Our vision at Chopwell primary school is that we provide every child with a solid foundation in musical skills and that we seek to build every child’s love of music through high quality musical experiences both within and outside school. Our aim is for ALL children to enjoy music.
Learning music develops all aspects of a child’s learning from the physical action of using an instrument to the mathematical skills needed to keep a pulse. At Chopwell we provide every child with a weekly music lesson where children will learn different aspects of music including, listening and appraising, composing, singing, performing and more.
Intent
We have designed our Music curriculum so that our learners:
Develop a passion for music, in which pupils learn to appreciate music and develop a life-long love of music.
Develop their skills, knowledge and understanding, to enable them to be become confident performers, composers and listeners
Are introduced to a variety of genres of music from around the world and across generations, recognising the multicultural nature of our school and how we use music as a medium to explore and appreciate British and other cultures
Develop their musical skills through singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, composing music and responding to music that they listen to
Develop transferrable skills which are key in their development as learners and have a wider application in their lives both inside and outside of school e.g.: team-working, leadership, creative thinking, decision-making and performance skills.
Implementation
Our Music curriculum is taught:
Progressively so that it begins in the Early Years, where the children’s musical awareness is developed to support their imagination and creativity. This early love of music is then developed throughout the school, whereupon, children are encouraged to perform, rehearse, sing and explore their own musicality
So that the individual strands of music are interwoven in lessons to create engaging, enriching learning that progresses through the years and throughout the key stages. Music lessons comprise of: performing, listening, composing, the history of music and the interrelated dimensions of music.
Pupils knowledge is built upon year-on-year, and they are taught how to sing fluently and expressively, play tuned and untuned instruments with accuracy and control. They will learn to recognise and name the interrelated dimensions of music: pitch, duration, tempo, timbre, structure, texture and dynamics and use these in their own composition and improvisations expressively
Using The Model music curriculum alongside Charanga and instrumental tuition we can ensure that previous skills and knowledge are returned to and built upon. This allows pupil progress to be developed as they will be able to undertake more complex tasks, whilst tackling simple tasks with greater ease and accuracy. As pupils’ skills are developing, their understanding of the history of music, composition skills and interrelated dimensions of music are also being furthered
So that pupils actively participate in a range of musical activities and tasks that are drawn from a range of musical styles and traditions to develop their musical skills and their understanding of how music works. KS2 pupils take part in weekly singing assemblies where they are able to hone their performance skills, celebrate diversity by learning new songs from other cultures as well as learning new key vocabulary.
So that the cross curricular value of music and the enjoyment that it can bring are used in other subjects to strengthen long term memory of key facts such as number bond songs/rhymes or historical facts
Pupils have the opportunity to learn instruments through whole class teaching through Gateshead Music Service.
Whenever possible, we try to expose pupils to live music to enhance both the enjoyment, culture and understanding of music.
Impact
The impact of the Music curriculum at Chopwell Primary can be seen through:
Our children are engaged and excited by our music curriculum. The skills that they are taught equip them with a range of skills to enable them to appreciate music throughout their lives
Our children have become confident performers, composers and listeners, who are able to express themselves musically at school and beyond
Our children show an appreciation and respect for a range of music from a variety of genres across a variety of generations
Our children demonstrate and express their enthusiasm and enjoyment for music
Musical experiences
Big Sing at the SAGE Gateshead
School Music performances
Pantomime visits
Christmas performances
Choir performances outside of school
Digital Music workshops
Music in the EYFS (Taken from EYFS guidance)
The development of children’s artistic and cultural awareness supports their imagination and creativity. It is important that children have regular opportunities to engage with the arts, enabling them to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials. The quality and variety of what children see, hear and participate in is crucial for developing their understanding, self-expression, vocabulary and ability to communicate through the arts. The frequency, repetition and depth of their experiences are fundamental to their progress in interpreting and appreciating what they hear, respond to and observe.
ELG: Being Imaginative and Expressive
Children at the expected level of development will: - Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher; - Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs; Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try to move in time with music.
In EYFS the children ........
Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs
Build a repertoire of songs and rhymes through opportunities to sing on a regular basis
Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with musical elements
Begin to tap out simple rhythms
Access a range of percussion instruments indoors and outdoors, and are taught their names
Explore sounds around them
Explore how sounds can be changed and begin to learn appropriate vocabulary eg, loud/quiet, fast/slow, high/low.
Listen to a range of music by different composers
Discuss music and how it makes them feel
Move in response to music
The children in Y4 had a great time in conductive music. They experimented with the makey makey.
Christmas Cup song Year 6
Year 6 playing glockenspiel
Year 3 playing the ukulele!
Year 4 playing Djembe drums
Over the past term the children have had the opportunity to learn how to play djembe drums. Once they had mastered the base and tone there was no stopping them. The children even managed to create their own small creative pieces.
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Year Four Samba Show
This term the children in year four have been learning to play various persuasion instruments. They showed off their musical skills to other classes by performing a samba show.
Years 1 to 6 enjoyed our 'Pop music through the decades' workshop this morning.
Year 4 compose and perform
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