Listening and Appraising
National Curriculum Objectives
- Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music.
Nursery
Listen
- Begin to listen with concentration to a range of music and sounds.
- Respond to what is heard through comment, movement or gesture.
Reception
Listen
- Listen to a range of music and different sounds (animal noises, weather etc.) and respond through comment, movement and gestures
- Express feelings about music by responding to different moods of a musical piece.
Performing
National Curriculum Objectives
- Use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
- Play tuned and un tuned instruments musically
Nursery
Vocal
- Joins in with songs orally and through movement.
- Sings to self and makes up simple songs.
- Makes up vocal rhythms and explores using their voice.
Instrumental
- Show interest in instruments and explore them.
- Know the names of some familiar instruments.
- Hold instruments carefully with some guidance.
Reception
Vocal
- Sing echo songs and perform movements to a steady beat.
- Explore singing at different speeds and pitch to create moods and feelings.
- Discover how to use the voice to create loud and soft sounds.
Instrumental
- Explore the different sounds instruments make and recognise similarities and differences in these sounds.
- Play instruments to a steady beat.
- Choose an instrument to create a specific sound.
- Understand how to hold and play an instrument with care.
Composing
National Curriculum Objectives
- experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter related dimensions of music.
Nursery
Compose
- Use voice, body, instruments or any object to create sounds spontaneously.
- Explore the different sounds of different objects.
Reception
Compose
- Choose different instruments, including voice and body percussion, to create sound effects.
- Investigate a variety of ways to create sound with different materials.
- Experiment performing songs and music together with body movements to a steady beat.
Elements of music
Nursery and reception
Introduce
