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Music at Dumpton aims to:
Encourage pupils to ‘open their ears’ so that they may ‘listen to’ rather than just ‘hear’ a piece of music.
Expose the children to a wide range of music through listening, performing, playing, composing and singing.
Make music in class, and to relate this, through form, mood or theoretical work, to their listening.
Ensure that each child leaves Dumpton with an enjoyment, appreciation and understanding of the music they have experienced.
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Year
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Autumn Term
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Spring Term
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Summer Term
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Nursery
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Music lessons take the form of singing nursery rhymes, games and action songs, as well as accompanying these songs with untuned percussion instruments. Christmas concert.
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Music lessons take the form of singing nursery rhymes, games and action songs, as well as accompanying these songs with untuned percussion instruments.
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Music lessons take the form of singing nursery rhymes, games and action songs, as well as accompanying these songs with untuned percussion instruments. Summer Concert
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Rec
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Topic : Ourselves and our Families
Prepare for Christmas play
Parameters in music
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Topic : Looking Around, Looking Back / Homes and Buildings
Finish parameters, if necessary
Introduce basic rhythmic notation
Listen to ‘Peter and the Wolf’ by Prokofiev
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Topic : All Creatures Great and Small
Prepare for Summer Concert
Listen to "The Carnival of the Animals" by Saint Saens
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Y1
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Topic : Looking Around, Looking Back / Homes and Buildings
Use rhythmic notation with accompaniments
Listen to ‘The Planets’ by Holst
Prepare Christmas play
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Topic : Special People / Journeys
Listen to ‘Vltava’ by Smetana
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Topic : Water for Life
Prepare for Summer Concert
Listen to ‘Water’ music by various composers
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Y2
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Topic : Knights and Castles
Learn Treble Clef notes in conjunction with recorder playing
Listen to ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ by Mussorgsky
Prepare Christmas play
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Topic : Journeys around the World
Learn about different instruments in the orchestra – getting them to think which instrument they might be interested in playing when they go into the Main School.
Prepare for Singing Competition
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Topic : Minibeasts, Rainforests, Recycling
Prepare for House Music Competition
Prepare for Summer Concert
Listen to ‘Water’ music by various composers
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Y3
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Recap. rhythms, bar lines, notes on stave
Prepare Christmas play
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Medieval music – music of the Crusades Fanfares Ballads Indoor/outdoor instruments Dance music Plainsong Castle life
Prepare for House Singing Competition
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Project on ‘Contrasts in Music’ – creative sessions will include contrasts in the following areas:
Dynamics
Instruments
Tempi
Rhythms
Emotions
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Y4
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Project on ‘Music from around the World’ – includes music from; West Indies, Japan, Israel, Africa
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Baroque music – listening to and looking at the music and instruments used by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi
Prepare for House Singing Competition
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Project on ‘Water’ –
Learn ‘sea’ songs, add accompaniments Sea music – calm/stormy – creative sessionStorm music – graphic score by Brian DennisFrozen water – Sinfonia Antarctica – creative sessionLakes & Reflections – echo effects
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Y5
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Learning about music for different ensembles
Orchestra – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra also look at orchestral scores
Jazz Group – playing the 12-bar blues String Quartet – ‘Emperor’ Quartet by Haydn, make up own variations
Cross-curricular work with the Art Department on Kandinsky – interpreting his paintings and their own paintings.
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Classical music – listening to and looking at the music and instruments used by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Prepare for House Singing Competition
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Project on ‘Construction in Music’ – creative sessions Ostinato patterns
Riffs
Music in layers – ternary form, rondo form
Number music
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Y6
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Project on the Rise of Popular Music at the Turn of the 20th Century – the Promenade concerts
Music Hall Mechanical music Brass bands
Folk song revival – Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Romantic music – listening to Romantic composers music which tells a story music which conveys emotions larger orchestra used – look at scores
Prepare for House Singing Competition
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Y7
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Folk Songs
Music Tech / Minimalism
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Composition - structure and form
Writing music to words - songs
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Note rows / Serialism
20th Century music
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Y8
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Blues / 12 bar
Modern methods of writing
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Writing for 'media'
Music for the play
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Projects
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