Music
At Highfields we follow the Charanga scheme of work. This scheme allows us to fulfill the aims of the National Curriculum. These are as follows;
- perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians
- learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence
- understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.
The following table shows the objectives in the National Curriculum for Music;
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Key Stage 1 |
Key Stage 2 |
Objectives |
Use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes. |
Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory. |
Play tuned and untuned instruments musically. |
Use and understand staff and other musical notations. |
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Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music. |
Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music.
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Experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music. |
Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression. |
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Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians. |
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Develop an understanding of the history of music. |