| Term | Topics | Performing | Composing | Listening | Homework | |
| Year
7 |
1 | · Baseline Assessment
· Elements of Music · Danse Macabre · Christmas |
· Hallelujah
· Halloween · Christmas carols |
· Creepy Halloween score | · Elements
· Danse Macabre · Christmas |
· Elements
· Danse Macabre
|
| 2 | · Chinese Music
· Music in Wales · Instruments of the Orchestra |
· Golden Bells
· Migldi Magldi |
· Pentatonic composition
|
· Timbre
· Elements |
· Chinese instruments
· Welsh artists |
|
| 3 | · Harry Potter
· Changing Places |
· Harry Potter Theme
· Changing Places |
· Q & A of Changing Places |
· Compare and contrast
· Elements |
· Film music
· Musical structures |
|
| Year
8 |
1 | · History of Blues & Jazz
· Christmas |
· Morriston Blues
· Christmas Carols |
· Blues |
· Blues to Pop
· Christmas |
· History of Blues
· Christmas carols and songs |
| 2 | · Music in Wales
· Arriba! |
· Myfanwy
· Arriba! |
· The Goblin
|
· Compare and contrast
· Elements |
· Music in Wales
· Latin American |
|
| 3 | · Jingles
· Developing Chords |
· Singing
· Somewhere only we know |
· Jingle
|
· Jingles
· Inversions and intervals |
· Poster for Jingle
· Interval ladders |
|
| Year
9 |
1 | · Film Music
· Christmas |
· Skyfall
· Christmas carols |
· Horror sound track
|
· Film music
· Christmas |
· Film genres
· CD cover |
| 2 | · Music in Wales
· Riffs and Hooks |
· Have a nice day/Dakota
· Riffs sheet |
· Canrig Bwt | · Welsh artists
· Musical forms and devices |
· Music in Wales
· Research of riffs |
|
| 3 | · Caribbean Music
· Pop Music |
· Every time you pass
· Various pop songs |
· Chords and melody | · Bob Marley
· End of year exam |
· Revision |
- Extension material both written and practical will be available for all year groups.
- Word searches, crosswords, ICT projects will be available for cover and inclusion requirements.