Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School – Curriculum Intent for Music We strive to nurture a love of learning through excellence in learning, pastoral care and faith formation. |
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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School – Curriculum Implementation Music We strive to nurture a love of learning through excellence in learning, pastoral care and faith formation. |
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We follow the national curriculum statutory requirements as the basis for our long term and medium term planning. 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.
Each subject has a curriculum map which shows not only the knowledge and skills but how these are built upon each year. Where possible, cross-curricular links are made to deepen the learning experience so that pupils ‘learn more, know more, remember more’ (Ofsted, 2019).
Music and our values lie at the heart of Sacred Heart so we want our children to show their understanding of those values through music to add enjoyment and enrichment for everyone within the community, thus enhancing personal and community wellbeing. Music is taught throughout the school with all pupils attending weekly music lessons led by a specialist teacher.
The curriculum is delivered in a creative, sequential, inclusive and engaging way with open-ended tasks through creative units of work, as well as drawing on clear and comprehensive Music schemes such as Charanga for valuable resources to offer to further pupil learning. Music technology is incorporated within the curriculum with use of iPad’s Garageband and other interactive compositional resources.
Music encompasses a range of dimensions and skills developed throughout the curriculum across all year groups:
Early Years and Foundation Stage: Focus on singing and movement, developing listening skills and physical coordination, memory and aural skills. Develop vocal skills through speaking, chanting and singing with actions.
Key Stage 1: Strong emphasis on singing and movement. Introduction of tuned and un-tuned percussion instruments, including body percussion, and forms of musical and rhythmic notation.
Key Stage 2:
Children regularly sing together as classes, Key Stages and as a whole school. Children love sharing their music through various performances with the community with enormous pride and sense of achievement: EYFS and Key Stage 1 perform the Nativity, Key Stage 2 perform their Carol Service, Year 6 and choir performances. Extra curricular opportunities have included: Year 5 representing the school as part of a large Merton Choir at The Royal Albert Hall, Year 6 wider worship opportunities at prestigious cathedrals; fundraising opportunities. |
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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School – Curriculum Impact Music We strive to nurture a love of learning through excellence in learning, pastoral care and faith formation. |
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As a result of a broad musical curriculum, children are exposed to and are able to understand and appreciate a range of music across cultures and genres; explore a range of music through listening, playing or composing, using their voices, bodies and instruments; enhance their wellbeing through multiple avenues of music, share and discuss their opinions, thoughts and ideas.
Children’s musical abilities strengthen year on year, broadening their skills and understanding from learning simple songs with actions and performing simple rhythms and feel a pulse in EYFS/Key Stage 1 to confidently playing and learning new instruments, compose and perform more complex rhythms and have a deeper understanding of musical notation and vocabulary and apply their knowledge across different strands in Key Stage 2. Children access a range of music across their curriculum which varies according to their skills and interests to maintain enjoyment.
Progress and impact monitoring is carried out through observations, questioning, application of learned skills and performances and how children reflect, contribute to and share their musical ideas. |