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Curriculum Overview KS3
Subject: Music
Overview effective from[date
]:
September 2017
KEY STAGE 3: MUSIC SCHEME OF WORK
Year 7
Staff
notation
Rhythm
Composition
and Group
Performance
Polyrhythms
Staff
notation
Treble clef
Composition
/
Structure
Binary Form
ABA
Solo
performance
Piano
Solo
performance
Piano
Learn to
recognise,
write and
read 4
rhythmic
notes, and
their
relation to
time
signatures
Completed
rhythmic
compositio
n of 8 bars.
Ability to read
and maintain
a simple
rhythmic part
within a small
group
ensemble
Reading
treble clef
notes
middle C
to top C.
Playing
simple
melodic
phrases
involving
rhythmic
and pitch
elements
Introduction
to musical
structure and
form. Focus
on Binary.
Pupils
compose a
simple Binary
melody with
two distinct
melodic
phrases.
Pupils work through two
piano/keyboard performances.
1.
Drunken sailor
2.
Scarborough Fair.
With gradual one to one
tutorship on playing techniques
and introduction to dynamic
contrasts.
Tests pupils ability to put into
practice the reading skills of
staff notation that were
developed throughout the
year.
Assessment
Pupils
complete
an original
8 bar
rhythmic
piece, in
both 4:4
and 3:4
time
signatures
ensuring
understandi
ng of
position
and
placement
of notes on
a musical
stave.
Pupils perform
in small
ensembles of
4 – 6 pupils to
create a
polyrhythmic
African
drumming
piece that
includes both
call and
response and
polyrhythmic
elements.
Pupils
complete
an
original 8
bar
melody, in
both 4:4
and 3:4
time
signatures
ensuring
understan
ding of
notes on
the lines
and
spaces of
the treble
clef.
Pupils
recognise
musical
structure
through
repeated
patterns both
aurally and
visually.
Pupils create
an original
melody using
two musical
phrases or
ideas and
arranges
these into a
variation of
Binary
structure.
Pupils demonstrate their
musicianship and progress on
the keyboard through
dedicate d rehearsal towards a
final performance of two pieces
that challenge individuals to
read both rhythmic and
melodic elements and builds
upon existing knowledge
through the introduction of
Bass clef staff notation