Computing and Music

2025-26

Music

In Class 3 we follow the MUSIC EXPRESS scheme.                                                  

Spring Term, 2026

Sounds - How are sounds produced and classified? The children explore timbre and structure through music conversations in music from around the world.

Around the World - The children explore pentatonic melodies & syncopated rhythms, learning that the fundamental dimensions of music are the same all over the world.

Autumn Term, 2025

Environment - The Children explore songs and poems about places. They create accompaniments and sound pictures to reflect sounds in their local environment.

Recycling - The children make their own instruments from junk and then use them to improvise, compose & play junk jazz music in a variety of different musical structures.

Computing

We follow the Teach Computing scheme from The National Centre for Computer Education.

Spring Term, 2026

Year 3 - Data and Information branching databases

We will develop our understanding of what a branching database is and how to create one. We will use yes/no questions to gain an understanding of what attributes are and how to use them to sort groups of objects. We will create physical and on-screen branching databases. To conclude the unit, we will create an identification tool using a branching database, which we will test by using it. We will also consider real-world applications for branching databases.

Year 4 - Creating Media - audio production

We will identify the input device (microphone) and output devices (speaker or headphones) required to work with sound digitally. We will discuss the ownership of digital audio and the copyright implications of duplicating the work of others. In order to record audio ourselves, we will use Audacity to produce a podcast, which will include editing their work, adding multiple tracks, and opening and saving the audio files. Finally, we will evaluate our work and give feedback to our peers.

Autumn Term, 2025

Year 3 - Connecting Computers

We will develop our understanding of digital devices, looking at the inputs, processes and outputs to begin with, before moving onto computer networks.  We will look at the devices that make up a network's infrastructure, such as wireless access points and switches, before looking at the benefits of connecting devices in a network.

Year 4 - The Internet

We will be thinking about how networks work and begin to appreciate that the internet is a network of networks that needs to be kept secure.  We will look at the World Wide Web as part of the internet and learn how to explore it safely.  Finally we will evaluate online contenet to decide how honest, accurate or reliable it is, and understand the consequences of false information.

2024-25

Summer Term. 2025

Human Body - Skeleton dances and songs teach the children about the human body. Percussion instruments are used to improvise, create word rhythms and build a final skeleton dance.

Food and Drink - The children cook up a musical feast, enjoying a varied diet of healthy beans, exotic Tudor banquets & DIY pizzas before celebrating with a song performance.

Spring Term, 2025

Sounds - How are sounds produced and classified? The children explore timbre and structure through music conversations in music from around the world.
In the Past - The children use a variety of notations to build performances from different periods & styles. They learn a Renaissance dance, walk down the aisle to Wagner’s ‘Bridal March’ & dance the Mashed Potato!

Autumn Term, 2024 

Communication - The Children learn to make music inspired by technology and computing. They explore and compose sounds for earcons, emoticons, mobile phone ringtones, computer games and apps.

Poetry - The children develop performances of contrasting poems. They use their voices to speak expressively & rhythmically, and discover ways to create ostinato accompaniments to enhance their performances.

Computing

We follow the Teach Computing scheme from The National Centre for Computer Education.

Summer Term, 2025

Year 3 - Programming A /Sequence of Music

Children will learn to create programs with instructions in a specific order, using motion, sound, and event blocks. A culminating project could be a representation of a piano where each key press plays a different sound, demonstrating understanding of sequencing. 

Year 4 - Programming A/ Repetition in Shapes

Creating shapes and patterns usisng loops in a text-based programmin language like Logo. Children will learn to identify repeated actions in everyday tasks and code, predict the output of code snippets, and modify code to produce desired shapes. 

Spring Term, 2025

Year 3 - Creating Media, Desktop publishing

We will become familiar with the terms ‘text’ and ‘images’ and understand that they can be used to communicate messages. We will use desktop publishing software and consider careful choices of font size, colour and type to edit and improve premade documents. We will start to add text and images to create their own pieces of work using desktop publishing software.

Year 4 - Creating Media, Photo Editing

We will develop our understanding of how digital images can be changed and edited, and how they can then be resaved and reused. We will consider the impact that editing images can have, and evaluate the effectiveness of their choices.

Autumn Term, 2024

Year 3 - Connecting Computers

We will develop our understanding of digital devices, looking at the inputs, processes and outputs to begin with, before moving onto computer networks.  We will look at the devices that make up a network's infrastructure, such as wireless access points and switches, before looking at the benefits of connecting devices in a network.

Year 4 - The Internet

We will be thinking about how networks work and begin to appreciate that the internet is a network of networks that needs to be kept secure.  We will look at the World Wide Web as part of the internet and learn how to explore it safely.  Finally we will evaluate online contenet to decide how honest, accurate or reliable it is, and understand the consequences of false information.