Intent

Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity.  Our music curriculum is formulated to engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.

We deliver a curriculum that allows pupils to:

• perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians
• learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence
• understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.

Implementation

The Music Programme of Study provided by the National Curriculum articulates that pupils should be taught to:

• use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
• play tuned and untuned instruments musically
• listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music
• experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music.

The Model Music Curriculum (MMC) provides a practical framework through which the above requirements of the curriculum can be met.  As such, LIS has adopted the sequences of learning in the following key areas which, when taken together, all contribute towards the steadily increasing development of musicianship:

• Singing
• Listening
• Composing
• Musicianship

Impact

• Continued training and support for teachers ensuring they are the experts in the subjects that they teach
• There will be a clear progression of skills across FS2 and Key Stage 1 that builds on prior knowledge that can be demonstrated in learning evidence through interaction with pupils
• Our children will develop confidence in their musical skills and understanding, and will be able to articulate their learning from past and current topics, as well as explain their next steps
• Music will develop an understanding of culture and history, both in relation to each child individually as well as within different cultures throughout the world.
• Children will be able to enjoy music, in as many ways as they choose, either as listener, creator or performer.
• Children will be able to dissect music and understand its structures.

Children will have heightened awareness of musical opportunities available in and outside of school in order to increase access.  They will have an understanding of how to further develop skills less known to them in the future.

Please click here to see our Progression Map for Music.