Curriculum intent, implementation, and impact
At Allscott Meads Primary School, we aim to nurture a deep love of music and inspire our pupils through engaging and dynamic musical experiences. We believe that music can ignite children’s creativity and imagination, which supports their emotional development and self-expression. Through a rich and varied music curriculum, our pupils can explore their emotions, build resilience, and strengthen social skills.
Learning music at Allscott Meads will also aim to sharpen problem-solving abilities and creative thinking, equipping pupils with valuable skills that will benefit them in school and beyond. As they progress, pupils will develop critical listening skills and a strong understanding of how music reflects and shapes our culture, history, and society. By fostering these skills, we prepare our pupils for a future filled with opportunities, whether they choose to pursue music or apply these transferable skills in other fields.
Our music curriculum follows the National Curriculum, as it provides a broad and balanced curriculum for all.
In our Early Years Foundation Stage classes, music is introduced through Expressive Arts and Design opportunities and child-initiated play, creating an immersive and enjoyable start to musical exploration. Many of the musical opportunities in EYFS will be interconnected with other areas of learning. From years 1 to 6, music lessons are carefully sequenced to build on prior knowledge, enabling pupils to develop their understanding and skills over time.
Our music curriculum across school emphasises performing, listening, reviewing and evaluating music from a wide range of historical periods, styles and traditions. Laying the foundation for their growth as successful musicians begins with learning key musical terminology and techniques. At Allscott we provide opportunities to learn and play instruments in years one to 6, supported by collective and individual singing experiences in classes, groups and assemblies.
To enhance the learning of music, we use recommendations from the Model Music Curriculum, ensuring exposure to high quality performances, immersive musical experiences and diverse musical traditions from around the world. Music is taught every other half term and children have regular opportunities for pupils to perform, often to the rest of the school, their parents and in the community. We know that music enriches induvial loves as well as a school’s wider community and are therefore passionate in providing an excellent music offer in school so pupils can succeed. These opportunities help pupils to build confidence and showcase their achievements.
In addition to our core music offer, we provide ample opportunities for pupils to succeed in music through clubs, visits and welcome visitors into school. Our school performs for Carols under the Canopy and our choir at various community events.
Monitoring and assessments in Music takes many different forms at Allscott Meads. We measure the impact of our music curriculum through a combination of different ways, performance evaluation against a set criterion, teacher can then assess pupils’ knowledge and skills formally at the end of each unit alongside the pupils own opportunities to self and peer assess their work.
Subject leaders use assessment data to analyse the curriculums success and identify areas for improvement. Teachers receive support through coaching and team teaching to ensure music lessons are delivers to a consistently high standard.
Beyond performances and final pieces, we prioritise pupils’ retention of musical knowledge and skills to ensure they can build on their learning over time. This progress is shared with parents in yearly reports and pupil voice always plays a key role in confirming that pupils find music enjoyable, engaging and meaningful. Through these measures, we ensure that music has a lasting and positive impact on our pupils learning and development.
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