Our Music Curriculum begins in Early Years. Music is interwoven through all our areas of learning and development. Music is a way of exploring, communicating and responding to experiences. Making music with others can be a social experience. This interaction with others, whether this be with one other person or a group, is personal to each individual and is often an expression of feelings. All vocal communication comprises musical elements such as pitch, rhythm and timbre, demonstrating that musicality is an intrinsic part of being a human being. Music is a core component of children’s learning and should be shared with young children to ensure that they have a broad, balanced and rounded experience within childhood and beyond.

Our Music Curriculum is supported by Charanga. Charanga’s English Model Music Curriculum Scheme is aligned with the National Curriculum for Music and the non-statutory Model Music Curriculum (MMC) Guidance published by the DfE in 2021. This scheme provides clearly-sequenced units and lessons with week-by-week support for each year group. There are lesson plans, assessment documentation, a clear learning progression, as well as engaging and exciting songs and resources to support every lesson. Our scheme follows a spiral approach to musical learning, with children revisiting, building and extending their knowledge and skills incrementally. In this manner, their learning is consolidated and augmented, increasing their musical confidence and enabling them to go further. Teachers can adapt their teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of the children they teach.