Music
“Without music life would be a mistake”
Friedich Nietzsche
All children will have the opportunity to undertake Music throughout their time at Gunness and Burringham C of E Primary School. The teaching of Music is planned to ensure a progression of knowledge and skills across the foundation and primary phases.
Aims
At Gunness and Burringham C of E Primary, we are committed to creating a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity; music. We are dedicated to ensuring that every child receives a high-quality music education which engages and inspires, supporting children to develop a love of music and fostering their musical talent.
Through our Music curriculum we aim to build on pupils’ self-confidence and give each child a sense of achievement. Our well-thought-out curriculum gives children the opportunity to build on their musical vocabulary, perform, listen and evaluate as well as to examine in depth the inter related dimensions within music. They are then given the opportunity to apply what they have learned through wider opportunities provided to them both in and outside of school. We also aim to provide further opportunities for personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through the teaching of Music.
Our aims are to: develop the children’s knowledge within the classroom while also encouraging children to explore their love of music further. This ensures that all children from any background are exposed to cultural experiences that they may not get elsewhere. Encourage children to express their own opinions and let their creativity flow, both within the classroom and our work with outside agencies. Teach children how to respect their peers and embrace the cultural diversity within the school. We aim to encourage parental engagement with the Music curriculum by ensuring parents and carers have the opportunity to watch and support their children in different musical performances throughout the year.
Intent
Music is a vibrant and exciting subject at our school and one which we are incredibly passionate about. To provide children with an excellent Music Curriculum; this allows the children to develop their knowledge, make musical judgements, apply their new learning, develop their aural memory, express themselves physically, emotionally and through discussion, and create their own musical ideas. The core resources have been developed specifically to be inclusive; developing wisdom, motivating and capturing each child’s personal interest. Our children not only learn about Music; they become musicians who are able to share and perform using their new skills.
We have developed a highly detailed Music Progression of Skills and Knowledge document which has been carefully broken down into the different strands of Music across the necessary year groups.
This ensures that children in each phase are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to be successful in their Music learning journey in our school.
Music is taught on a weekly basis to build on and support children’s meta-cognition and their working memory and to further develop their love of music.
We are a singing school and encourage whole school singing in worship and assemblies.
Impact
Music and EYFS:
Children start their Music learning journey as soon as they enter our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
Using Development Matters (July, 2021), we have carefully mapped out the updated objectives which ensures children are continually focused on working the Expressive Arts and Design section of the Development Matters document. Our children begin to develop their music vocabulary, knowledge and wisdom from the very start of their education. Our aim is to ensure that children are ready to progress in Music when they continue their learning journey in KS1 and beyond.
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