Schemes of Work

Year 7
Uses of music (2 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

 To offer an initial taster session and identify skills of students

 To promote a singing culture
 To illustrate ways in which music serves everyday life

Homework

Write up conclusions (Rich marking)

Equipment

Exercise books, CD, Percussion Instruments

Instrumental Work (3 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To recognize rhythms and selected notes on the stave

• To interpret written notes into sound
• To observe, follow musical instructions

Homework

Note Names (Treble Clef)

Equipment

Exercise books, Xylophones, Glockenspiels, Keyboards

Composition (2 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To construct a 4 bar composition to a given rhythm

• To develop ideas further and extend the music using different notes/key
• To observe, follow musical instructions

Equipment

Exercise books, Xylophones, Glockenspiels, Keyboards

Listening (4 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To describe musical means by which a text is brought to life

• To participate in performance of supernatural music observing instruction and discussion
 Homework

Illustrate the visual impact of the text/music

Equipment

Exercise books, CD, Worksheets

Christmas Music (4 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To interpret Christmas carol in two parts in preparation for carol service.

• Interact in groups/playing in time

Equipment

Exercise books, keyboards, tuned percussion

Instruments of the Orchestra (11 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To identify musical timbre.

• Compare sound quality of different musical families through listening and playing
• Interact in groups/playing in time
• Involve students with a knowledge of playing
• Associate instruments with characters from Peter and the Wolf

Homework

Various tasks of research to complement the learning in class

Equipment

Exercise books, keyboards, instruments (assorted)

Jonah Man Jazz (8 weeks)

Learning Objective:

• To develop singing technique

• To explore means by which a composer brings a text to life
• Observe musical instructions

Homework

Illustrate and write commentary of music

Equipment

Text books, musical scores, assortment of instruments associated with songs

Pulse, Ostinato and Rhythm (3 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To understand what a pulse is and its importance

• To reinforce this concept through musical games and singing
• To listen to pieces by serious composers and identify features of pulse and ostinato
• To compose involving ostinato within a small ensemble

Homework

Review of key terms and identification of orchestral instruments

Equipment

Recordings, booklets, traffic light, tuned/untuned percussion, internet for instruments and exercise books,
keyboards, instruments (assorted).

Rhythmic Notation (2/3 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To learn note values and apply knowledge to performance

• To reinforce key terms
• To develop ensemble playing skills

Homework

Notation w/sheet

Equipment

Booklets, demonstration instrument, Student’s instruments, tuned percussion.

Film and Television Music (4/5 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To identify musical elements by serious composers

• To use these features for a piece for television in a small ensemble
• To evaluate the final performance
• To use graphic scores in listening work
• To listen to music from another culture
• To record the composition on audio and as a graphic score

Homework

To complete w/sheets from the booklet

Equipment

CDs, booklets and w/sheets, tuned/untuned percussion.

 Schemes of Work

Year 8
Notation/Ensemble Music (7 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To recall notation above /below the stave

• To promote ensemble playing with a focus on interaction and maintaining the pulse

Homework

Note spelling (Rich marking)

Equipment

Exercise books, CD, Percussion Instruments, Keyboards

Music of Spain (6 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To recognize qualities of Spanish music and culture (including personalities)

• To identify the language of opera
• To appreciate the music of Carmen

Homework

Research Carmen and comment on musical features (Rich marking)

Equipment

Exercise books, tuned/untuned percussion, internet, DVD, Keyboards

Music of the Renaissance (8 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To describe key features of the period

• To identify/recognize instruments
• To perform stylistic music of the period
• To analyse features of a madrigal

Homework

Research composers and literary terms

Equipment

Exercise books, Tuned/untuned percussion, keyboards, CD, DVD.

 Programme Music (12 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To describe musical means by which a text is brought to life

• To appreciate the musical means by which music is inspired by text and mood
• To recognize features and timbre of a bassoon
• To invent a short piece where students describe an emotion/feeling/object etc

Homework

• Illustrate the visual impact of the text/music

• Reinforce the learning of set works by completing w/sheet

Equipment

Exercise books, CD, Worksheets, internet

Singing (4 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To sing as a group and identify musical features by which a composer brings to life a given text
• To be able to discuss likes and dislikes using appropriate musical vocabulary
• Interact and assess/appraise a performance

Variations (3 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To identify differences between musical styles

• To develop these findings in a set of variations

Homework

• Review listening/practical work using musical vocabulary

• Evaluation of final performance

Equipment

Recordings, booklet, keyboards, instruments (assorted)

Garage Band (3 weeks)

Learning Objective:

• To experience ICT (Apple Mac) for composition

• To compose a short commercial-sounding track using loops, vocals and MIDI

Equipment

CD of final composition, evaluation w/sheets

 Indian Music (4 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To listen/analyse music from another culture

• To reinforce this concept through bhangra identifying both Western and Indian influences
• To compose a short raga
• To complete written work related to compositional technique

Homework

• Review of listening/practical work using appropriate musical vocabulary

• Evaluation of final performance

Equipment

Recordings, bhangra cards, booklets, tuned/untuned percussion, drums, keyboards, instruments (assorted).

Ternary Composition (2 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To understand the importance of structural devices

• To compose and evaluate a ternary piece in a small ensemble

Homework

Evaluate composition

Equipment

Books, demonstration instrument, Student’s instruments, tuned percussion.

 Schemes of Work

Year 9
Notation (2 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To recognise low sounding instruments as well as bass clef notation.

• To promote ensemble playing with a focus on interaction and maintaining the pulse

Homework

Note spelling (Rich marking)

Equipment

Exercise books, CD, w/sheets

Composition/Arranging (4 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To interpret a tune in different guises.

• To compare different versions of the same tune (Lloyd-Webber Variations).

Homework

Evaluate the means by which tunes can be varied.

Equipment

Exercise books, tuned/untuned percussion, keyboards, student’s instruments, CD, w/sheets

Commemorative Music (2 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To describe musical means by which a composer expresses horror/anguish as a tribute to the

victims of the Holocaust.
• To develop literacy with regards atonal composition
• To invent a 12 tone composition to a given rhythm

Homework

Research composers and literary terms

Equipment

Exercise books, Tuned/untuned percussion, keyboards, CD, DVD.

 Music of India (6 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To recognise musical features relating to national identity

• To identify instruments of India
• To develop literacy and understanding of Indian music terms
• To invent a short piece where students improvise on the notes of a given rag

Homework

• Project on The Music of India and Indian Life

Equipment

Exercise books, CD, Worksheets, internet, video

Blues Music (6 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To distinguish between different aspects of Blues

• To interpret a 12 bar blues within a given ensemble as well as improvisation
• Interact and assess/appraise a performance

Guitar Work (6 weeks)

Learning Objectives:

• To develop practical skills

• To gain practical understanding of chords

To acquire an appreciation of guitar pieces

To explore an aspect of guitar playing of their own choice.

Homework

• Project on Guitar

Equipment

Guitars, CDs, booklets, extension pieces, access to Internet for guitar tabs.

Blues Composition cont’d(6 weeks)

Learning Objective:

• To develop earlier learning as a group composition, including lyrics, chord layout, vocals and/or
improvisation

Equipment

CDs, booklets, guitars, keyboards, unpitched percussion and student’s own instruments where possible.