INTENT 

At Maltby Redwood Academy, our music curriculum aims to inspire and empower children to explore, create, and express themselves through music. We are committed to fostering a deep understanding and appreciation for diverse musical genres and traditions, while encouraging critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity.

Our curriculum is designed to cultivate both technical skills and emotional expression, offering children a well-rounded education in music theory, performance, composition, and history. We believe that music not only enhances cognitive development but also nurtures important life skills such as discipline, teamwork, and cultural awareness.

By engaging in a variety of musical experiences, from ensemble work to solo performances, children will develop confidence, creativity, and an enduring passion for music that will serve them throughout their lives.

We use Kapow Primary’s Music scheme of work which enables children to meet the end of key stage attainment targets outlined in the National curriculum and the Model Music Curriculum.

 

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IMPLEMENTATION 

Kapow Primary’s Music scheme takes a holistic approach to music, in which the individual strands below are woven together to create engaging and enriching learning experiences:

● Listening and evaluating

● Creating sound

● Notation

● Improvising and composing

● Performing

Each five-lesson unit combines these strands within a cross-curricular topic designed to capture children’s imagination and encourage them to explore music enthusiastically. Over the course of the scheme, children will be taught how to sing fluently and expressively and play tuned and untuned instruments accurately and with control. They will learn to recognise, demonstrate and name the interrelated dimensions of music - pitch, duration, tempo, timbre, structure, texture and dynamics - and use these expressively in their own improvisations and compositions.

Over the course of the year each year group in KS1 & 2 will complete 4 units of music from the Kapow music scheme. In EYFS, music is woven throughout the curriculum and provision, with singing songs and using instruments being part of our daily routine. Additionally, we teach one focus music session a week to develop the skills outline in the Kapow scheme of work for EYFS.

Through extra-curricular clubs, private music lessons, assemblies and events, children are provided with the opportunity to engage further with music learning. They can learn to play instruments, sing in a choir and perform for large audiences.

 

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IMPACT 

Our children should leave Maltby Redwood equipped with a range of skills to enable them to succeed in their secondary education and to be able to enjoy and appreciate music throughout their lives. They will:

✓ Be confident performers, composers and listeners and will be able to express themselves musically at and beyond school.

✓ Show an appreciation and respect for a wide range of musical styles from around the world and will understand how music is influenced by the wider cultural, social, and historical contexts in which it is developed.

✓ Understand the various ways in which music can be written down to support performing and composing activities.

✓ Demonstrate and articulate an enthusiasm for music and be able to identify their own personal musical preferences.

✓ Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the National curriculum for Music.

Teachers assess children's musical development by tracking their progress in key areas such as skills, knowledge, and creativity. This type of assessment is crucial for understanding how well our children are engaging with the music curriculum and how effectively it contributes to their overall development. This can be both formal (such as written tests or performances) and informal (such as teacher observations and student self-reflection).

We are proud to hold the 2023-24 Music Mark.