Music

 Vision:

Music is a unique and powerful form of communication that can change the way people feel, think and act. It combines creativity with emotion, enabling personal expression, reflection and development. The National Curriculum for music aims to ensure that all children:  perform, listen to, review and evaluate music, are taught to sing, create and compose music, understand and explore how music is created, produced, and communicated. At Grateley Primary School, we aspire to provide our children with a rich and varied music curriculum, enabling them to gain a firm understanding of the subject. We provide the children with the skills and knowledge required of successful musicians. Children will leave Grateley Primary school with an appreciation for the joy of music, a love for singing and a range of musical experiences and skills.

Freidrich Nietzsche, ‘Without Music, life would be a mistake.’

Intent:

The Music curriculum meets the Statutory Guidance from Year 1-6.

 We teach the essential knowledge required to meet the Statutory Guidance in Music.

We provide the children with the skills and knowledge required of successful musicians through a scheme called Music Express and through the Hampshire Music Service. Children are taught music by their class teacher weekly and all children from Year 1-6 have a term of weekly lessons delivered by Hampshire Music with a variety of instruments.

There is also an opportunity for children to have 1:1 tuition of a musical instrument, e.g. cornet, trumpet, piano etc.

Children will leave the Grateley community with an appreciation for the joy of music, a love for singing and a range of musical experiences and skills.

A Grateley Value that underpins the music curriculum is enthusiasm.

Implementation:

Music at Grateley is taught by the class teacher and ensures progression of skills, throughout each year group. Children are provided with the opportunity to dissect and comprehend parts of music and gain a range of musical experiences through the exposure of different musical traditions and genres. In the classroom, children learn key aspects of music through cross-curricular links. Our music curriculum also provides children with the ability to give precise written and verbal explanations, using musical terminology effectively, accurately, and appropriately. ‘Music Express’ is the scheme used across school, which provides engaging lessons and songs that meet the National Curriculum requirements.

Children from Year 1-6 also have the opportunity to learn musical instruments with the Hampshire Music Service. We believe that this is important to aspire and challenge our pupils.

Impact:

The children are assessed by their teacher against clear learning objectives and success criteria. Children are also encouraged to self and peer assess, throughout each unit. The nature of the music curriculum at Grateley Primary School, enables children to access fundamental abilities such as: achievement, self-confidence, interaction with and awareness of others, and self-reflection. Music will also develop an understanding of culture and history, both in relation to children individually, as well as ethnicities from across the world. Children are able to enjoy music in as many ways as they choose – either as listener, creator or performer. The music curriculum provided by Grateley Primary School ensures that children build the confidence and skills to perform when opportunities arise, both in and outside of school. Opportunities for singing are always utilised across school, with regular singing in whole school assemblies and in individual classrooms. Grateley also takes pride upon planning music-based performances, such as Nativities and class assemblies, which give the children a sense of pride and achievement, in which they can share with their peers.

Please see the attached Music progression overviews.