University Academy of Engineering South Bank
Learning Area: Music Year 7
Module 2: The Chain (Grand Prix Theme)
Week Number
Week 1
Context
Theme Music: An introduction
Sharing of the Assessment Criteria for
the Grand Prix theme tune task
Rhythms with ties and dotted notes
Bass clef notes and key signatures
Skills
Identifying, reading and clapping rhythms,
ties and dotted notes
Demonstrating knowledge of key signatures
Recognising bass notes on the keyboard
Reading and playing from musical notation
Sight-reading skills
Week 2
Keeping the tempo?
Time signatures and rhythm accuracy
Keeping four crotchets to a bar
Week 3
Keyboard skills
Keyboard skills
Demonstrating awareness of tempo and
counting
Maintaining tempo, fluency and pulse
Listening skills
Striking a chord
Reflection skills
Demonstrating singing techniques and
harmonisation
Singing and understanding chords
Treble clef notes
Reading and playing from musical notation
Understanding harmony
Sight-reading skills
Two-part coordination
Keyboard skills
Listening skills
Week 4
Make me a rhythm
Reflection skills
Creative skills
Reviewing rhythm notation
Composing skills
Creating four beat bars
Rhythm and counting skills
Practising the keyboard theme tune
Peer assessment
Keyboard skills
Reflection skills
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Week 5
Feeling the rhythm?
Reviewing rhythm notation
Reading and writing rhythms, including
syncopated ones
Practising the keyboard theme tune
Sight-reading skills
Keyboard skills
Performance skills
Reflection skills
Overview of notation and theory
knowledge in preparation for next week
Week 6
Ready?
Theory skills
Revision session
Keyboard skills
Written rhythm theory quiz
Performance skills
Final assessments of the Grand Prix
Theme
Week 7
Show Me!
Theory skills
Evaluation of module and tests
Reflection skills
Final rehearsal of keyboard playing
Performance skills
Class concert
Presentation skills
University Academy of Engineering South Bank
Music Year 7 Module 2: The Chain (Grand Prix Theme) Assessment Criteria
Level
Performing
Theory
Rhythm Notation
Reflection
7
I understand rhythm
and can include
syncopation or
independent
rhythms between
hands in my
performance.
I can show
understanding of
chords and melodies
and how they work
together.
I know how chords
are put together and
I can play a chord
sequence fluently in
root position.
I can demonstrate
good coordination
on an instrument.
I have a good
understanding of treble
clef notation including
some dynamics.
I can combine syncopated
rhythms and rests to
create a bar in 4/4 time.
I can evaluate how my
outcomes may be affected
by the context, and adjust
this accordingly. I plan in
time for developing and
improving my work.
I have a reasonable grasp
of treble clef notation
and some other score
markings such as
dynamics.
I have a basic
understanding of
notation and I can follow
a simple scored melody.
I can combine varying
rhythmic symbols and
rests to create a bar in
4/4 time.
I can evaluate the success
of my work and set
realistic targets for
refinement.
I can start to combine
different rhythmic
symbols to create a bar in
4/4 time.
I can consider
successful/non-successful
outcomes and improve my
own and others’ work.
I can recognise rhythmic
musical symbols
(crotchet, minim, quaver
and their equivalent
rests.)
I can recognise basic
music symbols (treble
clef, stave, bar line etc.)
I can recognise how to
use one or two rhythmic
symbols to create a bar in
4/4 time.
I can suggest
improvements to mine and
others’ work.
I can recognise the notes
lengths of rhythmic
symbols.
I can identify what needs
to be improved in my
work.
6
5
4
3
I can demonstrate
some coordination
on an instrument.