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Key stage 3 music lesson plans (national curriculum)

Every Key stage 3 music statement from the national curriculum programme of study, grouped by strand. Choose "Plan this" and Heapso plans a lesson that covers it.

General

  • ENG-NC-MU-KS3-001

    play and perform confidently in a range of solo and ensemble contexts using their voice, playing instruments musically, fluently and with accuracy and expression

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  • ENG-NC-MU-KS3-002

    improvise and compose; and extend and develop musical ideas by drawing on a range of musical structures, styles, genres and traditions

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  • ENG-NC-MU-KS3-003

    use staff and other relevant notations appropriately and accurately in a range of musical styles, genres and traditions

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  • ENG-NC-MU-KS3-004

    identify and use the interrelated dimensions of music expressively and with increasing sophistication, including use of tonalities, different types of scales and other musical devices

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  • ENG-NC-MU-KS3-005

    listen with increasing discrimination to a wide range of music from great composers and musicians

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  • ENG-NC-MU-KS3-006

    develop a deepening understanding of the music that they perform and to which they listen, and its history

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Questions teachers ask

What do pupils learn in Key stage 3 music?
The national curriculum has 6 statutory music statements for Key stage 3 (Years 7 to 9). They are listed on this page by strand, each with a code.
How do I plan a Key stage 3 music lesson for a statement?
Choose "Plan this" next to the statement. Heapso opens a lesson plan set to Key stage 3 music with that statement linked. You can change anything before Pip writes.

Plan your next Key stage 3 music unit

Heapso opens a unit plan set to Key stage 3 music. Add the statements you're teaching and Pip cites only those, in British English.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education, National curriculum in England (2013, updated 2014–2021). Open Government Licence v3.0.

Heapso is an independent planning tool. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department for Education, the Welsh Government, the Department of Education (Northern Ireland), CCEA, Ofqual, Qualifications Wales or any exam board. Curriculum statements are reproduced from official sources under the Open Government Licence v3.0, with a link to each source. Always check the official documents for what is statutory.