Music - Curriculum Intent

Progression Document 2021-2022 

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Key Stage 1 National Curriculum Attainment:
Pupils should be able to:

• Use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.
  
• Play tuned and un-tuned 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.
  

 
Key stage 2 National Curriculum attainment:
Pupils should be able to:

• Pupils should be taught to sing and play musically with increasing confidence and control. They should develop an understanding of musical composition, organising and manipulating ideas within musical structures and reproducing sounds from aural memory.
  
• Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression. 
  
• Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory.
  
• Use and understand staff and other musical notations.
  
• Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians.
  
• Develop an understanding of the history of music.            
  
• 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, explore, improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.
  

At Tickford Park Primary School we aim to achieve this by providing opportunities:

• For pupils to become familiar with and skilled in using tuned and un-tuned instruments
• To access equipment which supports pupils learning and individual needs. 
• To equip pupils to use musical instruments and creativity to be active participants in a musically rich and diverse world.
• To ensure that music is integrated into the curriculum so that children can apply their music knowledge in a range of contexts.
• To provide access to a range of equipment to support pupils and staff to develop knowledge and skills that create a challenging and stimulating environment.  

These aims are implemented via the Music Hub provisions and the Charanga Music programme.  These schemes enable children to build on current knowledge and to further develop their skills as they progress through the school. The MK Music Hub schemes of work is used from Year 1- 2 for a term and in Years 3 and 4 whole year group ensemble music teaching is provided for a full year on a specific musical instrument (as they are at the stage when the impact is greatest for their developing music skills). In Foundation to year 2 the Charanga Music programme is used, and then it is continued again in years 5 – 6.
 
In Year 3, the pupils learn tuned and un-tuned percussion instruments, whereas in Year 4, children are taught the flute. These lessons incorporate teaching musical notation, singing, as well as learning to play an instrument.  Follow on group music lessons (in years 5 and 6) are also available to pupils to continue to develop their skills and ability on a musical instrument the following year.                                                                     

Opportunities are taken to perform in class, in whole school assemblies and also to parents. Additional opportunities are offered in music, such as the Foundation/Key stage 1 Christmas choir and the Key stage 2 choirs which perform regularly in school and at events in the local community and also takes part in National Music Initiatives such as Voice In A Million, which is held in Wembley, London. 

​TPPS Music Curriculum Intent
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It is our intent that we make music an enjoyable learning experience. We encourage children to participate in a variety of musical experiences through which we aim to build up the confidence of all children. Our teaching focuses on developing the children’s ability to understand rhythm and follow a beat. Through singing songs, children learn about the structure and organisation of music. We teach them to listen and to appreciate different forms of music. We also teach technical vocabulary such as volume, pitch, beat and rhythm and encourage children to discuss music using these terms.

 

​TPPS Music Curriculum Implementation
Children use their knowledge to perform in class/ year group or whole school presentations. Children at  Tickford Park Primary School have weekly access to singing Assemblies as well as singing in the choir and small groups or one to one tuition.
 
Children’s knowledge is assessed termly, which is then used to plan next steps for children - using appropriate differentiation where necessary. Teaching staff including outside providers have received training in how to implement the schemes so that children receive the best possible outcomes.                                 

​Our objective at TPPS is to develop a curiosity for the subject, as well as an understanding and acceptance of the validity and importance of all types of music, and an unbiased respect for the role that music may wish to be expressed in any person’s life. All classes listen to a range of musical genres on a daily basis and the school takes part in various forms of productions and events within and outside the school environment.  We are committed to ensuring children understand the value and importance of music in the wider community, and are able to use their musical skills, knowledge, and experiences to involve themselves in music, in a variety of different contexts.  These include: singing at the local Christmas lights switch on, Willen Hospice (fund raising events), Kings Arms (local pub), Chartwells Elderly people residential home, Bethany Elderly peoples social club, Milton Keynes Shopping Centre, Milton Keynes Schools Music Festivals, In house Music Festivals, Harvest and Modern Foreign Language Assemblies, Christmas and Summer Fayres, Christmas and end of year productions,
 
TPPS Music Curriculum Impact
Music assessment is ongoing to inform teachers with their planning, lesson activities and differentiation. Summative assessment is completed at the end of each unit to inform leaders of the improvements or skills that still need to be embedded. Music is monitored throughout all year groups using a variety of strategies such as performances, lesson observations and pupil interviews.