Music
The All Saints’ Way…
Working together as a TEAM
Taking Risks – children who show courageous determination in their learning
Encouraging Learning – children being curious in their learning
Achieving Goals – children having the desire to be the best that they can be
Making Memories – in a school where children are respectful, show kindness and experience joyfulness!
The Lord says "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you" (Psalm 32 v8). This psalm gives us strength and courage in our convictions as curriculum designers.
Music Curriculum Intent...
‘Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity’ (The National Curriculum)
At All Saints’ Primary our music curriculum aspires to inspire creativity, self expression and encourages our children on their musical journey as well as giving them opportunities to connect with others in their school, family and the wider community. We hope to develop and foster a lifelong love of music by exposing them to diverse, multicultural musical experiences and by igniting a passion for music. By listening and responding to different styles, finding their voices as singers and performers and by becoming composers, our children will become confident, reflective musicians.
Implementation...
The music curriculum at All Saints’ ensures students can sing, listen, play, perform and evaluate, with appropriate progression through their years in primary school. This is embedded through classroom lessons as well as collective worships, concerts and performances, the learning of instruments from specialist peripatetic teachers and the joining of musical ensembles. The main elements of music are taught by classteachers using Kapow, a high quality, up to date online resource, and through specialist brass teachers when children reach KS2. Children are taught to play tuned and untuned instruments from an early age, and through doing so they are taught to understand the different principles of creating notes, how to devise and read their own musical scores and basic music notation.
Impact…
Whilst in school, children have opportunities to create their own musical journey, which allows them to discover areas of strength, areas they would like to improve, and where their enjoyment in music lies. The nature of music is personal and therefore unique to each child; we recognise the importance music has in developing the whole child, the golden thread that runs through the curriculum at All Saints’. We also appreciate music’s spiritual qualities and its ability to enable children to know God. Music allows children to access fundamental qualities such as achievement, self-confidence, awareness of self and others and self reflection. Music also develops an understanding of culture and history, both in relation to All Saints’ pupils and different ethnicities around the world. All children, regardless of ability or SEND, are able to enjoy music however they choose, either as a listener, creator or performer and we envisage the musical seeds sown here will continue to grow as our children move on.
