Autumn 1: Harvest Songs 

Autumn 2: Infant Nativity 

Spring 1: Music Around the World

Spring 2: Big Band – introduction to instruments 

Summer 1: Music and Movement

Summer 2: Music and Movement

Autumn 1: Harvest Songs, Animals – classical musical (Dynamics and Tempo)

Autumn 2: Infant Nativity 

Spring 1: Under The Sea (Musical vocabulary)

Spring 2: Fairytales (Timbre and Rhythmic Patterns), Easter Songs 

Summer 1: Superheroes (Pitch and Tempo)

Summer 2: By The Sea (Vocal and body sounds)

Autumn 1: Harvest songs, West African Call and Response 

Autumn 2: Infant Nativity 

Spring 1: Identifying Orchestral instruments 

Spring 2: On This Island (British Folk Songs), Easter Songs

Summer 1: Myths and Legends  (Timbre, Dynamics and Tempo)

Summer 2: Tuned percussion (Glockenspiels and Xylophones)

Autumn 1:  Harvest Songs, Recorder instrument study 

Autumn 2: Christmas carols

Spring 1: Recorders continued

Spring 2: Jazz Music, Easter songs

Summer 1: Junior show preparations

Summer 2: Junior show preparations

Autumn 1:  Rainforests (Body and Tuned Percussion) , Harvest Songs

Autumn 2: Christmas carols

Spring 1: Rock and Roll Music 

Spring 2: Samba and Carnival Music, Easter songs

Summer 1: Junior show preparations

Summer 2: Junior show preparations

Autumn 1: An introduction to notation

Autumn 2: Christmas carols

Spring 1: Ukulele Instrument Study

Spring 2: Ukulele Instrument Study

Summer 1: Junior show preparations

Summer 2: Junior show preparations

Autumn 1:  An introduction to keyboards 

Autumn 2: Rhythms and compositions, Christmas songs 

Spring 1: Rhythms and compositions

Spring 2: Junior show preparations

Summer 1: Junior show preparations

Summer 2: Junior show preparations

Autumn :  Performance Skills

Spring : Matilda The Musical

Summer : An introduction to Shakespeare 

Autumn 1: Elements of Music and Using our voices 

Autumn 2: Christmas performances (singing and keyboard)

Spring : I’ve Got Rhythm

Summer: The Orchestra and keyboard skills

Autumn :  Devising through Darkwood Manor stimulus – horror stories

Spring : Contemporary play study – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

Summer : Live Musical Theatre – Shrek 

Autumn:  Ukulele instrument study

Spring 1: Pentatonic Music

Spring 2: Keyboard Skills

Summer: Hooks and Riffs

Autumn: Contemporary play study – DNA

Spring: Devising through drama – Sarah Graham artist stimulus

Summer: Performing musical theatre

Autumn: Music Technology – using a DAW

Spring: Film Music 

Summer: Advanced ukuleles  and composition using chords 

KS4 -Year 10 & 11 – Level 1/2 Award in Performing Arts:

Exam Board: Eduqas/WJEC 

Students can specialise in Drama, Music, Musical Theatre (including dance), Musical technology or technical theatre (lighting/sound/set design/costume design)

Summary of Assessment:

Unit 1: Performing
Controlled assessment: 10 hours
30% of qualification
60 marks
The assignment brief, which will include a scenario and several tasks, will be available via the WJEC Secure
Website, and will remain the same for the lifetime of the specification.

Unit 2: Creating
Controlled assessment: 10 hours
30% of qualification
60 marks
An assignment brief will be provided by WJEC which will include a scenario and several tasks, available via the
WJEC Secure Website.

Unit 3: Performing Arts in Practice
External controlled assessment: 20 hours
40% of qualification
80 marks
An assignment brief will be provided by WJEC which will include a scenario and several tasks, available via the WJEC Secure Website.