Intent
 

Our music curriculum intends to inspire creativity, self-expression and encourages our children on their musical pathway as well as giving them opportunities to connect with others.  By listening and responding to different musical styles, finding their voices as singers and performers and as composers, all will enable them to become confident, contemplative musicians. 

‘Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity’ (The National Curriculum).
 

Implementation
 

Skills

The aims of our Music curriculum are to develop pupils who:

• Can sing and use their voices individually and in a group
• Create and compose music on their own and with others
• Use technology appropriately when composing
• Have opportunities to learn a musical instrument
• Understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated
• Listen to, review and evaluate the work of great composers and musicians from a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions
• Enjoy and have an appreciation of a range of different musical styles e.g. Classical, Jazz, Hip Hop, Pop, Rock etc.
• Use and understand musical language and include musical features in their own work
• Make judgements about the quality of music
• Have opportunities to play a wide variety of instruments
• Have different opportunities to take part in performances

The music curriculum ensures students sing, listen, play, perform and evaluate. This is embedded in classroom activities as well as weekly singing assemblies, various concerts and performances, the learning of instruments, and the joining of musical ensembles. The elements of music are taught in classroom lessons so that children are able to use the language of music to discuss it, and understand how it is made, played, appreciated and analysed. In the classroom students learn how to play various un-tuned and tuned percussion instruments, the ukulele and boomwhackers.  In doing so they understand the different principles of creating notes, as well as how to devise and read their own musical scores and music notation. They also learn how to compose focussing on different dimensions of music.
 

Impact

• Powerful study habits
• Teamwork
• Freedom of expression
• Mental processing & problem-solving heightened
• Interaction with and awareness of others
• Self-reflection
• Self-confidence

	Music Long Term Plan 2023-24 and 2024-25	[pdf 1008KB]
	Music National Curriculum	[pdf 106KB]