
MUSIC AT OUR SCHOOL
Music at St. John's is considered to be a very important part of the curriculum and life of the school - Ofsted March 2010 reported that 'The quality of singing and the orchestra are superb.'
Reception and KS1
Please find the curriculum for Reception and KS1 below under their individual headings.
Reception
Autumn 1 - All about Me
Autumn 2 - Rhythm and Pulse/Christmas Nativity
Spring 1 - Food Glorious Food!
Spring 2 - Musical Minibeasts
Summer 1 - Animals
Summer 2 - Travel/Musical Production
Year 1
Autumn 1 - Hey You
Autumn 2 - Toys/Christmas Nativity
Spring 1 - Dinosaurs
Spring 2 - What's that Sound?
Summer 1 - Your Imagination
Summer 2 - Around the World/ Musical Production
Year 2
Autumn 1 - Carnival of the Animals
Autumn 2 - Peter and the Wolf/Christmas Nativity
Spring 1 - China
Spring 2 - The Great Fire of London
Summer 1 - Singing Project
Summer 2 - Africa/Musical Production
Year 2 also learn to play the recorder throughout the whole year alongside the topics above.
Lower KS2
Year 3
Autumn 1 - French Songs
Autumn 2 - Glockenspiel/Recorder
Spring 1 - Indian Music
Spring 2 - Sounds of the Environment
Summer 1 - Take 5
Summer 2 - Samba
Year 4
Autumn 1 - Glockenspiel/Recorder
Autumn 2 - Rainforests
Spring 1 - Roman Music
Spring 2 - Theme and Variations
Summer 1 - Gospel Music
Summer 2 - Garageband
Upper KS2
Year 5
Autumn 1 - Take 5
Autumn 2 - Space
Spring 1 - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Spring 2 - Blues
Summer 1 - WWII
Summer 2 - Jazz
Year 6
Autumn 1 - Ukulele
Autumn 2 - Ukulele
Spring 1 - Sounds of Africa
Spring 2 - Songwriting
Summer 1 - Dr Who
Summer 2 - End of Year Production
Knowledge Organisers
Please find the Music Knowledge Organisers for each unit of work below. These documents are very useful in outlining the content of the unit of work, knowledge, understanding and skills that our pupils will develop.