lntent:
At Warren Park, class teachers and specialists from the Hampshire Music Service inspire children to develop a love of music and grow their talents as musicians. Opportunities within music lessons help to increase self-confidence and many children love to share their learning through performances for peers and parents. To ensure The National Curriculum aims are met, we follow a Progression of Skills developed by Hampshire Music Service. This ensures that all learners can:
- 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 play musical instruments 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
lmplementation:
Skilled teachers guide children through a sequence of musical discovery which includes listening to, analysing and performing music. A wide range of tuned and untuned instruments ensure that children are able to express themselves and explore a wide range of musical genres.
- Children will be given opportunities to be freely creative.
- We review musical compositions from differing historical eras and geographic locations to ensure a broad understanding of music throughout the world.
- Regular opportunities to sing together and review our ‘piece of the week’ further ensure a love of and understanding of music over time.
- Children will compose and perform pieces so as to deepen their understanding of music.
We sing a wide variety of songs and particularly enjoy singing our Warren Park themed lyrics. In Key Stage 2, children are given the chance to take part in after school clubs run by HMS and to audition for our school choir. Those that are successful take part in weekly lunchtime rehearsals where they learn how to perform in groups, sing in harmony and develop the confidence to sing solos. This gives us the opportunity to perform to the wider community at events such as:
- Christmas grotto openings
- Summer and Christmas concerts
- Sharing Christmas cheer at some of the local residential homes.
Last year, we took part in ‘The Power of Music’ (TPOM) which was a project implemented by Hampshire Music Service across the cluster of Leigh Park Schools. Children were exposed to new ways of creating music through the use of technology and also recorded their own raps as well as taking part in singing workshops and concerts.
lmpact:
We believe that music develops mutual respect for the differing opinions, beliefs and abilities of all in our community and the wider world and allows children another opportunity to understand the world in which they live.
- Children develop the creative, technical and practical knowledge needed to analyse music and perform their own compositions and existing pieces.
- Sequences of learning will ensure continued progression of musical skills which are assessed through the objectives (the musical dimensions) provided by HMS.
- Children will develop a love for and an understanding of music from across the world and through the ages.
- Children will grow in confidence through performance opportunities provided within school and as well as part of the TPOM project, which is continuing this year.