Schemes of Work
Start with a clear music route from EYFS to Year 6. Kidstrument gives teachers sequenced lessons, classroom-ready activities and mapped outcomes without asking them to plan from scratch.
Curriculum option
The year map shows the core Kidstrument pathway. Schools can choose the curriculum option that fits their timetable, then use the Content Bank to add stretch or reinforcement when a class needs more.
Standard is the route most teachers choose; Extended keeps the same core pathway and adds recall-and-skills sessions between the standard lessons.
18 sessions per year. A complete, confidence-building pathway through the year. Most teachers choose this route because it keeps the core musical journey focused and achievable, with space for concerts, productions, your existing music provision and your school calendar. You can always top it up with Content Bank activities when a class wants more stretch or reinforcement.
36 sessions per year. Keeps the same core pathway, then adds recall-and-skills sessions between the standard lessons. Choose this if you are a music specialist, or if you want more time for revisiting, deeper skill practice and confident musical exploration across the year. You can always top it up with Content Bank activities when a class wants more stretch or reinforcement.
Structure
Every scheme is made from short, focused activities. That keeps lessons musical and manageable, even when staff are non-specialists or the timetable is tight.
Schools can follow the route exactly, adapt sections in the Curriculum Designer, or use the Content Bank to add catch-up and extension activities.
Twelve Nursery lessons and twelve Reception lessons with warm-ups, songs, listening games and simple extras.
Use 18 sessions per year as the standard route, or 36 sessions per year when schools want a fuller weekly programme.
Teach as a full music slot or split the activities into shorter bursts without losing the mapped progression.
Teacher view
The prepared curriculum is not just a document. In the teacher view, staff can see the available routes, set up their class and open the next term or session from the same flow.
This gives leaders a planned whole-school route while still making the classroom moment feel simple for busy teachers.
Once a class is set up, teachers see the term route, curriculum overview and content bank extension in one place.
Sessions open into sequenced activities with teacher notes close to the classroom screen.
Schools can choose standard or extended curriculum options when creating a class.
Lesson view
Teachers do not need to assemble resources before they can teach. The programme view keeps the session, activity player, teacher notes, outcomes and linked resources in one place.
When a teacher opens a session, the route stays focused on classroom delivery: start the next activity, check notes, repeat practice and move through the lesson without hunting through separate folders.
See what is planned, what pupils are learning and how the lesson is sequenced.
Open delivery, adaptation and learning outcome guidance without leaving the activity.
Useful links and supporting resources stay beside the teaching activity rather than in a separate folder.
Building blocks
The schemes combine routine and variety. Pupils recognise the activity types, while the style, song, vocabulary and challenge move forward through the year.
Clapping, desk-drumming, beat games and rhythm-reading build a secure sense of time.
Class songs anchor each project so children sing, move, listen and perform inside a memorable style.
Interactive practice tools and optional games support repetition without making lessons feel dry.
Progression
The pre-curated sequence gives every year a clear sound world: early songs and listening in EYFS, classical and Blues in KS1, Jazz and Rock and Roll in Lower KS2, then Rock, Funk, Motown, Disco and 80s Pop in Upper KS2.
The genres change, but the core strands keep returning: voice, movement, pulse, rhythm, notation, listening, composition, performance and musical vocabulary.
Nursery rhymes, movement, listening games and playful musical language.
Classical foundations in Year 1, then a Blues focus in Year 2.
Jazz in Year 3, Rock and Roll in Year 4, with early notation and tuned-instrument links.
Rock, Funk, Motown, Disco and Pop deepen rhythm, harmony, notation and performance.
Open the pre-curated schemes, preview the activity flow and see whether the route fits your timetable.
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