Music

Intent

Music is taught to help children develop their creative and listening skills, develop an understanding of music as well as respond to and evaluate live and recorded performances and present their own work to an audience. Through our teaching we aim to:

• Ensure that all pupils have access to the learning opportunities of exploring and controlling sounds

• Provide opportunities for pupils to appraise, compose, improvise and perform with others

• Encourage all children to listen and respond to music

• Drive creativity and self-confidence

Implementation

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Our curriculum develops the key skills set out in the National Curriculum (2014) and the Model Music Curriculum (March 2021).

All children benefit from class lessons that include an appreciation of all kinds of music; from singing to learning to play instruments, composing and performing. Delivery of music is taught in weekly sessions. In KS1 It is blocked in one or two week periods (see Curriculum Map) or taught as part of our Arts week such as during our annual Shakespeare week and Christmas productions. In KS2 music is taught in weekly lessons and as part of annual school productions and during creative arts weeks.

Teachers have the opportunity to have professional musicians come into school and perform. Our music mark membership and links with the Birmingham Music Service can provide such a powerful introduction to live music and introduce pupils to a wide range of musical instruments. Our regular music service teachers teach Violin and Guitar lessons to pupils from Year 2 –Year 6. All pupils have access to this additional opportunity to learn a musical instrument. We encourage the delivery of music through other subjects such as English, maths, P.E and history.

Impact

When children leave Hollywood Primary they will:

• Have benefitted from high music provision that facilitates life long participation in and enjoyment of music.

• Be confident, creative and enthusiastic when playing or discussing music

• Developed collaborative practices with music and apply these to other areas of their lives

• Be able to perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions

• Know some work of the great composers and musicians

• Have had the opportunity to learn a musical instrument

• Have a strong understanding of all aspects of the music curriculum

We measure the impact of our curriculum by:

• Listening to children’s performances

• Discussing learning in pupil interviews

• Monitoring achievement against set objectives

• Marking children’s work where relevant

• Feeding back on verbal contributions