Music
Intent
At Greenacres, music is taught as a practical and creative subject where our children are encouraged to develop their musical skills. They are also encouraged to express personal thoughts and feelings through sound. Music is also used to develop an awareness of different world cultures through the use of listening resources and instruments from different parts of the world. We aim to engage and inspire our pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.
Implementation
Each class has a music lesson each week. We use Charanga as a music scheme of work to support staff in delivering high quality first teaching. The scheme builds on previous knowledge and skills, whilst having a link to particular styles or genres of music.
As children move through school, they will experience a range of music from classical to Hip Hop, and from Beethoven to The Beatles.
It is important that children also have an opportunity to see and hear live music performances. We have regular assemblies provided by Rock, Steady or Shropshire Music Service. Over the past year we have had African Drumming in school and enabled the year 6 cohort to attend the pantomime at Theatre Severn.
Year A
Year Group | Autumn | Spring | Summer |
EYFS | Knock, knock, whose there? | What’s inside? | At the bottom of the Garden |
| Variety of music genres and styles | Variety of music genres and styles | Variety of music genres and styles |
KS1 | Let’s remember | Australia | Flight: Up, up and beyond |
| Music associated with remembrance/war | Music from different cultures | Tchaikovsky – Swan lake
|
LKS2 | Democracy Ancient Greece | Borders and boundaries | Eco-Warriors |
| Gospel | Reggae | Saint-Saens Carnival of the animals |
Mid KS2 | Extreme Environments | The Arrival | The Nile |
| Handel – water music | Film scores John Williams | Hip-hop
|
UKS2 | Identity | The Home Front | Theory of Evolution |
| Motown
| Big Band Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman | Prokofiev – Peter and the wolf
|
Year B
Year Group | Autumn | Spring | Summer |
EYFS | Superhero me! | On the Farm | Rumble in the Jungle Motion in the ocean |
| Variety of music genres and styles | Variety of music genres and styles | Variety of music genres and styles |
KS1 | Fire, Fire! | Houses and homes | Seaside rescue |
| Baroque era took place from 1600 to 1750 Bach, Vivaldi | Swing music | Sea shanties The Fisherman’s Friends |
LKS2 | Stone to Iron Age
| Chocolate | Virconium- Roman Britain |
| Romantic period Tchaikovsky Johann Strauss II | South America/ Latin music Salsa, Samba, Latin American | The Beatles
|
Mid KS2 | Conflict Battlefield | Volcano! | Invaders! Viking/Anglo Saxons |
| Bizet - Carmen | Rock Music | Holst – planet suite |
UKS2 | Identity | The Home Front | Theory of Evolution |
| Motown
| Big Band Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman | Prokofiev – Peter and the wolf
|
Music Progression document
Impact
At the end of each term, teacher's will review progress against the statements in our progression maps, linked to the National Curriculum objectives and statutory Framework for Early Years.
Assessment will be carried out using the following systems:
- Self assessment of progress against objectives and success criteria.
- Peer assessment of work using success criteria
- Teacher assessment for learning based on achieving learning objectives.
- Start and end of term reviews and mini quizzes to quantify what has been remembered from unit of work
At the end of the Summer Term, a written report is sent to parents. Music will be assessed as either the child has achieved Age Related Expectations or has not achieved Age Related Expectations.