Statement of intent
What is your vision for your subject at Honeybourne Primary School?
In Music, children at Honeybourne Primary School have the opportunity to develop a love and understanding of music through a curriculum which is supported by Kapow Primary. Throughout their musical education, the children will cover 5 identified strands which run throughout the schemes of work: performing, listening, composing, the history of music; and inter-related dimensions of music (pulse, pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure, appropriate musical notation). The music curriculum at Honeybourne Primary School offers a cyclical approach, whereby pupils return to the same skills and knowledge throughout their education which enables them to develop depth in an area, as well as using prior knowledge to support.
Alongside taught music lessons by class teachers, Honeybourne Primary School also works closely with Severn Arts who provide external music lessons to a targeted year group, with whole class sessions, play on sessions and individual music lessons offered.
We have partnered with Chipping Campden Festival who will bring musicians into school to show our students the instruments they play and to explain the music, story and characters of Peter and the Wolf. This will culminate in us all going to see this piece of music being played by the Festival Orchestra at the Cidermill Theatre in Chipping Campden.
A Honeybourne Primary School musician will:
· experience music lessons led by school staff as well as external music teachers as they progress throughout the school.
· be immersed in music throughout the curriculum, which is adapted to suit the needs of all.
· Have opportunities to experience a diverse range of music from different eras, genres and cultures, encouraging respect for their peers, community and the world.
By experiencing a broad music curriculum, our children will flourish and grow, leaving Honeybourne Primary School feeling proud of their musical achievements. By having opportunities to perform to an audience in both school assemblies and public performances; to participate in focussed music lessons led by school staff and external providers; and being immersed in a wide variety of music, the children will learn vital life skills such as creativity, perseverance and confidence which will help them in their future careers and professions.
Research links
The National Curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:
· 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
· 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
· 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.
By experiencing a broad music curriculum, our children will flourish and grow, leaving Honeybourne Primary Academy feeling proud of their musical achievements. By having opportunities to perform to an audience in both school assemblies and public performances; to participate in focussed music lessons led by school staff and external providers; and being immersed in a wide variety of music, the children will learn vital life skills such as creativity, perseverance and confidence which will help them in their future careers and professions.