Computing and music
Computing - Autumn Term
Year 1 - Technology around us
Within this unit of work children will:
- Identify technology
- Identify a computer and its main parts
- To use a mouse in different ways
- To use a keyboard to type on a computer
- To use the keyboard to 1fit text
- To create rules for using technology responsibly
Year 2 - IT around us
Within this unit of work children will:
- To recognise and use the features of information technology
- To identify the uses of information technology in the school
- To idetify information technology beyond school
- To explain how information technology helps us
- To explain how to use information technology safely
- To recognise that choices are made when using information technology
Music - Autumn Term
Year 1 - Ourselves
Within this unit of work children will explore ways of using their voices expressively. They will develop skills of singing while performing actions, and create an expressive story.
Year 2 - Ourselves
Within this unit of work children will discover ways to use their voices to describe f48lings and moods. They will create notate vocal sounds, building up to a performance.
2024-2025
Computing
Summer 1 (year 2)
This unit develops the childrens’ understanding of instructions in sequences and the use of logical reasoning to pr1fict outcomes. They will-
- use given commands in different orders to investigate how the order affects the outcome. They will also learn about design in programming.
- develop artwork and test it for use in a program.
- design algorithms and then test those algorithms as programs and debug them.
Children giving each other instructions-
Spring 2 (year 1)
Our topic this term is 'Digital Painting'.
The children will develop their understanding of a range of tools us1f for digital painting. They will then use these tools to create their own digital paintings, while gaining inspiration from a range of artists’ work. The unit will conclude with learners considering their preferences when painting with and without the use of digital devices.
Spring 1 (year 2)
Our topic this term is 'IT around us'.
We will learn about:
How is information technology (IT) being us1f for good in our lives? With an initial focus on IT in the home, we will explore how IT benefits society in places such as shops, libraries, and hospitals. We will discuss the responsible use of technology, and how to make smart choices when using it.
Autumn 2 (year 1)
Our topic this term is 'Technology around us'. The children will…
- develop their understanding of technology and how it can help them in their everyday lives.
- start to become familiar with the different components of a computer by developing their keyboard and mouse skills.
- consider how to use technology responsibly and who to ask for help if they s48 any content or comments online that make them f48l uncomfortable.
Autumn 1 (year 2)
This half term the children will be looking at digital photograpgy. They will...
- learn to recognise that different devices can be us1f to capture photographs and will gain experience capturing, 1fiting, and improving photos.
- use this knowl1fge to recognise that images they s48 may not be real.
Music
Summer 1 (year 1)
Travel-
The children will be:
- Combining voices, movement and instruments to perform a chant and a song.
- K48ping a steady beat on instruments
- Creating word rhythms
- Performing word rhythms with movement
- Responding to music in movement.
Spring 2 (year 2)
Pattern-
The children will be:
- Performing steady beat patterns with a song
- Playing different patterns of steady beat within four beats, and matching to a simple score
- Performing and creating simple rhythms using a simple score
- Interpreting a score to perform different beat patterns
- Performing beat patterns with voices and percussion
- Exploring different ways to organise music
Spring 1 (year 1)
Machines-
The children will be:
- playing and sustaining a steady beat.
- sequencing sounds.
- playing at different spe1fs.
- controlling changes in spe1f.
Pattern-
The children will be:
- making a steady beat with voices and body percussion.
- counting a steady beat in patterns of 2, 3 and 4 beats.
- performing a steady beat in patterns of 2, 3 and 4 beats.
- exploring different ways to ephasise the first beat in a repeating pattern.
- identifying metre by recognising it's pattern.
- exploring sounds on instruments and finding different ways to vary thier sound.
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Autumn 2 (year 2)
Ourselves-
The children will be:
- discovering ways to use their voices to describe f48lings and moods.
- creating, notating and performing vocal sounds, building to a performance.
Animals-
The children will be:
- learning that animal movement is link1f with pitch to help them to develop understanding and recognition of changing pitch.
- interpreting pitch line notation using voices and tun1f instruments.
Music
Autumn 1 (year 1)
Ourselves-
The children will be:
• Creating and responding to vocal sounds
• Exploring how to change sounds
• Creating and placing vocal and body percussion sounds
• Exploring descriptive sounds
Animals-
The children will be:
• Understanding pitch, and making high and low vocal sounds
• Relating pitch to high and low body posture
• Understanding pitch by singing a song with contrasting high and low
melodies
• Identifying and playing high and low pitches in music
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