Music Unit Overview KS2 – Light Oaks Junior School
Year
Term
Unit
Three Little Birds
Styles Covered (Historical Context)
Reggae
Topics and Cross Curricular Links
Animals, Jamaica, poetry and the
historical context of musical styles
Glockenspiel
Stage 2
Learning basic instrumental skills by
playing tunes in varying styles
Introduction to the language of music,
theory and composition.
Pentatonic Scale
Appraisal – Medieval Period 1100 1450
History of music and famous composers
Composition from pentatonic can link to
any topic being studied.
Literacy and history, Britten100.org,
www.fridayafternoons.co.uk. The
historical context of R&B and Reggae
music.
Autumn 1
3
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Benjamin Britten –
There was a
Monkey
Britten (Western Classical
music),Reggae, R&B
Let Your Spirit Fly
R&B, Michael Jackson, Western
Classical, Musicals, Motown, Soul
Historical context of musical styles.
Appraisal – Baroque Period 1600 1750
Think about the history of music in
context, listen to some Western Classical
music and place the music from the
units you have worked through, in their
correct time and space. Consolidate the
foundations of the language of music.
Summer 1
Summer 2
Reflect, Rewind
and Replay
Western Classical music and your
choice from Year 3
Music Unit Overview KS2 – Light Oaks Junior School
Year
Term
Unit
Styles Covered (Historical Context)
Topics and Cross Curricular Links
Autumn 1
Wider Opportunities – MAPAS – Learning how to play the guitar
Autumn 2
Wider Opportunities – MAPAS – Learning how to play the guitar
Spring 1
Wider Opportunities – MAPAS – Learning how to play the guitar
Spring 2
Wider Opportunities – MAPAS – Learning how to play the guitar
4
Mamma Mia
ABBA
Structure of songs linked to literacy. Music
and styles of the 70s and 80s, analysing
performance, Sweden as a country.
Lean On Me
Gospel
Gospel in its historical context eg from
Beethoven to slavery, Elvis to the Urban
Gospel of Beyonce and different choirs like
the London Community Gospel Choir.
Analysing performance
Summer 1
Summer 2
Music Unit Overview KS2 – Light Oaks Junior School
Year
Term
Autumn 1
Unit
Glockenspiel
Stage 3
Autumn 2
Don’t Stop
Believin’
5
Cover versions, 80s music, literacy links,
analysing performance.
Classroom Jazz 1
Appraisal – Classical Period 1750 –
1820
Jazz
History of music and famous composers
Jazz in its historical context
Benjamin Britten –
A Tragic Story
Britten (Western Classical music),
Blues, Trad Jazz
Stop!
Grime, Classical, Bhangra, Tango,
Latin Fusion
Literacy and history, Britten100.org,
www.fridayafternoons.co.uk.The historical
context of Latin and South African music.
Composition, bullying
Summer 1
Summer 2
Topics and Cross Curricular Links
Introduction to the language of music, theory
and composition.
Rock
Spring 1
Spring 2
Styles Covered (Historical Context)
Learning basic instrumental skills by
playing tunes in varying styles
Reflect, Rewind
and Replay
Appraisal – Romantic Period 1820 1900
Western Classical music and your
choice from Year 5
Think about the history of music in
context, listen to some Western Classical
music and place the music from the units
you have worked through, in their correct
time and space. Consolidate the
foundations of the language of music.
Music Unit Overview KS2 – Light Oaks Junior School
Year
Term
Unit
Livin’ on a prayer
Styles Covered (Historical Context)
Rock
Topics and Cross Curricular Links
How Rock music developed from the
Beatles onwards. Analysing performance
Classroom Jazz 2
Jazz, Latin, Blues
History of music - Jazz in its
historical context
Pentatonic Scale
Appraisal – Early 20th Century 1900 1930
History of music and famous composers
Composition from pentatonic can link to
any topic being studied.
Option to make up (compose) own rap or
words to the existing rap, that could link to
any topic in school, graffiti art, literacy,
breakdancing and 80s Hip hop culture in
general. Historical context of musical
styles
Historical context for ballads
Autumn 1
6
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Fresh Prince of
Bell Air
Summer 1
Make You Feel My
Love
Summer 2
Reflect, Rewind
and Replay
Hip Hop
Pop Ballads
Appraisal – Mid 20th Century1930 1960
Western Classical music and your
choice from Year 6
Think about the history of music in
context, listen to some Western Classical
music and place the music from the units
you have worked through, in their correct
time and space. Consolidate the
foundations of the language of music