Music is at the heart of Moulton and our weekly music lessons complement the strong musical ethos of the school. We believe that music education opens many opportunities for children to express themselves, explore their creativity and will teach them how to work hard at something. These experiences and achievements will stay with them and will shape their lives.
We believe every child is entitled to an ambitious music curriculum and it should not just be preserved for the privileged few. We want to see more children progress with music beyond their core school provision. There are many opportunities already at Moulton primary school where children can attend extra-curricular activities to support their musical journey through school. Including: choirs, orchestra and musical theatre.
All children at Moulton have the opportunity to learn two musical instruments – strings and brass in Year 3 and Year 4. These are taught by music specialists. If children wish to pursue their instrument there are opportunities for them to do so.
The music curriculum is broken down into 4 main areas: performing, listening, composing and the history of music. This is underpinned by the inter-related dimensions of music (pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure, musical notation). Specific music units in the earlier years have been selected so that children have a better progression with reading music notation. This is so that our children are fully prepared and ready to learn an instrument in Year 3 and Year 4.
The intention is first and foremost to help children to feel that they are musical, and to develop a life-long love of music. We will focus on developing the skills, knowledge and understanding that children need in order to become confident performers, composers and listeners. Our curriculum introduces children to music from all around the world and across generations, teaching children to respect and appreciate the music of all traditions and communities.
Children will develop the musical skills of singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, improvising and composing music, and listening and responding to music. They will develop an understanding of the history and cultural context of the music that they listen to and learn how music can be written down. Throughout music, our curriculum helps children develop transferable skills such as team-working, leadership, creative thinking, problem solving, decision making and presentation and performance skills. These skills are vital to children’s development as learners and have a wider application in their general lives outside and beyond school.
Moulton Primary School Music Development Plan 2024-2025
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