Curriculum leaders
Head of All-Through Music
Ms S Sayer
Primary Music Lead
Ms J Hu
j.hu@kingsolomonacademy.org
Our approach
Primary
Nursery 3+
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Sensory play:
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Spring |
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Conducting and exploring instruments:
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Summer |
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Musical stories:
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Reception
Autumn |
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Pulse and rhythm:
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Spring |
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Pitch and Solfége:
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Summer |
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Expression and movement to music:
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Year 1
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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Pulse and Rhythm | Singing to Celebrate |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Solfége | Red Riding Hood (acting through song) |
Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Parts of an orchestra | Melody |
Year 2
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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Tempo | Ostinato |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Pantomime | Musical elements (melody, harmony, rhythm and bass) |
Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Folk |
Jack and the Beanstalk (dynamics) |
Year 3
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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Rap | Multi-part songs |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Jazz | Note Value |
Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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The power of music (how does music help people around the world?) | Vocal Warm Up |
All Year 3 subjectsNext Year 3 Subject - Computing
Year 4
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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Strings - Pitch | Strings only |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Strings only | Strings only |
Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Strings only | Strings only |
Year 5
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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Solfége | Solfége continued |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Tuned and untuned percussion | Rhythms of the world |
Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Music through the ages | Musical Genres |
Year 6
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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Strings Music through the Ages |
Strings Music through the Ages |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Strings Rhythms around the world |
Strings Rhythms around the world |
Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Strings Musical genres |
Strings Musical genres |
Secondary
Year 7
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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Stomp and Sing (singing, rhythm and body percussion unit) | Stomp and Sing (singing, rhythm and body percussion unit) |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Power of the Pentatonic (keyboard skills and scales) | Power of the Pentatonic (keyboard skills and scales) |
Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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4 Chord Songs (Playing and composing songs on instruments) | 4 Chord Songs (Playing and composing songs on instruments) |
Year 8
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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West African Music | West African Music |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Baroque Remix | Baroque Remix |
Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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The Blues | The Blues |
Year 9
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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EDM | EDM |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Film Music | Film Music |
Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Songs for a Better World | Songs for a Better World |
Year 10
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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Music for a While | Star Wars |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Release | Defying Gravity |
Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Brandenburg | Revision |
All Year 10 subjects Next Year 10 Subject - Business Studies
Year 11
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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Killer Queen and Samba Em Preludio | Beethoven Sonata No. 8 |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Revision | Revision |
Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Revision | Revision |
All Year 11 subjects Next Year 11 Subject - Business Studies