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:

• Perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians
• Learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence
• Understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.

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.