Marlborough Primary School
Music
At Marlborough Primary School we view music as a unique way of communicating that can inspire and motivate children. It is a vehicle for personal expression and it can play an important part in the personal development of people. It also increases creativity, self-discipline, aesthetic sensitivity and fulfilment.
We make music an enjoyable and interesting learning experience that inspires and motivates children. We encourage children to participate in a variety of musical experiences in school through which we aim to build up the confidence of all children. We work in partnrship with The Sunderland Music Hub and follow the Charanga Music School scheme to support our teaching in music. We give the children opportunities to experience musical performances first hand, both in school with visiting performers and through educational visits, as well as opportunities for them to perform for others.
At Marlborough Primary School we make music an enjoyable and interesting learning experience. We encourage children to participate in a variety of musical experiences through which we aim to build up the confidence and musical ability of all children.
National curriculum in England: music programmes of study
Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A highquality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.
Subject Content
Key Stage 1
Pupils should be taught to:
- Use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.
- Play tuned and untuned instruments musically.
- Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high- quality live and recorded music.
- Experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter- related dimensions of music.
Key Stage 2
Pupils should be taught to:
- Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression.
- Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music.
- Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory.
- Use and understand staff and other musical notations.
- Appreciate and understand a wide range of high- quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians.
- Develop an understanding of the history of music.
Music is taught progressively throughout Years 1 and 2, Years 3 and 4 and Years 5 and 6
Knowledge Organisers
Extra-Curricular Music
Children are offered the opportunity to study a musical instrument with peripatetic teachers. They are given the opportunity to learn instruments such as ukulele, guitar and keyboard. This is in addition to the curriculum music teaching of the school.
Key Documents
Intent, Implementation & Impact
School Development Plan 2024/25
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