What your child actually learns this year

What this subject is, now that art, music, drama and sport are taught as one.

The building blocks they share, and why they are taught together rather than separately.

Line, shape, colour, and the discipline of looking properly before drawing anything.

The pulse underneath music. The part a child feels before they can name it.

Throwing, and shaping. An unusual pairing, and a deliberate one: both are about control of a weight.

The tune itself: how notes are chosen and ordered so a line of music holds together.

The rules, the positions and the skills, taught as a sport rather than as a free period.

A real instrument, properly taught. Fingering, breath, and reading the notes.

Telling a story aloud, then making it move. The largest topic in the strand.

Taught properly: technique, positions and the laws, rather than a kickabout.

The songs of this country, and what they were sung for.

Pattern, colour and patience, in a tradition that is still working.

Water confidence and stroke technique. For many children the most useful thing on this list.

The games played here before imported sport arrived, and the real skills inside them.

How to say why something works, in words that go further than liking it. The skill that turns a hobby into a subject.