Swain House Primary School

Music

“Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond.” Ray Charles

Intent

At Swain House Primary School, we believe that the Music curriculum should;

Be broad and balanced
Be progressive throughout the whole school
Engage, inspire and motivate all children to be life-long learners and appreciators of music from different eras and cultures
Be inclusive
Enable children to develop and use musical skills and knowledge that will be invaluable in their future life
Contribute to personal development in creativity, independence and resilience whilst allowing children to develop a growth mindset
Encourage children to listen to, compose, perform, review and evaluate music across a wide range of historical periods and genres

Implementation

To ensure high standards of teaching and learning in Music, we implement a curriculum which;

Equips children with knowledge and skills to experiment, express and create
Follows the interests of the children
Develops skills and allows children to practise and showcase these skills through school concerts, assemblies, music theme days and drama productions
Is memorable and enjoyable for the children
Includes the use of visits/ visitors
Ensures children sing, listen, play, perform and evaluate through structured music programmes, weekly singing lessons and assemblies
Gives the opportunity for children to learn to play a musical instrument, taught by specialist music teachers
Gives access to a range of high quality percussion and tuned instruments

Impact

At Swain House Primary School, we will measure the impact of our Music Curriculum through the use of;

Formative assessment
The school website, where photographs or videos of learning can be uploaded
Images/ videos
Pupil interviews
End of theme quizzes
Photostories and plasma
Curriculum books
Monitoring ‘Floor Books’

Our Music Lessons

Laulau

Nursery have really enjoyed our Laulau Song Drawing sessions this term. We have had lots of fun singing, drawing and making different movements with our bodies!

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Year 1 have been singing the song ‘Rhythm in the way we walk’ during their music lessons. Year 1 learnt about different parts of their body and it helped them understand where rhythm is. They were able to make a rhythm using their hands and feet.

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This half term, Year2 have leant the song: Hands, Feet, Heart. They have talked about the pulse of the music and enjoyed copying the rhythm and clapping it and singing it back. They have also played the glockenspiels, learning how to play notes, C, G and A.