Syllabus Schedule

Month
June

August

September
st
+ 1 week
October

Topic/Theme/Skill
Performing skills

Assessments
Recording and
verbal discussion
of end product
Peer assessment
worksheet and
own evaluations
of work
Summative
assessment

Es & Os
EXA 4-16a

Recording and
verbal discussion
of end product

EXA 4-16a
EXA 4-17a

Peer assessment
worksheet and
own evaluations
of work

EXA 4-17a
EXA 4-17b
EXA 4-18a

Performing skills

Track work in
pupil tracker

EXA 4-16a

th

20 Century music
and technology

Understanding Music
Vocal Music

Performing skills

November

December

Year Group: S3

Major Tasks
2 group
arrangements of
class choice
Performing skills
class Each pupil
performs to rest of
group
Understanding Music Revision of literacy
skills
SUMMER HOLIDAYS
th
20 Century music
Investigating
and technology
minimalism and
minimalist short
composition
Investigate
composition styles
(booklet)

Performing skills

October

Subject: Music

Understanding Music
Vocal music

Performing skills

Focus on solo
performing
Impressionism
whole tone scale
and comparison to
art
Focus on individual
instruments

OCTOBER HOLIDAYS
Musical Theatre
Research project in
pairs focus on one
musical
th
20 Century vocal
music Rap + modern
a capella groups
Focus on individual
instruments
Opera and Oratorio
listening lessons
learn difference
between the two and
aria/recitative
Other vocal music
styles
gospel/spirituals/
Country
Performing skills class
each pupils
performs to the rest
of the class

EXA 4-19a
EXA 4-16a

EXA 4-17a
EXA 4-16a

EXA 4-16a

Track work in
pupil progress
diaries
Performing class
peer assessment

EXA 4-16a

EXA 4-16a

EXA 4-16a

Track work in
pupil progress
diaries

EXA 4-16a

EXA 4-16a

EXA 4-16a

Peer
assessment
worksheet and
own
evaluations of

EXA 4-16a

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Subject: Music

Christmas related
group arrangment

January

Composing skills

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
Literacy recap of
notation

Year Group: S3
work
Recording and
verbal
discussion of
end product
Formatively
assess pupil
skills

Further investigation
into chords

Build a melody that

fits the chords

February

Composing skills

Performing skills
March

Composing skills

Performing skills

Understanding Music

April

Performing skills

Solo performing focus

on 2 instruments
Create a bassline to
match melody
Compose a piano
accompaniment and
counter melody
Extension task =
modulation
Solo performing focus
on 2 instruments
Notating
compositions onto
Sibelius

Solo performing focus

on 2 instrument
Performing skills class
each pupils
performs to the rest
of the class

Careers in music
research project in
pairs to assist in
subject choices
EASTER HOLIDAYS
2 group arrangements
of class choice

Performing skills class

Each pupil performs
to rest of group

EXA 4-17a
EXA 4-16a
EXA 4-17a
EXA 4-17b
EXA 4-18a
EXA 4-17a
EXA 4-17b
EXA 4-18a
EXA 4-17a
EXA 4-17b
EXA 4-18a
EXA 4-16a

Create 16 bar chord

structure

Performing skills

EXA 4-16a

EXA 4-17a
EXA 4-17b
EXA 4-18a
EXA 4-17a
EXA 4-17b
EXA 4-18a

EXA 4-16a
Completed
composition
saved on
computer as
score and
audio

EXA 4-17a
EXA 4-17b
EXA 4-18a

EXA 4-16a
Peer
assessment
worksheet and
own
evaluations of
work
Completed
project

EXA 4-16a

Recording and
verbal
discussion of
end product
Peer
assessment
and teacher

EXA 4-16a

EXA 4-16a

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May

Understanding music

Subject: Music

Revision of literacy
skills

Year Group: S3
recording as
end of year
assessment
End of year
summative
assessment

EXA 4-17a
EXA 4-16a

Revision of years
EXA 4-16a
projects and
EXA 4-19a
introduction to N4/5
Note: The months may not exactly match how long each task takes however the overall plan and
progression for the term is accurate.