Music
Intent
Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. At Milby Primary School, we are dedicated to creating an enjoyable and engaging experience of music for all children, as part of our broad and balanced education. By encouraging the children to participate in a variety of musical experiences, we are actively increasing their creativity, self-confidence and sense of achievement, whilst at the same time, allowing all pupils to develop their love of music. Our music curriculum will also support children’s physical and mental health.
We aim to provide a music curriculum which will enable each child to be successful in reaching their full potential in becoming confident performers, composers and listeners. Children will meet the National Curriculum expectations in music, which will be taught by highly-qualified staff who will support children to develop skills, which in turn will enable them to develop a deeper understanding of the subject, so that they can know more, remember more and can do more. All children will study music for at least 60 minutes per week in a five week block, four times in an academic year.
Children will develop the musical skills of singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, improvising and composing music, and listening and responding to music. They will develop an understanding of the history and cultural context of the music that they listen to and learn how music can be written down. Our music curriculum will help children to develop transferable skills such as team-working, leadership, creative thinking, problem-solving, decision-making and presentation and performance skills. These skills will equip children with the skills needed to tackle the modern world and empower them to become lifelong learners and change makers.