Music
Intent
At Churchdown Village Infant School, we believe that music is a universal language, which has the power to drive creativity and imagination. Music can bring us together as a community. Whether that be through collaborative projects, such as our Christmas production, whole school celebrations such as Harvest, or through our clubs, which brings together children who have similar musical interests.
Our goal is to inspire pupils! We draw inspiration from many different genres of music and different musicians, including units showcasing rock, reggae, pop and classical music. Each musician has developed their own techniques and style and we want our children at Churchdown Village to have the confidence to experiment and create their own style too.
The progressive music curriculum is designed to allow the children explore music through singing, playing instruments and listening to songs they may never have heard before, all while providing enriching opportunities so that children are exposed to music beyond their current experiences.
This starts in our pre-school, whereby children experiment with music through group singing, joining in with rhymes, and adding actions to music they are listening to. By the time children finish Year 2, children are able to increasingly use tuned and untuned instruments and use the necessary vocabulary to describe the music they can hear.
Music in the Early Years
In Early Years, our focus is to enable children to explore and collaborate, and music is a great way to do this! At Churchdown Infant School, children are given opportunities to experiment with musical instruments through continuous provision, whereby music stations supply children with a range of musical instruments to freely choose. During our day, we sing well-known nursery rhymes and try to use our bodies in time with the music. As children move through our Early Years, lessons enable children to perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories, building a repertoire of songs and dances ready to begin making up their own simple songs and rhythms.
Music in Key Stage 1
In Key Stage 1, children develop their knowledge and skills in singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, and appraising music they hear. Our children particularly enjoy learning to play the recorder! Children have lots of opportunities to use their voices expressively by singing songs, and are able to showcase these skills during our performances throughout the year.
Our learning in music ...
The National Curriculum
Our Music curriculum is based on the National Curriculum. We have chosen to use Charanga to support us in ensuring the curriculum is carefully mapped so that it is progressive and children build upon their learning. Charanga unit guides support teaching with core knowledge, disciplinary knowledge, vocabulary clearly defined and videos so we can all improve as musicians. We use this support, alongside the knowledge of our children at Churchdown Village Infant School, to provide a music curriculum just right for us.
Click here to explore how Charanga supports our learning.
Wider Curriculum
We offer a variety of music clubs to our children at Churchdown Village Infant School. If you'd like your child to get involved, take a look at what is on offer.
Rocksteady
We are excited to be offering rock band music lessons through Rock Steady which includes instruments such as drums, electric guitar and keyboard. Children can achieve accredited musical qualifications through either of these routes as well as developing their self-confidence, resilience and teamwork skills. Please see the Rock Steady website for further information (https://www.rocksteadymusicschool.com/).
Musical Theatre
Curriculum Documents
Music OverviewMusic End Points