Music
At Adswood Primary School, music is an essential and vibrant part of our curriculum. We use the Kapow Music Scheme, which provides a structures and engaging approach to teaching music from EYFS to year 6. To support high-quality delievery, our staff also recieve ongoing professional development from the Stockport Music Service, emnsurng confidence teaching and a consistent progression of musical skills across all year groups. We believe music embraces our individuality, creativity and most importantly, our self-expression. Our music lessons are shaped around our whole school intent as it encourages oracy, independence and gives our children rich experiences. Our music curriculum is working within the national curriculum ensuring that every child has a music education and is exposed to the importance of music. We identified from pupil voice that our children are keen to learn how to play the keyboard and it is our vision to ensure all children learn how to read music and play the keyboard by the time they leave our school in Year 6.
The aims of music are :
- Children learn to sing and play musically with increasing confidence and control.
- Developed an understanding of musical composition, organising and manipulating ideas within musical structures and be able to reproduce sounds from aural memory.
- Be able to listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
- Play a tune on a variety of instruments understanding staff and other musical notations.
- Be able to appreciate and understand a wide range of live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians
- Develop an understanding of the history of music.
Music Planning - including Visits, Visitors and Enrichment (VVE)
We offer a wide range of exciting musical enrichment opportunities throughout the year. Highlights include:
- A class choir performing at the Disney 100 Years concert at Stockport Town Hall
- A visit from the Hallè Orchestra, where children explored, listened and learnt the real orchestral insturments
- One-to-one guitar tuition available for interested pupils
- Singing at the local church, building community links and performance confidence
- Cross-curricular music links in subjects such as History, Geography and English
One of the most anticipated events is our annual Music Theme Week. This includes daily live perfoamnces by visiting musicians, and the participation in the popoular Adswood Musical Talent Show, giving children the chance to showcase their own musical talents.
Progression and Continuity
Alongside the Kapow Scheme, we provide hands-on opportunities for pupils to learn and play instruments, supporting progression from year to year:
- Key Stage 1: Recorder
- Lower Key Stage 2: Glockenspiel
- Upper Key Stage 2: Keyboards
This structured progression helps children develop confidence, rhythm, pitch, and musical notation skills as they move through school. Our musical curriculum aims to inspire creativity, build confidence and foster a lifelong love of music in every child.
Progress and Achievement
Children's music progression is monitored on a regular basis, we also encourage all children to take responsibility for their own learning. A range of Assessment for Learning strategies are used, for example peer feedback – the children are regularly encouraged to comment on each other’s work using vocabulary related to the skill taught, evaluation, self assessments, success criteria, the use of talk partners and end of unit teacher/pupil evaluation. Through these, both children and adults are able to recognise the progress being made. Our whole school tracking system is updated with teacher assessments each term to monitor childrens progress towards national expectations. Outcomes are showcased via the E Books.
Once children start to learn the basics of playing an instrument, they really enjoy playing it. Every song they learn is a personal achievement which supports children to develop a sense of pride and achievement. We hope the experiences we provide encourage our children on their musical journey and give them the opportunity to explore and develop their talents and interests. We aim to ignite a lifelong passion for music and ensure our children understand the value and importance of all types of musical styles. We also hope to see some of them as performers, rockers and musicians of the future!
