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Meet our Music Coordinator

Art Coordinator (ID 1434)

Music Intent

The National Curriculum (NC) 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

In March 2021 the DfE released the Model Music Curriculum for Key Stage 1 and 2. This non-statutory document gave a framework for how the requirements of the NC can be met. Hedon Primary School have used this document to enhance and support the provision already in offer in each school. The MMC sets out sequences of learning in the following key areas which, when taken together, all contribute towards the steadily increasing development of musicianship:

  • Singing
  • Listening
  • Composing
  • Performing/Instrumental Performance

The Hedon progression of knowledge and skills is built around a growing understanding of these concepts, with the addition of musical notation. The curriculum is also designed around an understanding of world cultures, traditions and community through the lenses of music.

At Hedon the intention is that children gain a firm understanding of what music is through listening, singing, playing, evaluating, analysing, and composing across a wide variety of historical periods, styles, traditions, and musical genres. Our objective at Hedon is to develop a curiosity for the subject, as well as an understanding and acceptance of the validity and importance of all types of music, and an unbiased respect for the role that music may wish to be expressed 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.

Music Implementation

At Hedon Primary School we use a musical programme called Charanga which provides teachers with weekly lessons, assessment, progression, and engaging and exciting whiteboard resources to support all the requirements of the national curriculum.

In line with the curriculum for music and guidance from Ofsted, this scheme moves away from the previous levels and learning objective/outcome concepts to an integrated, practical, exploratory and child-led approach to musical learning.

The scheme is structured with each unit of work comprising of strands of musical learning which correspond with the national curriculum for music: listening and appraising; musical activities; warm-up games; optional flexible games; singing; playing instruments; improvisation; composition and performing.

The National Curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils: perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and tradition, 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 interrelated dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.

Rationale for sequencing of knowledge and skills within Music

The music curriculum at Hedon is sequenced so that children develop skills across the main strands identified in the Model Music Curriculum (March 2021): Listening, Composing, Performing and Singing, in addition to these, children also develop and understanding of musicianship and musical notation.

The curriculum from Year 1 to Year 6 is designed to build on the starting points within Expressive Arts and Design in the EYFS.  In key stage 1 the focus is on enjoyment and appreciation of music where children have the opportunity to experiment with different instruments and practice and learn a range of singing techniques. This supports children in preparation for school performances a the end of the autumn term in EYFS, Y1 and Y2.

Through the music curriculum children learn a variety of tuned and untuned instruments with the main focus on learning to play the Glockenspiel.

Throughout the curriculum journey pupils develop performance skills and use these throughout their time in school to perform for a range of audiences. This includes, singing concerts, for example the , school performances,  assemblies, Christmas concerts and leaver’s shows. There is always an opportunity to celebrate through music.

Curriculum time in music is complmented by a range of music lessons (Violin, Viola, Guitar and Rock Band).  Termly music concerts showcases these performers to our school community.  

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