Intent

Court Farm believes Music is a unique and expressive way of communicating that can inspire and motivate children. It is a means of personal expression and can play an important part in personal development in children. Through music we can express, represent and communicate our ideas and perceptions. At Court Farm Primary we understand how important music is as both a creative yet highly academic subject and the part it plays in a child’s life. We intend to provide children with opportunities to listen to, compose and perform music that’s linked in with learning from a range of topics.

Implementation

We teach music weekly and each lesson is taught by the class teacher and uses the Kapow scheme of work to deliver the curriculum. With a focus on the dimensions of music (pulse, pitch, dynamics, rhythm, texture and tempo) as well as listening to, improvising, singing and composing music, we plan to provide our children with a quality, enriched and engaging music education. Our Music Curriculum is of high quality, it is well thought out and is planned to demonstrate progression. If children are keeping up with the curriculum, they are deemed to be making good or better progress. Y4 work with Services for Education and their teachers have been handpicked for their passion and drive when it comes to delivering a high-quality music service. This enables us to provide a unique and valuable offer to children and young people.

Impact

By the time children leave us they will:

• Have broadened their musical awareness and fostered an appreciation of music from different times and cultures.
• Have a range of musical skills involved in performing, composing, listening and appraising.
• Be able to express themselves through music and develop self-esteem through musical achievement.
• Be involved in music making and realise their individual creative potential.
• Contribute to the life of the school and the wider community and to enrich and contribute to other areas of the curriculum.
• Have a desire to challenge themselves by undertaking the study of new instruments and the further study of their own instrument.
• Leave school with a love of music and happy memories of their musical experience that they will want to continue to develop and enjoy.

In order to be confident in the impact of Music across the whole school community, the Music Lead will monitor the subject through the following methods:

• Pupil voice 
• Learning walks including assemblies
• Staff questionnaires
• Monitoring floor books, class and whole school displays.
• Resources provided for the children