Music

We want all of our children to develop a positive attitude to music that is promoted through an inclusive and practical approach. We to help children to feel that they are musical, and to develop a life-long love of music. We focus on developing the skills, knowledge and understanding that children need in order to become confident performers, composers, and listeners. Our curriculum introduces children to music from all around the world and across generations, teaching children to respect and appreciate the music of all traditions and communities. Children will develop the musical skills of singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, improvising and composing music, and listening and responding to music. They will develop an understanding of the history and cultural context of the music that they listen to and learn how music can be written down. Through music, our curriculum helps children develop transferable skills such as team-working, leadership, creative thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and presentation and performance skills. These skills are vital to children’s development as learners and have a wider application in their general lives outside and beyond school.

Through the well-informed, relevant and creative teaching of music we aim that:

• Children will experience a broad range of music styles and begin to identify elements that differentiate one from the other.
• Children will begin to compose and perform individually and in groups on a variety of instruments including the voice.
• Children will begin to understand the elements of music (i.e. pitch, rhythm, dynamics, melody, harmony, timbre etc).
• Children will make value judgements on recorded music as well as their own and other learner’s music.
• Most of all, children will have fun with music and be inspired to pursue it independently.
• Opportunities will be made for all children to learn a variety of instruments or sing outside of timetabled lessons.

 

Music Progression of Skills

Music Development Plan

Music Long Term Plan

Vocabulary Progression

 

 

Music at Castle Hill