Our Music subject implementation
At Laycock Primary School, we follow a scheme of work called Charanga which offers a topic-based approach to children’s learning in music. A progression plan has been built into Charanga within each year group that ensures consistent musical development. By using Charanga as the basis of a scheme of work, we can ensure that the aims for musical learning stated in the National Curriculum are being fulfilled:
Aims
The national curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:
- perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians
- learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence
- understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the interrelated dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations
Charanga gives the children an appreciation of diverse musical styles and genres from different times and places. These are explored via active listening, performing and composing activities, which support understanding of genre and historical context.
Charanga provides a kinaesthetic, participatory and inclusive approach to music learning. Throughout the scheme, children enjoy using and developing their singing voices, learning to handle and play classroom instruments effectively to create and express their own and others’ compositions and using body percussion and whole-body actions.
In addition to Charanga. Laycock Primary School has access to Music Education Islington where specialist teachers come into school and teach musical instruments. This year we hope to resume guitar and ukulele lessons and to introduce other instruments.
All of our Music teaching is linked to the National Curriculum.
Choir
This term we have re-introduced the Laycock KS2 Choir! Rehearsals will happen on a weekly basis and are open to all children who have auditioned.