musical theatre scene

     To rehearse a musical theatre scene

   To perform a musical theatre scene

Summer Term

Summer 1

Whole Class Brass Project

Rochdale Music Service are coming into school to deliver the 'Brass Project'.  Each child will learn how to play a Brass Instrument and begin to read notation. 

Summer 2

Whole Class Brass Project

Rochdale Music Service are coming into school to deliver the 'Brass Project'.  Each child will learn how to play a Brass Instrument and begin to read notation.