Year 2 – Music
YEAR 2 - 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 2 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Listening
Listening - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| 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 2 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Composing
Composing - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| a | Create music in response to a non-musical stimulus. |
| b | Use graphic symbols, dot notation and stick notation, as appropriate, to keep a record of composed pieces. |
| c | Use music technology, if available, to capture, change and combine sounds. |
Composing - Vocabulary
YEAR 2 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Musicianship - Beat/ Rhythm
Musicianship - Beat/ Rhythm - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| a | Mark the beat of a listening piece by tapping/ clapping/ moving and recognising tempo as well as changes in tempo. |
| b | Perform speech rhythm chants. Create, retain and perform their own rhythmic patterns. |
| c | Perform drones (static, alternating) drones on tuned percussion |
Musicianship - Beat/ Rhythm - Vocabulary
