Music
Early Years Foundation Stage – Expressive Arts and Design
The educational programme for expressive arts and design, set out in the EYFS Framework, is delivered in our preschool, nursery and reception classes in line with the Extend Nursery and Preschool Curriculum and the Extend Reception Curriculum.
Key Stage 1 and 2 – Music
We follow the national curriculum.
We use the Charanga Music scheme of work for an active musical approach to lessons, connecting singing and playing, composing and improvising, listening and appraising. Charanga supports the model music curriculum.
Curriculum Overview
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Charanga Scheme |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
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Year 1 |
My Musical Heartbeat: How can we make friends when we sing together? Introducing beat
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Dance sing and play!: How does music tell stories about the past? Adding rhythm and pitch |
Exploring Sounds: How does music make the world a better place? Introducing tempo and dynamics |
Learning to listen: How does music help us understand our neighbours? Combining pulse rhythm and pitch
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Having fun with improvisation: What songs can we sing to help us through the day? Having fun with improvisation |
Let’s Perform together: How does music teach us about looking after the planet? |
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Year 2 |
Pulse, rhythm and pitch: How does music help us to make friends? Exploring simple patterns |
Playing in an orchestra: How does music teach us about the past? Focus on dynamics and tempo |
Inventing a musical story: How does music make the world a better place? Exploring feelings through music |
Recognising different sounds: How does music teach us about our neighbourhood? Inventing a musical story |
Exploring improvisation: How does music make us happy? Music that makes you dance |
Our big concert: How does music teach us about looking after the planet? |
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Year 3 |
Prelude Programme – learning to play the Flute. Developing notation skills, knowledge of time signatures, rhythm and tempo. |
Prelude Programme – learning to play the Flute. Developing notation skills, knowledge of time signatures, rhythm and tempo. |
Writing down music: How does music bring us closer together? Developing notation skills |
Playing in a band: What stories does music tell us about the past?
Enjoying Improvisation. |
Compose using your imagination: How does music make the world a better place? Composing using your imagination |
More Musical Styles: How does music help us to get to know our community?
Sharing musical experiences |
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Year 4 |
Musical structures: How does music bring us together?
Interesting time signatures |
Exploring feelings when you play: How does music connect us with our past? Combining elements to make music |
Compose with your friends: How does music improve our world? Developing pulse and groove through improvisation |
Feelings through music: How does music teach us about our community? Creating simple melodies together |
Prelude Programme – learning to play the trumpet. Developing notation skills, knowledge of time signatures, rhythm and tempo. |
Prelude Programme – learning to play the trumpet . Developing notation skills, knowledge of time signatures, rhythm and tempo. |
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Year 5 |
Melody and Harmony in Music: How does Music bring us together? Developing and composing harmony and melody |
Composing and chords: How does Music improve our world? Create compositions using chords to form an accompaniment. |
Prelude Programme – learning to play the Flute. Developing notation skills, knowledge of time signatures, rhythm and tempo. |
Prelude Programme – learning to play the Flute. Developing notation skills, knowledge of time signatures, rhythm and tempo. |
Freedom to Improvise: How does music shape our way of life Developing improvisation through use of intervals. |
Battle of the Bands: How does music connect us with the environment? Introduce compositions professionally, thinking about the audience. |
| Year 6 | Prelude Programme – learning to play the trumpet. Developing notation skills, knowledge of time signatures, rhythm and tempo. | Prelude Programme – learning to play the trumpet . Developing notation skills, knowledge of time signatures, rhythm and tempo. | Creating Composition: How does Music improve our world? Developing and composing harmony and melody. | Musical Styles Connect Us: How does Music teach us about our community? Explore how the different styles of music in this unit developed from different social themes. |
Improvising with Confidence: How does music shape our way of life Developing improvisation through use of dynamics. |
Farewell Tour: How does music connect us with the environment? Planning and performing a farewell performance. |
Music development plan summary
Overview
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Detail |
Information |
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Academic year that this summary covers |
2024-2025 |
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Date this summary was published |
July 2024 |
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Date this summary will be reviewed |
July 2025 |
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Name of the school music lead |
Natalie Baker |
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Name of school leadership team member with responsibility for music (if different) |
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Name of local music hub |
WEMA |
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Name of other music education organisation(s) (if partnership in place) |
North Somerset Music Service |
This is a summary of how our school delivers music education to all our pupils across three areas – curriculum music, co-curricular provision and musical experiences – and what changes we are planning in future years. This information is to help pupils and parents or carers understand what our school offers and who we work with to support our pupils’ music education.
Part A: Curriculum music
This is about what we teach in lesson time, how much time is spent teaching music and any music qualifications or awards that pupils can achieve.
Charanga music curriculum
At Bournville, we use the music scheme, Charanga. This scheme allows for the interrelated dimensions of music to weave through musical units and encourage the development of musical knowledge and skills. Children build their knowledge and capabilities of listening and appraising, understanding different musical activities and performance. At the beginning of each unit, children have the opportunity to demonstrate prior knowledge including connected knowledge. We teach a balanced curriculum that is sequenced appropriately in order to build on and develop the knowledge and skills required to secure children’s ability and understanding of music. Children have opportunities to recall their musical knowledge and skills and demonstrate their abilities through performance. Each unit is mapped against the Statutory Framework for Early Years, the National Curriculum and Model Music Curriculum, with an at glance overview of how outcomes can be delivered for every year group.
-Weekly sessions in Year 1-6
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-Daily music opportunities within EYFS as part of purposeful learning environment include access to music instruments. -Access to whole class sets of instruments -Work in partnership with WEMA to access whole class music workshops e.g. African music or steel pan drums workshop; inter school music opportunities such as Raise the Roof for year 3 and 4 or Summer Sing for Year 2. Link to Music progression and overview: https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/bournville-primary-school/UploadedDocument/e08f1aec-50ac-4553-b69586dd61903757/music-progression-bps.pdf Whole class music tuition Music is taught every term throughout the academic year, with one unit being covered each of these terms through weekly classes. In Key Stage 2, each year group spends two terms learning an instrument through the Prelude programme offered by North Somerset, in place of two Charanga Units. Each Unit of Work comprises of the strands of musical learning which correspond with the national curriculum for music. At the end of the unit of work, the children perform a range of pieces and parents/carers and peers. Link to music hub WEMA: https://wema.org.uk/ |
Part B: Co-curricular music
This is about opportunities for pupils to sing and play music, outside of lesson time, including choirs, ensembles and bands, and how pupils can make progress in music beyond the core curriculum.
Choir
At various points through the year, as part of our extra-curricular offer, we run a choir for children in Year 3-6. The songs are selected and performed are often linked to festivals and celebrations across the year. Children have the opportunity to perform at assembly and key events in school such as Harvest Festival or end of year assemblies.
Part C: Musical experiences
This is about all the other musical events and opportunities that we organise, such as singing in assembly, concerts and shows, and trips to professional concerts.
ELAN Music Festival
ELAN Music Festival The ELAN Summer Music Festival will be held in July 2025. Our young people will perform as a choir across the trust schools to an audience of parents/carers and guests at a local venue. This opportunity will enable our young people to:
- use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
- listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music
- play and perform in ensemble contexts, using their voices with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
- appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians
This will be free for our young people and schools to participate; however, we will charge the audience for tickets at a minimal cost. We will draw on the local community, musicians and organisations to support and enable to young people to perform with live music.
Whole School Assemblies and Mindfulness
At Bournville, music is a big part of our school community and brings a real sense of belonging as children and staff sing together. We start every assembly with a song.. Our school has a soft start at the beginning of the day and after lunchtime so children can go into class calmly as they arrive and our staff have calming music playing to support this.
Cultural performance for EYFS, KS1 and KS2
As part of our celebrations, we use a range of music including hymns and instrumental pieces for our children to perform too. Children, through these different performances will:
- use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
- listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music
In the future
This is about what the school is planning for subsequent years.
-Work closely with local secondary schools music departments
-Increase opportunity for performances from outside professional musicians -Continue to grow Bournville school choir .
Download a copy of this plan: School_music_development_plan_BPS_2024_25.pdf
