Year One Musical Vocabulary
(Theme: Under the sea)
Bishop Martin CE Primary School Music Subject Overview
Year Two
Call and Response (Theme: Animals)
and Rhythm (Theme: All about me)
Timbre and Rhythmic Patterns (Theme: Fairytales)
Musical Me Orchestral Instruments (Theme: Traditional stories)
Year Three Ballads Pentatonic Melodies and Composition (Theme: Chinese New Year)
Year Four
Year Five
Body and Tuned Percussion (Theme: Rainforests)
Composition Notation (Theme: Ancient Egypt)
Changes in Pitch, Tempo and Dynamics (Theme: Rivers)
Year Six Dynamics, Pitch and Tempo (Theme: Fingal's Cave) Theme and Variations (Theme: Pop art)
Developing Singing Technique (Theme: The Vikings)
Samba and Carnival Sounds and Instruments (Theme: South America)
South and West
Pitch and Tempo (Theme: Superheroes)
Myths and Legends
Traditional Instruments and Improvisation (Theme: India)
Adapting and Transposing Motifs (Theme: Romans)
Composing and Performing a Leavers' Song