Music
Music Statement of Intent:
To provide pupils with an engaging and inspiring music education which develops their love of music and their talent as musicians
At Hockley Primary School, we make music an enjoyable learning experience. We encourage children to participate in a variety of musical experiences through which we aim to build up the confidence of all children. Our teaching focuses on developing:
An ability to sing in tune and with other people
The skills of recognising pulse and pitch
An ability to play instruments with control and sensitivity
Working with others to make music, recognising how individuals combine together to make sounds
A working knowledge of musical notation and how to compose music
Music in the National Curriculum from 2014
At Foundation Stage children will sing songs, move to music and explore sounds.
At Key Stage One children will sing songs, speak chants and rhymes, and play a range of tuned and un-tuned percussion instruments. They will experiment with sounds, relate them to simple symbols and use them to create their own musical effects.
At Key Stage Two children will play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts. They will improvise and compose, learn to use musical notations, experience a range of music from different traditions, and develop an understanding of the history of music.
Continuity:
The following dimensions are central to performing and composing and are a part of the curriculum for all year groups:
Pitch (high and low sounds; melody)
Duration (long and short sounds; rhythm)
Dynamics (loud and quiet sounds; contrasts)
Tempo (speed, keeping the pulse/beat)
Timbre (quality of sounds-the kind of sound instruments make and how to choose them for different purposes)
Texture (combining sounds to create different effects)
Structure (how music is put together, eg verse and chorus; beginning/middle/end)
Aims of teaching music are to:
Enable Foundation Stage children to:
Listen and respond
Explore and create (with voices and instruments)
Sing
Share and perform
Enable KS1 children to:
Listen and appraise
Understand ‘key’ and music notation
Beats in a melody
Sing a range of notes
Learn about music from different cultures
Learn basic instrumental skills
Improvisation
Composition
Perform and share
Enable KS2 children to:
Listen and appraise
Sing a larger range of notes
Improvisation
Composition
Learn basic instrumental skills
Understand key, music notation and value
Perform and share
At Hockley Primary School we have mixed-age classes. As a result of this we use a two year rolling programme (Cycle A and Cycle B). Mastery approaches, higher standards and depth (rather than coverage) agendas are paving way for greater conceptual understanding in foundation subjects for all.