Music
Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high-quality 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.
The National Curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:
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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.
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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.
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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.
Key Stage 1
Pupils are taught to:
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use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.
play instruments musically.
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listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music.
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experiment with, create, select and combine sounds.
Key Stage 2
Pupils are taught to:
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play and perform in solo and group contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression.
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improvise and compose music for a range of purposes.
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listen with attention to detail and recall sounds.
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use and understand some musical notations.
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appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians.
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develop an understanding of the history of music.
Each year we hold a Christmas celebration with all families invited, as well the Year Six pupils, with the support of Dave and class staff, produce and perform a leavers concert.