Music

Curriculum statement for Music at Chorleywood Primary School

At Chorleywood Primary School, we are committed to providing our children with a curriculum that has a clear intention and impacts positively upon their needs.  It is designed to help pupils remember long term content and integrate new knowledge by coherently sequencing learning so that knowledge is cumulatively secured over time.

National Curriculum Intent

The national curriculum for music intends to ensure that all pupils:

 Appraise music - 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 - 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.

Perform music - learn to sing and to use their voices, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence 

Experiment with music - to create and compose music on their own and with others

Knowledge in music can be understood as tacit, procedural or declarative:

 Tacit knowledge is gained through experiences with music, and pupils might not be aware they even know it

Procedural knowledge refers to the know-how of music

Declarative knowledge refers to the facts about music and includes knowledge of keys, chords and songs.

Chorleywood Intent

At Chorleywood Primary, we intend to provide a high-quality music curriculum which engages and inspires pupils to develop a love of music and to develop their skills as musicians. We aim to make music both an enjoyable learning experience and one that enables pupils to gain a firm understanding of what music is, through listening, singing, playing, evaluating and composing. We introduce pupils to a variety of music from different historical periods, styles, traditions and musical genres.

We want to help pupils to recognise that music is a unique form of communication and self-expression. We aim to help pupils to understand the value and importance of music in the wider community and to provide opportunities for them to participate in a variety of musical experiences. We seek to raise pupils’ self-esteem through participation in music, by allowing them to experience the satisfaction of rehearsing music and performing it to others and of creating pleasure in their listeners.