Music

At the Federation of Grove House and King’s Park Infant school we recognise the important role of music in children’s development. Our intent is to provide children with the opportunity to access high quality music education that meets the national curriculum aim of ‘engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music’. Through the implementation of the Charanga Musical School Scheme of work, we hope to encourage children to express themselves musically and creatively. This is love of music is ignited through musical activities such as: games, singing, playing, improvising and composing. This love of music enables pupils to ‘increase their self – confidence, creativity and sense of achievement’. 

Children are given the opportunity to experience music in a range of contexts:  

• Each class receive a weekly music lesson following the Charanga Musical School scheme. Through this scheme, children are taught to develop their musical understanding, make musical judgements, develop their aural memory, express themselves physically and emotionally and create their own musical ideas. Within this scheme, children use both voice and instruments (such as glockenspiel and recorder) to learn, perform, improvise and compose a range of pieces from across the ages and around the world. 
• Music has an important role in our whole school celebrations throughout the year, with children learning and performing songs for events such as harvest festival, Christmas and Easter. These celebrations are shared with parents.  

As a result of the musical curriculum that we offer, we hope that the children of Grove House and king’s Park Infant School will be able to develop a passion and love for music, enabling them to increase their self – confidence and creativity.  

How will we know this?  

• Evidence on Charanga reflecting pupil’s individual learning and progress with learning objectives linked to the national curriculum or the EYFS Early Learning Goals.  
• Feedback from pupils through pupil surveys.