St Andrew’s CE Methodist Aided Primary School
Statement of Intent
Music
Singing, Listening, Composing and Performance
Purpose of Study
Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high- quality music education should 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. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and listen to a wide range of music.
At Our School:
The St. Andrew’s Musician can use their voice and instruments creatively and expressively with increasing accuracy and fluency. They can listen to a range of high-quality music and musical styles with attention to detail and discuss and critique what they hear, with reference to the various dimensions of music. They can compose, in isolation and in collaboration, and perform confidently in front of an audience. They have a strong understanding of music across history, genres, styles and traditions.
St. Andrew’s Rationale
- Objectives across all strands of music revisited and embedded within and across year groups and key stages to ensure cumulative fluency;
- Repeated exposure to a wide range of high-quality music, across a range of eras, genres, styles and traditions, to ensure a broad musical education;
- Development in all aspects of music to encourage creativity and self-confidence as a musician.
How Music is taught:
At St. Andrew's we teach music though the Charanga Programme. This includes listening to and appreciating music, simple composition and opportunities to perform. We are fortunate to have a range of percussion instruments including class sets of Glockenspiels and recorders, which the children enjoy using to facilitate their understanding of music.
Alongside this, Key stage 1 children are involved in a Christmas performance each year. In key stage 2 the children are involved in either a Christmas carol concert or performance and a summer concert.
Click here to see the Charanga scheme of work.
Singing worship takes place weekly as a whole school and children learn new hymns and songs relating to our Christian values.
Please click here to look at our curriculum overview.
Music Tuition
Currently we offer children the opportunity to have extra curriculum lessons learning to play brass or wind instruments. Rock Steady Music school also visit us each week and offer children the opportunity to play an instrument in a band. If your child is interested in these lessons see the school office. Funding is available for Pupil Premium children.
The School Choir
Pupils in Year 3 though to Year 6 have the opportunity to join the school choir. They meet weekly at lunchtimes to learn a range of songs. The choir perform regularly in school and church and have sung at the Winding Wheel as part of regional Music festivals.
