Key stage 1

Pupils should be taught to:

• 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 2

Pupils should be taught to sing and play musically with increasing confidence and control. They should develop an understanding of musical composition, organising and manipulating ideas within musical structures and reproducing sounds from aural memory.

Pupils should be taught to:

• 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

Year 1

• Treat instruments carefully.
• Play a tuned instrumental part with the song they perform.
• Learn to play an instrumental part that matches their musical challenge, using one of the differentiated parts (a one-note part, a simple part, medium part).
• Listen to and follow musical instructions from a leader.

Year 2

• Treat instruments carefully and with respect.
• Learn to play a tuned instrumental part that matches their musical challenge, using one of the differentiated parts (a one-note, simple or medium part).
• Play the part in time with the steady pulse.
• Listen to and follow musical instructions from a leader.

Year 3

• To treat instruments carefully and with respect and understand why.
• Play any one, or all of four, differentiated parts on a tuned instrument – a one-note, simple or medium part or the melody of the song) from memory or using notation.
• To rehearse and perform their part within the context of the Unit song
• To listen to and follow musical instructions from a leader.

Year 4

• To treat instruments carefully and with respect, understanding why we do this.
• Play any one, or all four, differentiated parts on a tuned instrument – a one-note, simple or medium part or the melody of the song from memory or using notation.
• To rehearse and perform their part within the context of the Unit song.
• To listen to and follow musical instructions from a leader.
• To experience leading the playing by making sure everyone plays in the playing section of the song.

Year 5

• Play a musical instrument with the correct technique within the context of the Unit song.
• Select and learn an instrumental part that matches their musical challenge, using one of the differentiated parts – a one-note, simple or medium part or the melody of the song from memory or using notation.
• To rehearse and perform their part within the context of the Unit song.
• To listen to and follow musical instructions from a leader.
• To lead a rehearsal session.

Year 6

• Play a musical instrument with the correct technique within the context of the Unit song.
• Select and learn an instrumental part that matches their musical challenge, using one of the differentiated parts – a one-note, simple or medium part or the melody of the song from memory or using notation.
• To rehearse and perform their part within the context of the Unit song.
• To listen to and follow musical instructions from a leader.
• To lead a rehearsal session.