Music

Intent

Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. At Far Forest Primary we aim for our music curriculum to engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and develop their talent as musicians and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they will develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.

Implementation

Teaching Approach:

• Learning begins with an engaging hook and links are made to prior learning to capture students' interest and reinforce the ‘sticky knowledge’ that we want all children to know and remember.
• Concepts are mapped to show progression.
• Each lesson starts with a retrieval quiz: questions from the previous year, topic, and lesson.
• Teachers adapt their delivery and planning so that all pupils can access the learning. 

Lesson Structure:

• Introduce the overarching key enquiry question
• Learning focus is shared with the class.
• Revisit of prior learning through a retrieval task as well as a revisit of key knowledge. The children will complete 3 questions from last year, last topic, last lesson.
• Experiences to explore and investigate the enquiry question are shared with pupils.
• On-going formative assessment will take place in lessons and throughout the sequence.

Impact

Pupils will...

• 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.

Assessment

The assessment process for children involves several key components. At the beginning of each lesson, students engage in evidence informed retrieval practice tasks to reinforce substantive knowledge. On-going formative assessments also inform next steps and build on foundational and new knowledge. Pupils will also be assessed through on-going observations and how they work like a Musician e.g. understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated.

Pupil voice is also utilised to assess how well pupils can articulate their learning and the connections they make to prior learning.

Cultural Capital

Cultural capital is essential, especially given our rural location. Understanding the wider world is a key driver for our curriculum. We make every effort to organise trips, speakers to the school and workshops so that children experience life in all its fullness. Diversity is one of our curriculum drivers, we ensure that our pupils receive a curriculum that understands and celebrates differences.

For a detailed overview of our Music Curriculum please explore the documents below.

Music Development Plan

Click here to read our Music Development Plan.