Music
“Where words fail, music speaks” Hans Christian Anderson
Intent
At Puss Bank School and Nursery, we make our lessons engaging and instil an appreciation for music. Music is a universal language, which we believe can be accessed and enjoyed by all. We do this through exposing children to a variety of musical genres, both past and present and from all over the world. Through exploration, children will make progress in the skills of musicianship, appraisal, singing, composition and performance. We strive to ensure children can perform to audiences in school and the wider community.
Implementation
We are using the ‘Sing Up Curriculum’ to provide music delivery for all year groups apart from Year 5. Within each unit of work there are opportunities for performing, composing, singing, appraisal and musicianship. Every year group builds on knowledge from the previous year group. Year 5 access wider opportunities delivered by ‘Love Music Trust’. Our curriculum provides opportunities to play both tuned and untuned instruments. Children have the opportunity to learn to play the guitar with a peripatetic teacher. Weekly music assemblies provide further opportunities for children to develop their singing skills and musical knowledge.
Impact
There is ongoing teacher assessment to ensure that the children are keeping up with the pace of the curriculum and achieving our goals. As a result of our inclusive music curriculum:
· Children will be able to recognise the interrelated dimensions of music and use these when describing music.
· Children will have an appreciation for music from different cultures and time periods.
· Children will share their musical preferences with their peers and explain why they like/dislike a piece of music.
· Children have learnt the basic skills to play a brass/woodwind instrument.
· Children will have opportunities to performed to an audience