Overview of Year Plan: Year 7: 2016/17

Spiritual: Sp Moral: M Social: So Cultural: C

Term 1A
Introducing Music/Class Cohesion/Developing Effective Listening Skills
 Listening skill development: listening in silence Sp
 Understanding standards/behaviour/respect M
 Getting used to the new booklet
 Introduction of key words: elements of music C
 Main focus: pitch and rhythm
 Small group work So/C
 Whole class practical work So/C/Sp
 Introducing level descriptors and assessment procedures
 Developing pupil profiles
Term 2A
Instruments of the Orchestra/introduction to classical eras/improvising as
a class/practical development
 Listening development/Analysing musical features of cartoon
music Sp/C
 Understanding further all the elements of a piece of music
 Developing ideas for Tom and Jerry cartoon extract C
 Keyboard development/experimenting/improvising/linking to
previous learning 1B
 Recording/assessing/refining: whole class improvisation
 Identifying instruments: personification of an instrument/My best
friend/speed dating So/C
 Identifying families C
 The layout of an orchestra C
Term 3A
Recapping the learning from year 7 so far
 Listening development: musical elements/listening tests
 Singing development/singing around you tube Sp/C/So
 The structure of songs: Charlie, Fred and George C
 Elements of music/group composing TV jingles using chords of C
major So/C
 Whole class percussion So/C
Term 1B
Building on learning from 1A: Elements of Music/how music is structured
 Listening development: Carmina Burana Sp/C
 Elements of music
 Main focus: pitch, rhythm, instruments, texture, tempo, dynamics,
structure, tonality
 Keyboard development/Carmina Burana/introduction to music
notation Sp/C/So
 Song writing: Anti bullying M
 Singing development Sp/So
 Christmas songs Sp/C/S
Term 2B
Developing understanding of different cultures/music of the world
 Listening: traditional music of different cultures
e.g. one a week: China, Jamaica, India, North Africa, South Africa,
Latin America, SP/C
 Understanding how other cultures live M/C
 Identifying instruments from around the world C
 Group work: composing in the style of a tradition Sp/M/C
 Performing to the class So/C
 Recording/refining/assessing
Term 3B
Student choices/building on understanding of year 7 learning
 Listening: Music of Summer Sp/C
 Singing: Music of the summer Sp/C/So
 Skill development: own choice projects M/C/Sp
 Demonstration of skill development: performing to the class
 Recording/refining/assessing:
 Summary of levels achieved throughout the year