Year 6 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.

Year 6 – Term 1 & 2

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 continue to experience the music curriculum on their instrument in a Practiced class.
  • All other students will continue their learning the instrument allocated in Year 5 in the Years 5/6 Beginner Instrument Program*. At the end of Term 2 all students in the Years 5/6 Beginner Instrument Program will have the opportunity to enroll in cocurricular shared lessons at a subsidised cost for the remainder of Year 6.

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 6 Music Concert towards the end of Term 2.

Year 6 – Terms 3 & 4

Students will continue to develop their singing, performance, creating and music language skills through a practical and experiential curriculum. Students will experience the curriculum through singing, playing tuned and untuned percussion instruments and, as appropriate the instrument they are playing in cocurricular music lessons. Students will also continue to sing in a year level choir.

*Instrument Hire

St Leonard’s College will be provided hire instruments at a reduced fee for the Year 5 & 6 Beginner Instrument Program.

Assessment

  • Performing
  • Creating
  • Music language and music literacy