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Intent
At St Bon’s we believe music is an important, essential and valuable part of the curriculum. We work in close partnership with and are supported by the award-winning Bristol Beacon team and Sing up. The knowledge and skills taught in Music are set out in The National Curriculum (Department for Education, 2014) and supported by The Model Music Curriculum (Department for Education, 2021). Some of the topics covered develop strong links with local culture and history as well as engaging with traditions.
We follow a year group based sequence in order to allow for progression which enables each individual child extend and deepen their musical experience. The different units within the curriculum develop the pupils singing, performing, composing and listening skills.
We aim to engage and excite children to develop a love and appreciation for music. The scheme enables them to become fantastic musicians offering opportunities to experience a range of different musical genres, styles and everyday sounds.
Through topic-based activities we aim to develop vital skills in listening and creative enquiry to help nurture each pupil’s learning potential.
Through singing and playing instruments we encourage maximum participation, allowing for enjoyment and enthusiasm to become embedded in each child’s experiences as well as opportunities to explore composition and performance which improves confidence and working collaboratively with others.
As well as classroom lessons children are also given an opportunity to have formal lessons in piano, guitar, brass, violin in small groups or individual delivered by music specialists. Y2-5 have whole class recorder lessons delivered by the teachers.
Implementation
This is embedded in the classroom activities as well as the singing in assemblies, various concerts and performances. It is delivered by Music teachers in our school as well as class teachers.
The Sing Up scheme is taught as a one-year programme with a scheme of work for each year group organised into 3 and 6 week block ensuring pupils have regular music lessons throughout the year, covering a broad and diverse range of repertoire, approaches, and musical traditions, Sing Up Music supports a fully-integrated approach to musical development, connecting the interrelated strands of singing, playing, improvising, composing, listening, and appraising.
In Key Stage 1 pupils will:
In Key Stage 2 pupils will:
Impact
We evaluate the impact of our Music curriculum in the number of ways;
Pupil achievement and progress is measured by