Music

Why Teach Music?

Music is a powerful, unique form of communication that can change the way pupils feel, think and act. It brings together intellect and emotion and enables personal expression, reflection and emotional and spiritual development. Music embodies one of the highest forms of creativity but requires relentless self-discipline and application to achieve highly. As an integral part of culture, past and present, it helps pupils understand themselves and relate to others, forging important links between the home, school and the wider world. A high-quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music as well as their talent as a musician. This will develop pupils’ ability to listen and appreciate a wide variety of music and to be discerning and critically engage. Music lessons and other musical experiences help to develop a sense of group identity, increases self-discipline and creativity, aesthetic sensitivity and fulfilment.

Intent

At Theale Church of England Primary School, we will ensure that all children attain the highest possible artistic and technical standards that will lead to lifelong enjoyment in making music and enable further study to the highest level.

Impact

Children will:

• Develop deep, accurate, wide ranging subject knowledge, skills and understanding in music. They will achieve the highest standards. Have rich opportunities that develop cultural capital and instil ambition and ensure resilience.

• Perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians.

• Learn to sing and to use their voices, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, create and compose music on their own and with others, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence.

• Understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.

Implementation

This will be achieved through high quality specialist teaching and using planned experiences that integrate all aspects of musical enjoyment and extend beyond the requirements of the national curriculum.

The children will be taught to:

EYFS and Key Stage 1

- use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes

- play tuned and untuned instruments musically

- listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music

- experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music.

Key Stage 2

- play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression

- improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music

- listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory

- use and understand staff and other musical notations to support their performing, composing and listening

- appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians

- an ability to explore, gain an understanding of and an appreciation of music in a variety of styles, from different times and cultures, with an awareness of chronology

- develop an understanding of the history of music

Music Policy

Music Subject Overview

FS2 / Yr1 Knowledge Organiser - Autumn

Yr2 / Yr3 Knowledge Organiser - Autumn

Yr4 / Yr5 Knowledge Organiser - Autumn

Yr6 Knowledge Organiser - Autumn

FS2/Yr1 - Knowledge Organiser - Spring

Yr2/3 - Knowledge Organiser - Spring

Yr4/5 - Knowledge Organiser - Spring

Yr6 - Knowledge Organiser - Spring

FS2/Yr1 - Knowledge Organiser - Summer