Our Music Curriculum
Intent
At Aspire we value Music as an important part of our curriculum and we intend to provide an exciting and vibrant musical experience for all our pupils.
We aim for our curriculum to provide children with opportunities to listen to, appraise, play, perform, improvise, compose and enjoy Music. We want to encourage our pupils to foster an appreciation for a wide range of genres and to begin to develop their understanding of the history of Music.
Our Music curriculum will ensure that pupils acquire musical skills and understanding of musical concepts. Through the learning of Music pupils will also develop their ability to express their ideas and creativity.
Implementation
The Music curriculum at Aspire is taught in 3 discrete units taught over the school year. These units are taught across the whole school and are adapted for the age and stage of each pupil. The content to be taught is clearly set out in the progression of skills document. This covers a range of music skills and covers all National Curriculum objectives over a 4 year cycle.
The online platform Charanga and other resources are used to deliver structured lessons where pupils have opportunities to sing, listen and respond to a selection of pieces from various genres, improvise and compose, and to play and perform. A specialist music teacher from Bexley Music teaches each class 3 units a year where children have further opportunities to develop their skills on tuned and untuned instruments.
Pupils are exposed to a wide range of music genres through Music of the Week in assembly , where all pupils in the school have the opportunity to listen to various pieces of music from different cultures and traditions.
Opportunities are utilised for whole school singing and performance opportunities as well as listening to live music through concerts and recitals.
Pupils are able to join the choir where they have the opportunity to perform as part of an ensemble and participate in events such as Young Voices and Bexley Music Festival.
Impact
The impact of our Music curriculum is measured in a variety of ways: development of pupils’ music skills, evidence of pupil participation, knowledge of musicians and musical genres studied, questioning during lesson time, listening to child-led discussion, using images/videos of pupils’ performances, talking to pupils across the school about their learning,and monitoring of evidence slides throughout the year.
By teaching Music skills and knowledge at Aspire we hope children will:
- Be confident to have a go at singing, appraising, improvising, composing and performing
- Produce musical compositions and performances that they are proud of and be able to express their ideas and creativity through music
- Have knowledge of a range of different songs, compositions, musicians and genres, and to be able to talk about their likes and dislikes
- Use their enjoyment and confidence in music to help them engage in other curriculum subjects
Music Action Plan
You can view our Music Action Plan here
