Subject Leader: Mrs E Warburton
WARBURTONE@saintgeorgescofe.kent.sch.uk
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.
Intent
The National Curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:
• Perform, listen to, review, and evaluate music
• Be taught to sing, create and compose music
• Understand and explore how music is created, produced, and communicated.
Children are given many opportunities to engage in a wide range of musical experiences, including listening, singing, performing, evaluating, and composing across a range of historical periods, cultural traditions, and musical genres. Our objective is to develop a love of music, to inspire creativity, and an appreciation of a wide range of musical styles. We are committed to ensuring children develop an appreciation of the cultural and historical importance of music.
Implementation
All children participate in weekly whole class music lessons delivered by music specialists in KS1 and KS2 and singing worships are delivered weekly to the whole school including EYFS. The elements of music are taught as part of carefully structured classroom lessons based on the Kodaly method, enabling all pupils to participate and analyse how music is created. They also learn how to compose, focusing on the different dimensions of music which develops understanding when listening, playing, or analying music. As part of the curriculum, pupils are taught to listen, play, perform, improvise, compose, and appreciate music. Specialist instrumental teachers are available for private tuition after school. The Music Coordinator runs a weekly choir club throughout the year for children in EYFS, Key Stage 1, and Key Stage 2. Children in KS1 and KS2 are given the opportunity to perform at a range of concerts in collaboration with Saint George’s Church of England Secondary School, the Alethia Academies Trust, and Young Voices.
Impact
Children will develop an understanding of the different components of musical structure and will be able to enjoy music as a listener, creator, or performer. Children acquire vital knowledge about the possible careers in music that are available to them by attending concerts and listening to local musicians performing in school and in the wider community.
Children will develop their listening skills and be able to identify music from different historical periods and discuss the similarities and differences of various musical genres.
Children will develop their confidence, social skills, and sense of achievement when singing and performing and will develop a sense of achievement from representing the school as part of the school choir.
For our Primary Phase Overview for Music Click Here