Key Stage Two Music

During Key Stage Two Music, pupils sing songs and play instruments with increasing confidence, skill, expression, and awareness of their own contribution to a group or class performance.  They improvise, and develop their own musical compositions, in response to a variety of different stimuli with increasing personal involvement, independence and creativity.  They explore their thoughts and feelings through responding physically, intellectually and emotionally to a variety of music from different times and cultures.

In Music education, pupils will learn to sing songs, in unison, with clear direction, control of pitch, and develop a sense of phrase and musical expression.  They will play tuned and un-tuned instruments with control and rhythmic accuracy, and practice, rehearse and present performances with an awareness of the audience.

When creating and developing musical ideas, Key Stage 2 pupils will be taught to improvise and develop rhythmic and melodic material when performing.  They will explore, choose, combine and organise musical ideas within musical structures.

To summarise, pupils will be taught the knowledge, skills and understanding of musical education through….

-Analysing and comparing sounds

-Exploring their own ideas and feelings about music using movement, dance, expressive language and musical vocabulary.

-A range of music activities that integrate performing, composing and appraising.

-Respond to a range of musical and non-musical starting points.

-Working on their own and as part of a group.

-Using ICT to capture, change and combine sounds.

-A range of live and recorded music from different times and cultures, for example; classical, folk and pop.

Have you got an interest in online education at Key Stage Two Level, typically children aged 7-11?

Nowadays, more and more parents are seeking online educational tools to help teach their children.  With the wealth of material that is now available online, it is very easy to teach your own child.  I am not suggesting pulling them from school and doing it all yourself! Unless of course this is a route you have carefully considered. 

You do not have to be qualified to teach your child, just access to the internet and the time.

Spending as little as 40-50 minutes per night Monday to Thursday is more than enough to boost their learning with great noticeable results.  I wouldn’t advise more than one hour as you do not want to ‘overload’ your wee one’s.

Combining games with learning is a fantastic way to teach children, making education fun for them is the key to success.  Based on this rule www.keystagetwo.com, a virtual learning environment has now become one of the top websites for Key Stage Two pupils.  The website successfully manages to combine learning while kids play Buccaneers and Lobsters, which is great fun for the little ones - and with the added benefit of learning at the same time!

As KeyStageTwo.com is compliant with the National Curriculum in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, UK schools are now availing of the service.  On completion of quick set-up and installation, Schools and teachers use it for…..

-Saving time on marking tests.

-By issuing homework online, reducing photocopying and paper costs.

-By using the individual and class results summary, pinpointing areas requiring improvement, thus raising children’s performance.

-Clearly viewing children’s analysis displaying strengths and weaknesses, allowing the teacher to focus on them and provide feedback where necessary.

Parents use the system under two scenarios, firstly if their children’s school is enrolled in the system already, parents can log on and view their own child’s performance and results, tracking their progress.  They also use it to read teacher feedback and use the system with their little ones on a one-to-one basis.  Secondly, if a child’s school is not yet enrolled parents can sign up to the system for just ten pounds per month offering unlimited anytime access to all the resources, effectively tutoring the child themselves, at a tiny fraction of the traditional tutoring costs.

Finally, and most importantly KeyStageTwo.com offers fantastic benefits for the kids, too many to mention here!  Nip over to the website to learn more, for which I have provided a link here

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We would love to have you on board, whether you are a school, primary teacher, parent, tutor or even just a casual reader seeking educational resources with a difference!