Syllabus Schedule

Month
June

August

September
st
+ 1 week
October

Subject: Music

Topic/Theme/Skill
Performing skills

Major Tasks
2 group
arrangements of
class choice
Performing skills
class Each pupil
performs to rest of
group
Understanding Music Revision of S1
literacy skills
SUMMER HOLIDAYS
Understanding Music Revision of S1
literacy skills
Composing skills (runs Song competition
onto September)
Performing skills

Year Group: S2
Assessments
Recording and
verbal discussion
of end product
Peer assessment
worksheet and
own evaluations
of work
Summative
assessment

Es & Os
EXA 3-16a

Summative
assessment
Recording and
verbal discussion
of end product

EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a
EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a

Focus on two
instruments

November

December

OCTOBER HOLIDAYS
Understanding
slavery and
spirituals
Build timeline of
progression from
spirituals to early
blues
Performing skills
Wade in the Water
Guitar and singing
in a Gospel Style
Understanding music
Improvisation
Blues and Jazz
Learn about role of
improvisation in
different jazz styles
Composing skills
Revision of chords
and build 12 bar
blues chord
structure
Notate an
improvised melody
to fit 12 bar blues
chord structure
Performing skills
Ragtime group
arrangement
Understanding music
Blues and Jazz

Understanding music
Blues and Jazz
Composing skills

Ragtime
investigation and
new concepts recap
Complete and
record 12 bar blues
composition

EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a

EXA 3-16a

Peer assessment
worksheet and
own evaluations
of work
October

EXA 3-19a
EXA 3-16a

EXA 3-19a
EXA 3-16a

EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a
EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a

EXA 3-16a

EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a
EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a
EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a

EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a

Recording and
verbal discussion
of end product
Summative
assessment
listening test
Record
compositions
either on Sibelius

EXA 3-16a
EXA 3-19a
EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a
EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a

Syllabus Schedule

Subject: Music

Year Group: S2
or live
performance.

January

February

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
Understanding music
Revision of
Scottish Music
instruments and
dances from S1
Introduction to
Scottish Vocal
Music
Waulking song
workshop

Performing skills
Composing
skills/Performing skills

EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a
EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a
EXA 3-19a
EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a

2 instrument focus
Scottish reel
willafjord

EXA 3-16a
EXA 3-19a
EXA 3-17a
EXA 3-16a

Work out chords

for guitar

EXA 3-19a
EXA 3-16a

Learn to play a
Recorded video
EXA 3-16a
basic vamp and end of pupils in each
up with
stage of process
performance of
willafjord with
melody, guitar
chords and piano
vamp
nd
March
Performing skills
2 reel same
EXA 3-19a
exercise as above
EXA 3-16a
with no teacher
input
Understanding music
Revision of all
Summative
EXA 3-17a
elements of
assessment
EXA 3-16a
Scottish Music
listening test
EASTER HOLIDAYS
Note: classes after this point disrupted by exams in hall
April
Performing skills
Performing skills
Peer assessment EXA 3-19a
class Each pupil
worksheet and
EXA 3-16a
performs to rest of
own evaluations
group
of work
May
2 group
Recording and
EXA 3-16a
arrangements of
verbal discussion
class choice
of end product
Displaced classes
Composer
Each pupil
EXA 3-17a
during exams
biography
produces a bio of EXA 3-16a
a famous
composer
Note: The months may not exactly match how long each task takes however the overall plan and progression
for the term is accurate.