Our Vision for Music
“Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high-quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.” National Curriculum 2014
At our school we aim to ensure all pupils:
We intend that all pupils have opportunities within the music curriculum that will not only develop their knowledge and skills within the subject but enable them to unlock their innate creativity, in particular singing. We recognise the benefits that choral singing has:
Singing at St Mary’s definitely ‘feeds our mind, body and spirit.’ We have teamed up with the Rodolfus Foundation The Rodolfus Foundation Choral Academy Hackney to provide our pupils with weekly choral singing lessons with a specialist teacher, starting September 2021 and look forward to exploring new opportunities together in the future. Themes within the subject are linked to other curriculum areas where possible. In addition, St Mary’s uses Charanga www.charanga.com to ensure our children access further opportunities for areas of music such as composition and the playing of instruments.
Instruments Curriculum Overview
Curriculum Map with Music (instruments)
Progression Map Music Instruments