Music

Subject Leader: Mrs A Wiggins

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."

Plato

Intent

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At SAB, our music curriculum is designed around our F.A.M.I.L.Y values to ignite curiosity, foster creativity, and cultivate a lifelong appreciation for music in every child. We aim to provide a rich and diverse musical experience, allowing students to explore a variety of genres, instruments, and performance opportunities. Through hands-on learning, children will develop essential skills such as rhythm, pitch, and musical notation, while building confidence in their ability to express themselves musically.

Our curriculum will promote the development of key values such as teamwork, resilience, and self-expression, both individually and in group settings. Through engaging activities like singing, playing instruments, and composing, students will have the chance to collaborate, listen actively, and understand the cultural significance of music in a global context.

We believe that music is not just a subject but an essential aspect of a child’s development, nurturing emotional intelligence, cognitive growth, and social skills. By the end of their primary education, students will have a well-rounded understanding of music, with the confidence and ability to continue exploring and enjoying music throughout their lives.

Implementation

Using our Key Lenses and Big Questions, Music at SAB revisits our key Threads (singing, composition and instruments) throughout every phase, ensuring that substantive & disciplinary knowledge is progressively sequenced for each of our core Concepts (performing, Composing, Transcribing, Appreciation, Dimensions and Social skills) so that children know more, remember more and make meaningful connections across their primary school journey.

 

Teaching is delivered through our six Core Components (Oracy, Retrieval, Modelling, Active Engagement, Progress for all, Feedback) where we provide children with multiple enrichment experiences, including experiences to talk to professionals in fields relevant to the Thread and context being studied.

  • Lenses: Action & Consequence, Change & Continuity, Significance, Similarities & Differences, Environmental & Sustainable Citizenships, Spirituality

  • Threads: Singing, Composition, Instruments

  •  Concepts: Performing, Composing, Transcribing, Appreciation, Dimensions, Social Skills

Impact

Curriculum for L.I.F.E

L: Love of Learning

Through an environment that promotes independent choices and preferences, our music curriculum sparks a lifelong love of learning by engaging students in creative expression, collaboration, and exploration. Through singing, playing instruments, and composing, children develop musical skills but also curiosity, confidence, and resilience. The sense of achievement and teamwork fostered in music encourages a positive attitude toward learning, helping students approach challenges with creativity and perseverance. By the end of their primary education, students leave with a passion for music and a broader love of learning that will continue to inspire them.

I: Inspired

We inspire learning in music by nurturing creative expression, encouraging hands-on exploration, and discovery. Children are motivated to explore their own musical potential. This sense of inspiration not only builds confidence but also encourages a deeper appreciation for music and the arts. Through this, we empower students to become more curious, open-minded, and confident individuals, eager to embrace new learning experiences both in and outside the classroom.

F: Flourished

Children flourish in music by engaging in hands-on music-making, developing their musical abilities but also their emotional, social, and cognitive skills. As they progress, they gain a sense of pride and achievement, nurturing a growth mindset and resilience. Through collaboration, creativity, and self-expression, children flourish as individuals who embrace challenges, celebrate success, and develop a lifelong passion for music.

E: Enriched

Learning is enriched through practical experiences that develop creativity, collaboration, technicality and vocabulary through purposeful projects that build children’s knowledge about musical inspirations – both people and the world around them, including potential future careers. 

Organisation & Sequencing

Enrichment

Singing Concert held by child in Years 3 and 4

Al'Shlo'sha - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WQaeWBBCE7695ROwv2ZyBz7jcz0GDuS3/view?usp=drive_link

Revolting Children - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lJ-XydeSz4Kl5WB21f0Gax4_xkSIJM3w/view?usp=drive_link

Sunshine in my Heart - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bnBT3Bd-o3JIk1e3ptJP5Xsl_CP3QYtS/view?usp=drive_link

Beautiful Things - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MIMlt4noUz9Hh76yqbAGzy-1MpCoYlz8/view?usp=drive_link

Wooding - https://drive.google.com/file/d/14OvQQS3Vvh_a_3NErWAFJSKifR88AHn8/view?usp=drive_link