Suggested Learning Outcomes
Across Into Music 1, 2 and 3 (years 1 – 10)
Into Music 1 (years 1 – 3)
Curriculum levels 1 – 2/3
Into Music 2 (years 4 – 6)
Curriculum levels 2 – 3/4
Into Music 3 (years 7 – 10
Curriculum levels 3/4 - 5
Through Listening, children
will develop the ability to:
• identify and describe sounds
(PK)
• identify and respond to changes
in music )PK)
• identify, describe, and respond
to musical elements (PK)
• describe the features of music
from different contexts (PK, UC)
• share personal responses to live
and recorded music (PK, UC, CI)
Through Listening, children
will develop the ability to:
• identify, describe and respond to
contrasts within musical elements
(PK)
• describe how musical elements
are used to create particular
moods and effects (PK, CI)
• identify and describe, the
characteristics and purposes of
music from different contexts
(PK, UC)
• identify and describe the
characteristics of different styles
of music (PK, UC)
• share and explain personal
responses to live and recorded
music (PK, UC, CI)
Through Singing, children will
develop the ability to:
• use the full range of the voice to
explore pitch (PK)
• use the voice to echo or create
simple chants and melodies (PK,
DI)
• sing songs for particular
purposes (PK, CI, UC)
• sing rhythmically (PK)
• sing with expression (CI, UC)
• sing in tune (PK)
Through Singing, children will
develop the ability to:
• use the voice to echo or create
chants and melodies (PK, DI)
• sing rhythmically (PK)
• sing with expression (CI, UC)
• sing in tune (PK)
• sing in harmony (PK, DI)
• sing in a variety of styles (PK,
CI, UC)
• rehearse and perform songs for
particular purposes (PK, CI, UC)
Through Listening, children
will develop the ability to:
• identify and describe a range of
patterns, effects, sound qualities
and structural devices (PK)
• transcribe music by ear, and by
using instruments and
technologies (PK)
• identify and describe the
characteristics and purposes of
music from different contexts
(UC, PK)
• identify and compare the
characteristics of different
musical styles and genres (UC,
PK)
• share and explain personal
responses to, and evaluations of,
live and recorded music (CI,UC)
Through Singing, children will
develop the ability to:
• use the voice to develop and
express musical ideas (PK, DI)
• sing rhythmically (PK)
• sing in tune (PK)
• sing expressively in a variety of
styles (CI, UC)
• sing in harmony (PK, CI)
• sing from memory and from
notation (PK, CI)
• rehearse and perform songs, and
evaluate the performance (PK,
CI, UC)
Through Playing, children will
develop the ability to:
• use suitable playing techniques
with basic percussion instruments
(tuned and untuned) (PK, CI)
• play in time with the beat (PK)
• imitate and repeat simple
rhythmic or melodic patterns
(PK, DI)
• improvise simple rhythmic or
melodic patterns over a beat (PK,
DI)
• read and play from a graphic
score (PK, CI)
Through Playing, children will
develop the ability to:
• use suitable playing techniques
with a range of instruments (PK,
CI)
• play in time with the beat,
responding to accent and metre
(PK)
• improvise melodies and
rhythms patterns (PK, DI)
• read and play from a graphic
score (PK, CI)
• read and play from conventional
notation (PK)
Through Playing, children will
develop the ability to:
• use appropriate playing
techniques with a range of
instruments (PK, CI)
• use available technologies to
support playing experiences (PK,
DI)
• play in time with the beat,
responding to accent and metre
(PK)
• play familiar music by ear (PK)
• read and play from a range of
notations (PK, CI)
• read and play simple rhythmic
notation (PK)
• play familiar phrases and tunes
by ear (PK)
• play familiar phrases and tunes
by ear (PK)
• play and improvise in groups
with an awareness of ensemble
(PK, CI)
• play expressively in a variety of
styles (DI, CI, UC)
• rehearse and perform music, and
evaluate the performance (PK,
CI, UC)
Through Creating &
Representing music, children
will develop the ability to:
• explore sounds and improvise
with them to create an effect (PK,
DI)
• create soundscapes in response
to different sources of motivation
(PK, DI, UC)
• share ideas about their
compositions, using appropriate
vocabulary (PK, CI)
• use graphic symbols to
represent sounds (PK, CI)
• represent soundscapes as simple
graphic scores (PK, DI)
Through Creating &
Representing music, children
will develop the ability to:
• explore sounds and musical
ideas and improvise with them to
create moods and effects (PK, DI)
• create soundscapes, using
repetition and contrast (PK, DI,
UC)
• present and discuss their
compositions, using appropriate
vocabulary (PK, CI)
• use graphic and conventional
notation to represent sounds and
musical ideas (PK, CI)
• represent soundscapes as
graphic scores (PK, DI)
Through Creating &
Representing music, children
will develop the ability to:
• experiment with sounds and
musical ideas, and improvise with
them to create moods, patterns,
and effects (PK, DI)
• create simple musical pieces
using structural devices (PK, DI)
• use appropriate notation to
represent musical ideas and
compositions (PK, CI)
• present, discuss, and evaluate
their compositions using
appropriate vocabulary (PK, CI)