Music

Intent

At Redhill, we believe that Music is an invaluable subject that enriches and enhances our curriculum in a myriad of ways. Through studying music, children develop their language and reasoning whilst enhancing their memory skills and training themselves to constantly improve their work. Engaging with music builds imagination and intellectual curiosity whilst offering an exciting way for children to engage with some of the most amazing cultural achievements from Britain and the rest of the world. When playing instruments, children will learn pattern recognition, enhance their auditory skills, learn to work as part of a team and improve their confidence and self-esteem. We all engage with music on an often daily basis and it forms an integral part of our personal lives; by utilising this, children can learn to have a deeper understanding of the things they enjoy and increase their engagement in the classroom.

We have structured our curriculum to ensure that children are engaging with music in every year group and are building on their skills each year to develop a good understanding of music as well as the tools to develop their own compositions. Every child has the opportunity to learn an instrument in school and we also provide further opportunities for specialist teachers to come in to school and tutor children with a more specialised instrument.

Our music lessons link directly with our storybook curriculum in each topic and we have worked hard to ensure that children experience and learn about some of our culture’s greatest composers. These range from classical composers such as Holst and Tchaikovsky to modern film composers such as John Williams and Hans Zimmer. We also run a weekly choir club and sing daily in our assemblies and each year group performs a class assembly where they either perform or dance to a range of music from around the world.

Curriculum Overview

Redhill Curriculum: Music Overview
	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Reception	Celebration Music	Big Band Exploring sound	Musical stories Music and movement
Year 1	Timbre and Rhythmic Patterns – Fairytales	African Call and Response – Animals	Chanting and Tuned Percussion – Space
Year 2	Vocal and Body Sounds – By the Sea	Pentatonic Melodies and Composition – Chinese New Year	On this Island – British Songs and Sounds
Year 3	Ballads	Traditional instruments and improvisation	Adapting and transposing motifs
Year 4	Developing Singing Techniques and Keeping in Time – The Vikings	Musical Theatre	Rock and Roll
Year 5	Samba and Carnival	Changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics (rivers)	Looping and remixing
Year 6	Songs of World War Two	Composing Notation – Egyptians	Composing and Performing a Leavers’ Song

Key Three

Music That...

Every week, our Music co-ordinator, Miss Varney, sends out a playlist of three songs linked to a particular theme. These are used in school Community Time sessions and can be used at home to encourage discussion around an array of amazing songs and artists.

Teacher Playlists

Themed Playlists

Music Co-Ordinator

If you have any questions about this area of the curriculum, please feel free to get in touch with the co-ordinator either through Class Dojo or by contacting the school office.