Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. At Crampton Primary School we engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, to increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.
As pupils progress, they develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.
The National Curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:
All children have the opportunity to perform, this may take place during a class lesson, whole school assembly or during our seasonal events such as the Christmas Performances or Dance Festival.
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |
| Year 1 | To develop the ability to identify different sounds and to change and use sounds expressively in response to a stimulus. | To discriminate between longer and shorter sounds, and to create interesting sequences of sound. | To develop the ability to recognise and play rhythms from known songs with a sense of pulse. | |||
| Year 2 | To discriminate between higher and lower sounds and understand the soh / me interval. | To develop the ability to recognise different ways sounds are made and how they can be changed. | To develop the ability to read and play rhythm phrases confidently and explore mood of recorded music. | |||
| Year 3 | To develop the ability to create, rehearse and perform short descriptive composition and continue to extend rhythm and pitch understanding. | To develop the ability to play simple rhythmic patterns and perform them from rhythm notation |
To develop the ability to combine and perform rhythmic and melodic material as part of a class performance of a song
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| Year 4 | To develop the ability to recognise and use pentatonic scales and to work with 4 x 4 beat phrases |
To develop the ability to create, perform and analyse expressive compositions and extend their sound vocabulary |
To develop the ability to read rhythm notation and for children to adapt and perform playground songs | |||
| Year 5 |
To develop the ability to perform rhythmic patterns confidently and with a strong sense of pulse | To develop the ability to sing and play music in 2 parts and transfer known songs to tuned instruments |
To develop a familiarity with keyboards, to introduce chords and for children to compose a soundscape | |||
| Year 6 |
To develop the ability to compose a song |
To develop the ability to play known songs on keyboard with correct fingering. To develop the ability to recognise the association of Western Classical Music with historic periods. |
To develop children's ability to compose and improvise as part of a class piece | |||