Music

Intent:

Our music curriculum uses the Sing Up resources to provide high quality, practical and comprehensive music teaching. This is complemented by bespoke instrumental teaching with the Nottinghamshire Music Hub and utilising the expertise of teaching staff.

At Linby, we want all of our children to develop the self-confidence, skills, knowledge and understanding to develop a life-long love of music.

Christian Values:

Our School Values are dignity, community, hope, wisdom and love. We gain a heart of wisdom in every lesson, in every day. Jesus taught hope and to show dignity to all. This is what we base our teaching and learning on. We teach children to be respectful when listening to the diverse music culture that makes up our world, and to appreciate how sound can be woven together to make music. We aim to help children to understand the impact that performing together can have on wellbeing, through enjoying and engaging in shared experiences.

Implementation:

The Sing Up Music scheme is based on every child in school accessing a music lesson every week. The lengths of lessons are advised as follows:

Early Years: 30 minutes

KS1: 40 minutes

KS2: 50 minutes

The National Music Plan for England outlines that pupils should be engaged in musical learning for one hour per week. It is anticipated that in Early Years, singing will form parts of the classroom routine. Each week, every child in school accesses a singing assembly as part of the musical enrichment of the school. Additionally, piano lessons are offered to those who would like them and a weekly choir is run.

Impact:

The impact of the Music curriculum at Linby cum Papplewick C of E Primary can be seen through:

• our children are engaged and excited by our music curriculum.  The skills that they are taught equip them with a range of skills to enable them to appreciate music throughout their lives.

• our children have become confident performers, composers and listeners, who are able to express themselves musically at school and beyond.

• our children show an appreciation and respect for a range of music from a variety of genres across a variety of generations.

• our children demonstrate and express their enthusiasm for music.

• our children progress throughout the music curriculum which enables them to meet the expectations outlined at the end of each key stage for the national curriculum.

Music Development Plan