"Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything" - Plato
Curriculum Intent
At Ladbrooke JMI School we believe that children should leave with a passion and enthusiasm for music. We want children to have an appreciation for different genres, to gain knowledge of a range of composers and compose their own music with a variety of instruments. We intend through good quality teaching, children will have a good knowledge of important musical terminology and will have a curiosity to explore and create music using these skills.
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.
Implementation
Teaching: Music at Ladbrooke is taught as a discrete subject by a specialist music teacher and is also incorporated into topics to aid learning. Our curriculum focusses on the following practical skills: singing; playing instruments; composing; and listening and appraising. These repeat throughout EYFS, KS1 and KS2 but at a more advanced level each year. Emphasis is placed on the importance of working together in a group.
Practise and performance: In weekly singing assemblies, children are taught to warm up their voices and achieve good quality sound and projection through posture. Children are supported to understand the importance of musical interpretation and good diction, as well as developing a good sense of pulse and rhythm. Music also plays a huge role in the Christmas and Year 6 productions.
Extra-curricular: A lunch time recorder group is run for children of Key Stages 1 and 2 where instruments are loaned if necessary. Choir provides an opportunity for Key Stage 2 children to further develop their performance skills. We offer opportunties to learn an instrument, children in Y5 have learnt the djeme drums, Y3 have been learning to play the Ukuele and children across the school have access to piano lessons trhough HCM Music Academy. Our choir have performed at local events, for the local care home and most recently at the Royal Albert Hall
We hold an annual music recital each summer and this gives the children who are learning to play muscial instruments an opportunity to perform and celebrate their skills.
Impact
Through our music cuirriculum, our children develop a love of music and an ability to express themselves through songs written and insturments played. Many children go on to take exams in instruments and continue to build on this as they move onto their secondary education.
Please click on the play buttons to hear some of the songs we have composed in school.
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| Y3 Breakfast Song | Y4 Ladbrooke Round | Y5 Instrumental | Y6 Chocolate Song |