Music

Music Development Plan – DPS

Implementation

The music curriculum ensures students sing, listen, play, perform and evaluate. This is embedded in the classroom activities as well as the weekly singing assemblies, various concerts and performances and through the learning of instruments.
The elements of music are taught in the classroom lessons through the use of our school progression documents and subject knowledge organisers. ‘Charanga’ is a scheme of work in which some staff use resources from to support and enhance their teaching.
Children are able to use some of the language of music to: understand how it is composed, performed, appreciated in order to evaluate.
In specific year groups (Class 5 and 7), students learn how to play an instrument, from two of the four main instrument groups; wind and strings. In doing so, children understand the different principle of each method of creating notes, as well as how to read basic music notation. They also learn how to compose focussing on different dimensions of music, which in turn feeds their understanding when listening, playing, or analysing music.
Composing or performing using body percussion and vocal sounds is also part of the curriculum, which develops the understanding of musical elements without the added complexity of an instrument

Impact

Whilst in school, children have access to a varied programme, which allows students to discover areas of strength, as well as areas they might like to improve upon.
The integral nature of music and the learner creates an enormously rich palette from which a student may access fundamental abilities such as: achievement, self-confidence, interaction with and awareness of others, and self-reflection.

Music will also develop an understanding of culture and history, both in relation to students individually, as well as ethnicities from across the world.
Children are able to enjoy music, in as many ways as they choose- either as listener, creator or performer.
They can dissect music and comprehend its parts. They can sing and feel a pulse. They have an understanding of how to further develop skills less known to them, should they wish to develop their interest in the future.

Overview

Progression

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EYFS

Theme Organisers

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