At Riverside Primary children are taught to become better musicians and to think more musically. It is our intent that children should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose and to listen with discrimination. We understand that music can inspire and motivate children and play an important role in their personal development as well as their emotional wellbeing. It can also help children develop a greater appreciation of the world we live in, by understanding different cultures and societies. We encourage pupils to develop a love of music by performing, singing, composing and listening to a wide range of music.
At Riverside Primary School, the music curriculum is delivered in a cross-curricular way in EYFS. In Year One and Two children are taught by class teachers within their own learning environments.
Early Years Foundation Stage
Within the Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception), the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework is followed. The ‘Music’ aspect of the curriculum is followed through the area 'Expressive Arts and Design'.
Music teaching is taught as discrete units of work and also, where appropriate, links are made to the overall topics or themes of the half term. During EYFS, children learn to:
Create his/her own songs, or improvise a song around one he/she knows
Play instruments with increasing control to express his/her feelings and ideas
Listen attentively, move to and talk about music, expressing his/her feelings and responses
Sing in a group or on his/her own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody
Explore and engage in music making and dance, performing solo or in groups
Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and - when appropriate - tries to move in time with music (ELG)
Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs (ELG)
Key Stage 1 Pupils will be taught to:
Use their voices expressively and creatively by signing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.
Play tuned and untuned instruments musically.
Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music.
Key Stage 2 Pupils will be taught to:
Sing and play musically with increasing confidence and control.
They should develop an understanding of musical composition, organising and manipulating ideas within musical structures and reproducing sounds from aural memory.
Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression.
Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music.
Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory.
Use and understand staff and other musical notations
Appreciate and understand a wide range of high quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians Develop an understanding of the history of music.
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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