Music
The power of music:
“Music is all around us. It is the soundtrack to our lives. Music connects us through people and places in our ever-changing world. It is creative, collaborative, celebratory and challenging. In our schools, music can bring communities together through the shared endeavour of whole-school singing, ensemble playing, experimenting with the creative process and, through the love of listening to friends and fellow pupils, performing. The sheer joy of music making can feed the soul of a school community, enriching each student while strengthening the shared bonds of support and trust which make a great school. ” (Quotation from the DfE’s Model Music Curriculum).
At our school, we understand the importance of music to connect children to others (working as a team to create and perform) while at the same time encouraging creativity and discipline. We know that working together, being creative and practising in a disciplined way teaches our children to be disciplined, resilient, confident learners, and music enables all of this to happen. This is why music plays such a crucial part of our curriculum at our school.
Long term plan from Y1-Y6 (Charanga scheme overview Curriculum B)
Sample of component and composite knowledge
Documentation to show how the curriculum subject is sequenced
Musical Progression Guide Years 1-6
Sample of assessment maps
Music assessment maps 3 and 4 copy
Music assessment maps KS1 copy
The end of year expectations
Music summative assessment document Y1-Y6