Music
Curriculum Map and Development Plan
Enabling composition at school and at home!
The School has recently invested in the O-Generator musical composition app, which can be accessed both at school and at home. We recently had a special guest (Marcel Pusey) to show Year 4 and 5 what it is all about!
'Music -emotions put to song or rhythm.'
'Music is life. That's why our hearts have beats.'
Anon
Music at Mellis CE Primary School
INTENT
- To inspire children to develop a love of music.
- To develop and nurture children’s talent as musicians.
- To increase children’s self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.
- To allow children to engage in listening, performing and composing.
IMPLEMENTATION – What do we do?
Pupils will...
- Engage in one hour of music teaching per week.
- Listen to and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, styles and traditions and explore how music is created using the musical elements.
- Learn to read standard musical notation through the “Stave House” scheme.
- Engage in regular singing sessions and have the opportunity to join the school choir.
- Learn to play a musical instrument in class music lessons and have the opportunity of private music lessons with a broad range of instruments available.
- Have the opportunity to take part in musical performances, workshops and special trips throughout the school year.
IMPACT
Pupils will have…
- Listened to and evaluated music across a range of historical periods, styles and traditions.
- Learnt to sing expressively, compose music and perform with others.
- Had the opportunity to learn a musical instrument and progress to the next level of musical excellence appropriate to that child.
- Understood and explored how music is created through the musical elements of pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture and structure.
- Learnt to read standard musical notation.