Music

Emerging

Developing

Securing

Mastering

Keyboard Skills

Attempts to perform a simple melody on the keyboard with some accuracy.

Is able to perform a melody on the keyboard with accuracy and confidence.

Can perform a more complex melody with accuracy, fluency and confidence. 

Begins to develop skills in performing independent parts with the right and left hand.

Can perform a piece with independent left and right hand parts with accuracy, fluency and confidence.

Ukulele Skills

Can play a selection of chords in free time.

Can move between chords at a steady tempo.

Can apply chords to a range of simple songs.

Can apply chords to songs requiring greater dexterity and/or quicker chord changes.

Can apply a wider selection of chords to a range of songs.

Composition Skills

Begins to experiment with sounds to create a particular effect or impact.  Compositions use repetition effectively (ostinato).

Timbre is considered to help create a particular mood effect or impact. Musical elements are used to vary the ostinato (tempo/dynamics).

Creates patterns of melodic and rhythmic ideas within basic musical structures.  Composes music for a specific purpose and makes use of appropriate musical devices.

Develops and sustains musical ideas when improvising or creating music in different styles, genres and traditions.  Use of musical devices are advanced, purposeful and effective. Ideas are creative and have imaginative flair.

Rehearsal Skills

Struggles to rehearse effectively with an efficient use of time.  At times is able to reflect on work but lacks confidence in ability to refine it. 

Rehearses with an efficient use of time some of the time.  Is able to reflect on work and at times refine it.

Rehearses effectively with an efficient use of time most of the time.  Is able to organise others, reflect and refine work with some success.

Rehearses effectively with an efficient use of time; organises others as well as reflects on and refines work to develop a performance.