Little Hoole Primary School

Music

Our Music Champion: Mrs. Stammers

Music is taught at Little Hoole using the National Curriculum as its starting point and is supported by the fantastic Charanga Music scheme. It helps us to ensure there is expected progression in Music across our school. We believe in providing opportunities for children to learn instruments and this is achieved through our teaching of Ukulele and Percussion with support from the Lancashire Music Service. Singing and performing play an important part in our school life, from learning early nursery rhymes in Reception to performing in Nativities and Summer Productions. As they move through our school, children get plenty of opportunities to sing in class (all areas of the curriculum) and during dedicated and Infant and Junior Singing assemblies led by the music specialists we have.

We encourage children to take music further, by offering an After School Singing Club where children get the opportunity to learn a wider range of songs and are able to perform to the wider school community. We also offer individual lessons in Drumming, Keyboards and Guitar, with our peripatetic music teachers Chris Jopson and Mr. Bird, from the Lancashire Music Service. This is open for children in Yr 1 and above and so far 20% of our school are taking their music learning further this way.

Our approach to music in our school helps enable our children to Believe, Grow & Achieve by offering children chances to try, chances to achieve and lots of opportunities to shine.

Our Music Whole School Overview

Year Group	Aut	Spr	Sum
Rec	In Reception the curriculum is based on an active learning approach that allows children to explore and develop their skills through continuous provision. Early Learning Goals: Expressive Arts and Design - Children sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs; they perform songs, rhymes poems and stories with others, and - when appropriate - try to move in time with music Across the course of the year, the skills children will learn are: Listening and responding to different styles of music Embedding foundations of the interrelated dimensions of music Learning to sing or sing along with nursery rhymes and action songs Improvising leading to playing classroom instruments Share and perform the learning that has taken place
Year 1	Nativity (Singing, Listening)	In the Groove (Singing, Listening, Composition)	Samba Percussion *(Play and Performing, Listening, Composition, appreciation, understanding history of music)*
Year 2	Nativity (Singing, Listening)	Zoo Time (Singing, Listening, Composition)	Samba Percussion *(Play and Performing, Listening, Composition, appreciation, understanding history of music)*
Year 3	Glockenspiel Stage 1 (Charanga) *(Play and Performing, Listening, Composition, understanding notation)*	Ukulele *(Play and Performing, Listening, Composition, appreciation, understanding history of music)*	Junior Production *(Play and Performing, Listening)*
Year 4	Ukulele *(Play and Performing, Listening, Composition, appreciation, understanding history of music)*	Mamma Mia (Charanga) *(Play and Performing, Listening, Composition, understanding notation, appreciation, understanding history of music)*	Junior Production *(Play and Performing, Listening)*
Year 5	Melody and Harmony *(Singing, Performing, Listening, Appreciation)*	Livin’ On a Prayer (Charanga) *(Play and Performing, Listening, Composition, understanding notation, appreciation, understanding history of music)*	Junior Production *(Play and Performing, Listening)*
Year 6	Music and Technology *(Play and Performing, Listening, Composition, Appreciation)*	Happy *(Play and Performing, Listening, Composition, understanding notation, appreciation, understanding history of music)*	Junior Production *(Play and Performing, Listening)*

Class Time allocated to subject

Music is taught as per the year overview. Teachers have the flexibility of how to teach the unit although it is recommended that they are taught over consecutive weeks. Lessons are approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour.

What does learning look like?

Children’s learning is mainly shown in the sounds they create. Where appropriate there may be opportunities to save work on SeeSaw or the school server. These may be audio/video clips and/or written evidence of learning.
Opportunities for performance are found throughout the year for example by inviting parents in at the end of a Music Unit, in assemblies or whole school celebrations at the end of Aut 1 and for Juniors at the end of Aut 2
Musical vocabulary is threaded through each unit.

How do we monitor and ensure your child is making progress

Subject Champions are allocated time to hold Pupil discussions and staff are asked to provide examples of work. Staff also complete half-termly evaluation sheets to highlight areas of celebration and areas for further development.

Any Specific resources/equipment required

Class set of Ukuleles
Class set of Glockenspiels
Percussion instruments
Subscription to Charanga

Opportunities for trips and field work to enhance learning

Children have opportunities to listen to live music
Children have the opportunity to perform for an audience.

How can you help your child further

Instrumental lessons are available for children from the Lancashire Music Service.
Provide children with a range of music from different genres (from Baroque to current day).

Galleries

Year 3 - Nightingales

Glockenspiel Stage 1

Run Run Rudolph

Solos

Will Georgia Matilda & Emily William

Year 4 - Cuckoos

Mamma Mia Glockenspiel Performance

Year 6 - Magpies

Hollie. Jemima Jacob. Grace. Ella. Izzy.

Rock n Roll Snowman.

Ukuleles Merry Christmas Everyone. Ukuleles Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Ukuleles Santa Claus is Coming to Town