Rationale, Overview and Progression

Music at Locking will:

                     enable all children to have opportunities to create, play, perform and appraise music.

• actively involve children in listening, composing and performing during music.

• give opportunities to express ideas, thoughts and feelings, share and co-operate with others through singing, playing, composing and listening or appraising different musical genres.

• give the children greater awareness of musical traditions in a variety of cultures and societies.

• through singing, focus on developing the children’s ability to sing in tune and as part of a group.

• through singing songs, children will learn about the structure and organisation of music.

• by listening and appraising music, children will be able to discuss how feelings and emotions can be represented, as well as specific skills such as; pulse and pitch.

• give opportunities to explore musical and graphic notation through composition.

At Locking, we use Sing Up to help support our teaching of the national curriculum aims drawing on points set forward in the Model Music Curriculum. Sing Up aims for every child to have access to high-quality, practical, and engaging musical experiences. We want all children to develop the self-confidence, skills, knowledge, and understanding to develop a lifelong love of music, whilst also providing a secure foundation that enables them to take music further should they wish to. Sing Up Music lessons are designed so children enjoy taking part in them. We also believe that a music curriculum should draw on a broad range of musical traditions, using authentic songs and materials which embed children’s understanding in other areas of the curriculum.