Music
Music intent, implementation and impact statement:
St Anthony’s Intent, Implementation and Impact statement for Music.
Intent
Faith and Spirituality: Our faith at St Anthony’s is an important part of our school. We use music to develop this spirituality through hymns, allowing the children to develop their faith further.
Knowledge and Experiences: At St. Anthony’s we try give children a firm understanding of what music is through listening, singing, playing, evaluating, analyzing, and composing through a wide variety of historical periods, styles, and music genres.
Resilience: Whilst in school, children have access to a varied programme with singing and using glockenspiels, it allows them to discover areas of strength, as well as areas they might like to improve upon, build on their self-confidence and interaction with others.
At St. Anthony’s Catholic Primary School, our music curriculum intends to inspire creativity, self-expression and encourages our children on their musical journeys as well as giving them opportunities to connect with others. We hope to foster a lifelong love of music by exposing them to diverse musical experiences and igniting a passion for music. By listening and responding to different musical styles, finding their voices as singers and performers and as composers, all will enable them to become confident, reflective musicians.
Implementation
At St Anthony’s, the music curriculum ensures children sing, listen, play, perform and evaluate. This is embedded in the classroom through the structured music programme Charanga as well as the weekly singing assemblies, performances, and teaching from specialist music teachers (Diocesan Music lesson) for years 3/4. The elements of music are taught in the weekly classroom lessons so that children can use some of the music vocabulary, and understand how it is made, played, appreciated and analyzed. They also learn how to play glockenspiels to some existing composition sometimes improvising. Composing or performing using body percussion and vocal sounds is also part of the curriculum, which develops the understanding of musical elements without the added complexity of an instrument.
How the Scheme is structured
Each Unit of Work comprises the of strands of musical learning which correspond with the national curriculum for music:
- Listening and Appraising
- Musical Activities
- Warm-up Games
- Optional Flexible Games
- Singing
- Playing instruments
- Improvisation
- Composition
- Performing
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS & DISABILITIES (SEND)
Children with SEND are encouraged and expected to take part when and where possible.
On some occasions they might work with an adult supporting them or work collaboratively with others.
Intended Impact
- Pupils will enjoy music in as many ways as they choose – either as listener, creator or performer
- Pupils of all abilities will be able to succeed to their best ability in music lessons
- Pupils will be exposed to a variety of genres/styles of music
- Music will also develop an understanding of culture and history, both in relation to children individually, as well as ethnicities from across the world
- Music will help pupils be proud of their achievement, develop self-confidence, interaction with and awareness of others, and self-reflection
- Pupils might be encouraged to take up music as an extra-curricular activity out of school or additional 1-1 sessions in school
- Pupils have different opportunities to take part in performances
Whole School Music Development Plan
school music development plan summary 2024 2025.pdf
What do you like about Music?
"We get to play." "It's fun!"
"It's one of my favourite lessons." "I really love to sing."
As part of our Music curriculum in school, you can choose to take tuition in either guitar or keyboard.
Please speak to your class teacher or contact the office for more information about the costs involved etc.
There is a lot more about music in the area on the Bradford Music Online website - click here.
Leeds Diocesan Schools Singing Programme.