Barnsley Academy – Year 7 Music Curriculum Overview 2023-24
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Autumn Term
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Spring Term
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Summer Term
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Half-Term 1
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Class Focus
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Homework
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Class Focus
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Homework
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Class Focus
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Homework
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Week 1
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Solo Performance
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Mastering Solo Performance
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Ensemble Skills
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Expectations
Kodaly
Body Percussion
SFS
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Contracts
Kodaly sounds
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Week 1
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Week 1
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Week 2
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Kodaly Revision
Body Percussion 2
SFS
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Join a music club
Teaching Gadget (rhythm quiz)
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Week 2
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Week 2
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Week 3
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Hand-out of instruments
Notes on the stave (2 notes)
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Instrument Practice: hold & long notes
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Week 3
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Week 3
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Week 4
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Notes on the stave revision
MiSST routine for playing & practice
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Instrument Practice: Busy Bee & Fooshy Wooshy
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Week 4
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Week 4
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Week 5
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Rhythm Names
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Teaching gadget (rhythm names)
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Week 5
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Week 5
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Week 6
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Progress Review
(option. Keyboard skills for pitch, note reading & composition)
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Practice stars
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Week 6
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Week 6
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Week 7
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Time Signatures
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Teaching gadget (time signatures)
Instrument practice: March
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Week 7
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Week 7
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Week 8
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Time Signatures recap
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Instrument practice: March & Traffic
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Week 8
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Week 8
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Week 9
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Tempo
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Teaching gadget: tempo
Instrument practice: djembe jam
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Week 9
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Week 9
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Week 10
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Tempo Revision
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Instrument practice: djembe jam & dancing shoes
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Week 10
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Week 10
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Week 11
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Walking Talking Mock
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Teaching gadget: note naming
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Week 11
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Week 12
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Assessment
LAT and PAT
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Instrument practice: Wizard Waltz
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Week 12
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Week 13
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Instrument performances
Option for further keyboard skills
(inc. Christmas)
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Instrument practice: pieces 1-9 in vamoosh book over Christmas
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Week 13
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Week 14
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Instrument Performances
Option for further keyboard skills
(inc. Christmas)
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Instrument practice: pieces 1-9 in vamoosh book over Christmas
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Week 14
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