Music
The subject leader for Music is Miss Ramsay.
Music allows our children to become confident performers, composers and listeners whilst developing a lifelong love of music. We express ourselves using rhythm and melody, by singing and playing instruments.
Our music curriculum delivers the national curriculum through the Kapow scheme of learning. It provides children with the opportunity to listen and appraise, compose, improvise, and perform. It allows our children to express themselves through music and experience music from around the world. They gain new skills through playing instruments they might not have experienced before which may then inspire a passion for music in the future. We assess interrelated dimension skills through an assessment in lesson 1 and 5 which provides the opportunity to revisit knowledge or skills from current or previous units. We also assess through performance by recording the first and final performance in every unit.
Curriculum Threads
Brave:
Children will challenge themselves to appreciate different types of music that may be unfamiliar to them. They will create musical pieces that allow them to express their learning in new ways. Pupils will be resilient as they endeavour to improve their work. They will work independently and in groups. They will develop sharp listening skills with an attention to detail. Children will be reflective enough to evaluate their own and others’ work, reflecting on how to develop their skills further.
Curious:
Children will develop their spiritual, moral, social and cultural learning through musical appreciation and time for discussion and reflection. By deepening our children’s knowledge and skills in music, we will help them to understand how the world has grown and changed over time, the diversity of people’s lives and how this is often reflected in music.
Kind:
Children will be creative and imaginative. They will explore a wide variety of music from different times and places. Children will become familiar with a wide range of famous musicians and styles and be able to describe the differences and similarities between them, making links to their own work. They will create music of their own.
