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Year 3

Knowledge, Skills and Understanding breakdown for

Music

Year 3

Performing		Composing (incl notation)	Appraising

• Do they sing in tune with	•	Can they use different elements	• Can they improve their work;
expression?		in their composition?	explaining how it has improved?
• Do they control their voice when	•	Can they create repeated	• Can they use musical words (the
singing?		patterns with different	elements of music) to describe a
• Can they play clear notes on		instruments?	piece of music and
instruments?	•	Can they compose melodies and	compositions?
		songs?	• Can they use musical words to
	•	Can they create	describe what they like and
		accompaniments for tunes?	dislike?
	•	Can they combine different	• Can they recognise the work of
		sounds to create a specific mood	at least one famous composer?
		or feeling?

Year 3 (Challenging)

Can they work with a partner to create a piece of music using more than one instrument?
Do they understand metre in 2 and 3 beats; then 4 and 5 beats?
Do they understand how the use of tempo can provide contrast within a piece of music?
Can they tell whether a change is gradual or sudden?
Can they identify repetition, contrasts and variations?

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