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Key stage 2
Music
concepts develop through our use of threads, which add vertical coherence. Explore free teaching resources for key stage 2, music, covering years 3, 4, 5 and 6. Save hours planning lessons with a slide deck, worksheet, prior knowledge starter and assessment exit quizzes and key vocabulary – all ready for you to teach and adapt for your pupils. You can download lesson and teaching resources, or log in and download units or save units to ‘my library’ – whichever is best for you to plan your music lesson. Read more about how the KS2 curriculum was designed in our explainer.
Units (17)
Units released in 2020-22
Resources made during the pandemic to support remote teaching.
1
Pulse and Metre 1
Year 3
6 lessons
2
Timbre 1
Year 3
6 lessons
3
Rhythm 1
Year 3
4/6 lessons
4
Pitch
Year 3
6 lessons
5
Texture
Year 3
6 lessons
6
Musical processes
Year 3
6 lessons
7
Pulse and Metre 2
Year 4
6 lessons
8
Timbre 2
Year 4
6 lessons
9
Rhythm 2
Year 4
6 lessons
10
Duration
Year 5
6 lessons
11
Timbre 3
Year 5
6 lessons
12
Rhythm 3
Year 5
6 lessons
13
Tonality
Year 5
6 lessons
14
Structure
Year 5
6 lessons
15
Beat, pulse, rhythm, structure
Year 5
7 lessons
16
Metre
Year 6
6 lessons
17
Rhythm 4
Year 6
6 lessons