Music
Music
Teaching of Music
Music is an extremely important part of our school curriculum and takes place every Tuesday morning. Although Music is directly taught on a weekly basis Music encompasses all sorts of learning and is embedded throughout our school structure. This can be in the form of singing assemblies, nativity productions and performances.
Children from Nursery through to Year Two have explicit teaching each Tuesday. During these lessons children explore instruments, look at Musicians and learn vocabulary focused around Music.
Intent, Implementation and Impact
Our outdoor music area
Key vocabulary
Definitions
Pulse: The steady beat of a piece of music.
Pitch: The melody and the way the note changes from low to high and vice versa.
Rhythm: Or duration is the pattern of long and short sounds in a piece of music.
Dynamics: Loud and soft.
Tempo: Fast and slow.
Timbre: The type of sound.
Texture: Layers of sound.
Quaver: a musical note that lasting for half a beat. That means that two quavers last as long and one crotchet.
Crotchet: A note that is one beat long in 4/4 time.
Semibreve: One musical note that counts for four beats and is represented by a hollow circle with no stem.
Minim: A musical half note.
Children's Books about Music
