Music

Intent, Implementation and Impact Statement

Intent

The National Curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:

• Perform, listen to, review and evaluate music

• Be taught to sing, create and compose music

• Understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated.

At Holbeach Primary Academy and Holbeach Bank Academy the intention of our music offer is that children gain an understanding of what music is through listening, singing, playing, evaluating, and composing across a wide variety of musical pieces. Our objective is to develop a curiosity for the subject, as well as an understanding of the validity and importance of all types of music, and an unbiased respect for the role that music may play in any person’s life. 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. We also intend to broaden experiences and opportunities for pupils through exposure to different music styles, genres and instruments through visitors and trips and opportunities for performance.

Implementation

The music curriculum ensures pupils sing, listen, play, perform and evaluate. This is embedded in the classroom activities as well as singing assemblies (when possible), various opportunities for performances (including cross curricular opportunities), the learning of instruments, and the joining of our extra-curricular choirs. The elements of music are taught in the classroom lessons so that pupils are able to use the language of music to dissect it, and understand how it is made, played, appreciated and evaluated. In the classroom, pupils learn how to play an instrument, spanning both tuned and untuned instruments. In doing so, pupils begin to 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. Pupils will also have the opportunities to take part in musical workshops led by musical professionals which span the use of conventional and unconventional instruments, vocal skills and different genres of music.

Impact

Whilst in school, pupils have access to a varied and broad curriculum, 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 pupil 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. Pupils 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 ever develop an interest in their lives which could either be within or outside of the music spectrum.

Music Progression Map

HPA HBA Skills Progression Music