Music
Music Curriculum Intent
"Music can change the world because it can change people." Bono
At St John’s, our aim is to ensure all children are given opportunties to create, collaborate with others and celebrate their music in a supportive and enriching musical environment enabling them to experience a joy and life-long love of music.
Our Sing Up curriculum allows children to develop the self-confidence, skills, knowledge and understanding of music with opportunities to perform throughout their musical journey at St John’s.
Children will listen to and appreciate music with an increasing musical knowledge and terminology to express details in music utilising the inter-related dimensions of music (pitch, texture, timbre, rhythm, duration, melody/harmony)
Children will listen to, review and evaluate the work or great composers and musicians from a range of historical periods, genres, styles, traditions and cultures. This is linked to our British and school values of respect, kindness, tolerance and understanding of other musical cultures and traditions.
Children will explore and play a variety of tuned and untuned instruments, including whole class instrumental sessions and will learn to read graphic and standard notation which can then be applied to create their own compositions.
Children will have opportunities to perform in the classroom and in the wider community, including solos, duets, small ensembles and as part of our whole school.
Music Curriculum Implementation
At St John’s, we use the Sing-Up scheme of learning for music which takes a holistic approach to music, in which all the individual strands below are woven together to create engaging and enriching learning experiences:
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Performing
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Listening
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Composing
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The history of music
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The inter-related dimensions of music
We have created knowledge schemas which will help the children make connections to their previous learning, building on this in a progressive way.
Music Curriculum Impact
Pupils should leave St John’s equipped with a range of skills to enable them to succeed in their secondary education and to be able to enjoy and appreciate music throughout their lives:
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Be confident performers, composers and listeners and be able to express themselves musically at and beyond school.
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Show an appreciation and respect for a wide range of musical styles from around the world and understand how music is influenced by the wider cultural, social and historical contexts in which it is developed.
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Understand the ways in which music can be written down to support performing and composing activities.
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Demonstrate and articulate an enthusiasm for music and be able to identify their own personal musical preferences.
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Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the National Curriculum for Music.
INSTRUMENTAL TUITION / Enrichment
At St John's, we offer a wide range of instrumental tuition lessons, including:
*Piano
*Guitar
*Drums
*Ukulele
*Violin
*Flute
*Clarinet / Saxophone
We also provide many enrichment opportunities. We have a Ukulele club after school for KS2 and a Music Explorers club for KS1. We also have a fantastic choir run by Mrs Ballard with the children having performed at many community events and who recently performed at Lincoln Cathedral. We also offer additional experiences such as visits to see live theatre. We have an upcoming visit to see Annie the Musical performed on stage.