Year 1 – Music
YEAR 1 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Singing
Singing - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| a | Sing simple songs, chants and rhymes from memory, singing collectively encouraging pitch matching, responding to simple visual directions and counting in. |
| b | Sing and sign (Curwen) so-mi songs. |
Singing - Vocabulary
YEAR 1 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Listening
Listening - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| Plan: | |
| a | Identify basic core of percussion instruments. Identiy instruments/voices. |
| b | Identify where elements change (e.g.music gets faster or louder) Use Mr Men cards to describe the mood. Respond to the music through movement. |
Listening - Vocabulary
YEAR 1 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Composing
Composing - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| a | Improvise simple vocal chants, verses in singing games and rhythmic patterns. |
| b | Create musical sound effects and short sequences of sounds in response to stimuli. Combine sounds to make a story, choosing and playing instruments or sound-makers. |
| c | Recognise how graphic notation can represent created sounds. Explore and invent own symbols. |
Composing - Vocabulary
YEAR 1 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Musicianship - Beat/ Rhythm
Musicianship - Beat/ Rhythm - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| a | Walk, move or clap a steady beat with others, changing the speed of the beat as the tempo of the music changes. |
| b | Use body percussion and classroom percussion playing repeated rhythm patterns (ostinati) maintaining the steady beat. |
| c | Perform simple drones on tuned percussion. |
Musicianship - Beat/ Rhythm - Vocabulary
