Intent:

At Pyrcroft Grange, we believe that high-quality music lessons will inspire pupils to show an appreciation of all genres of music as well as developing their own skills through composition and performance.

Our musical curriculum not only meets the requirements of “The National Curriculum” but also the needs of all our pupils at Pyrcroft Grange Primary School. We aim for our music curriculum to be is fully inclusive, enabling a universal language to be spoken by all our pupils. We provide a music education that empowers individuals to partake in one of the highest art forms, that promotes self-confidence, self-esteem and gives all pupils a sense of achievement.

We do this through providing opportunities for appreciation, composition and singing alongside new opportunities and chances to showcase talents within and beyond our school community. We are committed to inspiring children to develop a life-long love of music, develop creativity, imagination and fostering talents.

Implementation:

Here at Pyrcroft Grange Primary School we use the highly praised “Charanga” scheme to support our music teaching. It is designed to provide a high quality, ambitious education for every child whatever their starting point. The aim is to inspire and excite our children by learning through fun, engaging and practical musical experiences. We want to ensure that our children develop into aspirational, successful young people who are confident in music lessons and experiences at school.

We offer a mixture of teacher and experienced HLTA taught lessons. The school receives high-quality peripatetic lessons from outside agencies, including the opportunity to learn the guitar. We value active learning opportunities to immerse children fully into their learning, and we strive to provide a rich variety of creative activities. This includes the opportunity to perform in a local opera house and work collaboratively with pupils from other schools.

In Music, children are expected to be reflective and evaluate their work, thinking about how they can make changes and keep improving. This should be meaningful and continuous throughout the process, with evidence of age-related verbal and written reflection.

There are cross curricular links to other areas of our broad, ambitious curriculum.

Impact:

Our Music Curriculum is high quality, well thought out and is planned to demonstrate progression. We want to see the children having fun, becoming more self-confident, being exposed to different music genres, and therefore widening their knowledge of the wider world. 

They are given time to reflect and evaluate music, helping them to understand their individual tastes in music.

In addition, we measure the impact of our curriculum through the following methods:

• A reflection on standards achieved against the planned outcomes.
• Opportunities to perform as a small group or whole class.
• Pupil discussions about their learning, which includes discussion of their thoughts, ideas, processing and evaluations of work.