Music Curriculum

Intent

At Marlborough Road Academy, the music curriculum is designed to ensure that all pupils develop both substantive and disciplinary knowledge, with opportunities to practise and apply their learning through performance and composition. The curriculum reflects the diversity of our school community and the wider United Kingdom.

The key ‘big ideas’ (vertical concepts) that underpin learning are:

• Listening,reviewing and evaluating

• Singing

• Exploring, creating,composing and performing

We follow the Charanga Music CurriculumScheme of Work.

The curriculum is progressive from EYFS to Year 6, enabling pupils to build knowledge and skills over time and prepare for Key Stage 3. By the end of Year 6, pupils will:

• Understand and maintain pulse,rhythm and metre.

• Read,write and perform rhythms and pitch notation with increasing confidence.

• Play tuned and untuned instruments.

• Perform simple melodies from notation.

• Recognise musical structure, phrases,scales and chords.

• Understand the elements of music and their purpose.

• Create and organise sounds to compose music, including representing mood and atmosphere.

• Use their voices and instruments confidently and accurately.

Implementation

Music is taught through weekly lessons for all year groups. Pupils learn to sing, listen, appraise,performand compose across a range of musical styles.

Lessons follow the Charanga Music Curriculum, ensuring coverage of the National Curriculum and exposure to diverse genres.

Across the school:

• Musical vocabulary is explicitly taught to support understanding and discussion.

• Learning builds progressively from EYFS to Year 6, including increasing opportunities to read and write music.

• Pupils are provided with regular opportunities to practise, perform and compose.

Performance is an important aspect of the curriculum. Pupils take part in concerts and performances, allowing them to show case their skills and develop confidence.