Music
Intent
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Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.
The national curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:
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Implementation
At Bentley High Street we follow a broad and balanced music curriculum that builds on previous learning and provides both support and challenge for learners. We follow a music scheme from Kapow Primary that ensures progression of skills and covers all aspects of the music curriculum. Music is taught in blocks throughout each topic within the year to allow children to focus on the content in more depth and build on their skills.
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Curriculum Implementation- Subject Content and Organisation Across School |
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EYFS |
To know a range of songs—jigsaw, Harvest songs, number songs—5 little monkeys swinging from a tree, 5 currant buns, 1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish a life, 10 green bottles, 10 in a bed. To know the ‘welcome everybody’ dance (Autumn Harvest) To know the sounds of percussion instruments—tambourine, triangle, maracas and words to describe their sound. |
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Year 1 |
Classical music, dynamics & tempo: Animals Chanting & tuned percussion: Space Vocal and body sounds: By the Sea |
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Year 2 |
Orchestral instruments: Traditional Stories African call and response song: Animals |
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Year 3 |
Creating compositions in response to an animation: Mountains Developing singing techniques & keeping in time: The Vikings Pentatonic melodies & composition: Chinese New Year Traditional instruments & improvisation: Around the World: India Ballads Jazz |
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Year 4 |
Body and tuned percussion: Rainforests Adapting and transposing motifs: Romans Rock and Roll Haiku, music & performance: Hanami Samba & carnival sounds & instruments: South America Blues |
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Year 5 |
Composing notation: Egyptians South and West Africa Looping & remixing: Dance music Composition to represent the festival of colour: Holi Changes in pitch, tempo & dynamics : Rivers Musical Theatre |
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Year 6 |
Songs of WWII Advanced rhythms Transposition- pop art theme Coast- Fingal’s Cave by Mendolsohn Film music Composing and performing a leavers’ song |
Impact
Our children enjoy and value music and know why they are doing things, not just how. Children will understand and appreciate the value of music in the context of their personal wellbeing and the creative and cultural industries and their many career opportunities.
Progress in music is demonstrated through regularly reviewing and scrutinising children’s work, in accordance with our music assessment policy to ensure that progression of skills is taking place. Namely through;
- looking at pupils’ work, especially over time as they gain skills and knowledge;
- observing how they perform in lessons;
- talking to them about what they know.
The music curriculum will contribute to children’s personal development in creativity, independence, judgement and self-reflection. This would be seen in them being able to talk confidently about their work, and sharing their work with others.
Progress will be shown through outcomes and through the process leading to them.
For further information on our Music curriculum, please contact our Music lead Mrs Round.