St Herbert's RC Primary School

Music

Miss Clough

Music Subject Leader

Music is a unique way of communicating that can inspire and motivate children. It is a vehicle for personal expression, and it can play an important part in the personal development of people. Music reflects the culture and society we live in, and so the teaching and learning of music enable children to better understand the world that they live in. Besides being a creative and enjoyable activity, music can also be a highly academic and demanding subject. It also plays an important part in helping children to feel part of a community. We provide opportunities for all children to create, play, perform and enjoy music, to develop the skills, to appreciate a wide variety of musical forms, and to begin to make judgements about the quality of music.

Our objectives in the teaching of music are:

• perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians

• learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence

• understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.

Music Curriculum Overview - View

Young Voices 2023

Year 4 Band Performance, December 2020


Our Approach    

At St Herbert’s, we understand the need to develop children’s creativity in different ways. Through music, we feel that children

are able to express many different forms of creativity while also using and developing a range of musical skills.

We aim to provide children with a love of music through giving them many opportunities and experiences with music during

their time at St Herbert’s. These opportunities will be provided both in class, during weekly assemblies and worship, out of school

adventures and small group tuitions.

Throughout the year, children will be given the opportunity to learn how to sing, listen to and evaluate a wide range of music,

compose their own music and perform it as a way of establishing their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.

We are meeting the requirements of the 2014 curriculum whilst matching the learning to the individuality of each child. 

In year 1 children will be learning to:

  • Critically listen to and discuss music.

  • Explore and experiment with sounds on both pitched and un-pitched instruments.

  • Perform their own music.

In year 2 children will be learning to:

  • Critically listen to and evaluate music.

  • Begin to use the musical elements to create music.

  • Play tuned and untuned instruments musically.

  • Perform their own music and evaluate it.

In year 3 children will be learning to:

  • Listen to music with attention to detail.

  • Begin using the musical elements to describe and create music.

  • Compose music for a range of purposes.

  • Perform in group contexts using their voices and instruments.

In year 4 children will be learning to:

  • Listen to music with attention to detail.

  • Use the musical elements to describe and create music.

  • Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes.

  • Play and perform in groups using their voices and musical instruments with increasing accuracy.

In year 5 children will be learning to:

  • Begin to develop an understanding of the history of music.

  • Listen and appreciate a range of music.

  • Improvise and compose music using the elements of music.

  • Play and perform in solo and groups using both their voices and musical instruments accurately.

In year 6 children will be learning to:

  • Develop a wide understanding of the history of music.

  • Listen to a range of music and recall sounds from memory.

  • Play and perform in solo and groups using their voices and instruments with increasing accuracy, control and fluency.

  • Use and understand staff notation.

Across the curriculum

At St Herbert’s, we encourage children to be musical across the whole of the curriculum. During the year, children will be listening to,

playing and performing a wide range of music from different traditions and periods of history. Children will also be using music across

many subjects to enhance their creative experiences.

 

Our Marvellous Music Moments

Throughout the year we celebrate and join in with many musical activities such as: school concerts, nativities, Young Voices, singing

in our community, using our instruments to entertain the elderly at Christmas and many many more!

 

Key Stage 1 Music

Key Stage 2 Music

Audio Resources for Primary Schools

Woodlands Junior School Music Resources

Google Music Timeline

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