At Morecambe Bay Community Primary School, we want every child to enjoy music and be confident in listening and appraising. We follow the Charanga Music scheme from Nursery through Year 6, ensuring a clear progression using small steps throughout each year group. We strive to cultivate a lifelong enjoyment and appreciation of music through high-quality teaching and meaningful learning experiences. We believe music is a unique form of communication that reflects culture, emotion and creativity. It helps children understand themselves and relate to others and the wider world. Our intent is to ensure every child develops confidence, creativity and curiosity as musicians, performers and listeners, achieving their full potential regardless of ability or background.
Each Unit of Work comprises the of strands of musical learning which correspond with the national curriculum for music:
- Listening and Appraising
- Musical Activities
- Warm-up Games
- Optional Flexible Games
- Singing
- Playing instruments
- Improvisation
- Composition
- Performing
We use engaging and exciting lessons, such as a range of genres of music to listen to, different songs to learn to sing and play using a range of instruments and whiteboard resources including videos for warm up games and activities. By the end of primary school, children leave us having had many opportunities to listen, play and perform.