Year 5 Music

Aims

Music in Years 5 & 6 aims for students to develop:

  • Confidence to be creative, innovative, thoughtful, skillful and informed musicians.
  • Knowledge and skills for listening, creating and performing.
  • Aesthetic knowledge and respect for music and music practices across a diverse range of cultures and musical traditions.
  • Understanding of music as an aural art form as they acquire skills to become independent learners.

Content

Year 5 – Terms 1 & 2

Students will develop their singing, performing, creating and music language skills through a practical and experiential curriculum.

Students will:

  • Develop their pitch and rhythm through singing, playing tuned and untuned percussion, imitating, creating, improvising and performing.
  • Learn about and trial the orchestral music instruments that will form part of the music studies on in the second half of Year 5 and first half of Year 6.
  • Develop their music literacy skills through a range of aural and written activities.
  • Sing in a year level choir.

Year 5 – Term 3 & 4

Students will continue to develop their singing, performing, creating and music language skills through a practical and experiential curriculum:

  • Students enrolled in Private Music lessons will experience the music curriculum on their instrument in a Practiced class.
  • All other students will learn a new instrument in the Years 5 & 6 Beginner Instrument Program*. They will attend small group lessons on the instrument selected for them based on their preferences and the strengths they have shown during Terms 1 & 2.

Students will continue to:

  • Develop their pitch and rhythm through singing, playing tuned and untuned percussion, imitating, creating, improvising, and performing.
  • Develop their music literacy skills through a range of aural and written activities.
  • Sing in a year level choir.

All students will perform in the Year 5 Music Concert towards the end of Term 4.