Music
INTENT:
At Cotham Gardens, our goal is to provide a music education that will encourage children to see themselves as musicians and inspire them to have a love for music. At Cotham Gardens, we understand the importance of music in promoting many lifelong learning dispositions in our children such as resilience, creativity and positive learning relationships. Furthermore, we recognise the positive impact music can have on discipline, listening skills, self-esteem and confidence.
In line with the curriculum for music and guidance from Ofsted, Charanga moves away from the previous levels and learning objective/outcome concepts to an integrated, practical, exploratory and child-led approach to musical learning.
Ofsted have stated that “We will not always know the learning outcomes” so segregated learning objectives at the start of each lesson are not appropriate. Instead the interrelated dimensions of music weave through the units to encourage the development of musical skills as the learning progresses through listening and appraising, differing musical activities (including creating and exploring) and performing.
IMPLEMENTATION:
At Cotham Gardens we follow and implement the multi-award winning Charanga scheme of work. All children have a weekly 30 minute music lesson. This ensures that all children at Cotham Gardens will develop skills in the following areas:
- To perform, listen, review and evaluate music
- To sing and have the opportunity to learn an instrument
- To understand how music is created through tempo, structure, dynamics, pitch, duration, timbre and appropriate notation
Through these areas, all children will have the following opportunities:
- to create, invent and explore their own ideas
- to explore the work of different musicians and styles of music across cultures and throughout history
- to build on specific skills by revisiting them again and again with increasing complexity
Each Unit of Work comprises the of strands of musical learning which correspond with the national curriculum for music:
a) Listening and Appraising
b) Musical Activities
- Warm-up Games
- Optional Flexible Games
- Singing
- Playing instruments
- Improvisation
- Composition
c) Performing
Charanga Musical School Units of Work enable children to understand musical concepts through a repetition-based approach to learning. Learning about the same musical concept through different musical activities enables a more secure, deeper learning and mastery of musical skills. Musical teaching and learning is not neat or linear. The strands of musical learning, presented within the lesson plans and the on-screen resources, are part of the learning spiral. Over time, children can both develop new musical skills and concepts, and re-visit established musical skills and concepts. Repeating a musical skill doesn’t necessarily mean their progress is slowing down or their development is moving backwards! It's just shifting within the spiral. Mastery means both a deeper understanding of musical skills and concepts and learning something new.
At Cotham Gardens, we look for opportunities to celebrate & share children’s music making through school concerts and other enrichment opportunities provided by Bristol Beacon (Bristol’s outstanding music hub). We will look for opportunities to bring visitors and experts in to share their music skills whenever possible. All children also attend a weekly singing assembly.
Our long term overview:
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Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
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YR |
Me! |
My stories |
Everyone! |
Our World |
Big Bear Funk |
Reflect, rewind and replay |
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Y1 |
Hey you! |
Rhythm in the way we walk and Banana Rap |
In the Groove |
Round and round |
Your imagination |
Reflect, rewind and replay
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Y2 |
Hands, feet and heart |
Ho ho ho |
I wanna pay in a band |
Zootime |
Friendship song |
Reflect, rewind and replay
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Y3 |
Let your spirit fly |
Glockenspiel stage 1 |
Three little birds |
The dragon song |
Bringing us together |
Reflect, rewind and replay
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Y4 |
Mamma Mia |
Glockenspiel stage 2
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Stop! |
Lean on me |
Blackbird |
Reflect, rewind and replay
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Y5 |
Livin on a prayer |
Classroom Jazz 1 |
Make you feel my love |
The fresh prince of Bel Air |
Dancing int he street |
Reflect, rewind and replay
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Y6 |
Happy |
Classroom Jazz 2
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A New year carrot |
You’ve got a friend |
Music and me |
Reflect, rewind and replay
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IMPACT:
Children will leave Cotham Gardens equipped with a range of musical skills and will have the confidence and creativity to form a strong foundation for further study. They will have an awareness of differing musical styles and have the curiosity to experiment with music from a wide range of cultures and genres.