Music at St John XXIII Catholic Primary School
At St John XXIII Catholic Primary School, where we believe in nurturing the musical talents of each student. Our lead music teacher, with a passion for both teaching and music, spearheads a curriculum designed to enrich your child's educational experience and instill a lifelong love for music. Recognising the importance of cultural capital, we ensure our music education is comprehensive and inclusive, providing all students with the skills needed to appreciate and participate in musical activities.
Music is a strength of our school. We are fortunate to have a full time music teacher to lead music across the school. Mr Dalledone works with all classes across the school from Nursery to Year 6.
Mr Dalledone is an experienced musician and performer, he has a real passion for music and his energy is passed on to our children.
Mr Dalledone is confident in the teaching and learning of music across the school, we use the Charanga Music Scheme to support the teaching and learning in music and make use of the resources provided by this scheme. This ensures we have full coverage of the National Curriculum objectives.
At St John XXIII, we extend learning beyond the classroom through various music-related trips. These excursions complement our in-school learning, offering students unique opportunities to experience music in diverse settings. Whether it’s visiting concerts, participating in workshops, or performing in community events, these trips are integral to developing a deeper understanding and appreciation of music, contributing significantly to the cultural capital we strive to build in each student.
Intent
Text underneath your expanding block titles will be hidden until the user clicks the + icon to expand it.
Implementation
Our music curriculum is implemented in the following ways -
- Listening and Appraising
- Music Skills (instrumental and vocal)
- Reading skills (rhythm and stave)
- Practice and Performance skills
- Composing and Improvising Skills
- Theory (Knowledge and understanding - history)
- Music Technology (2Sequence, Busy Beats, Charanga)
Listening and Appraising
- Learn how to listen to music analytically
- identifying musical instruments,
- structure,
- style,
- specific features of the piece,
- Find and move (or clap) to the pulse/beat (identify time signature, etc.)
- Repeat rhythms present in the music (Make it your own)
- Repeat melody phrases (Make it your own)
Music Skills
- Instrumental:
- how to produce sounds with a music purpose, techniques, repetition and variation, improvising, structure awareness, dynamics, etc.
- Vocal:
- Sing in tune, diction, interpretation, techniques, structure awareness, improvising, etc.
- Ensemble/Band skills:
- Playing with others, performing skills, audience awareness and delivery, etc.
Reading Skills
- Reading symbols (EYFS, KS1) – Rhythms (Stick, spiders, sh…)
- Reading music notation (KS2) – Rhythms - Minim, Crochet, Quavers…
- Reading Notes (Score reading) – Pitch - C,D,E, etc… Identify on stave
- Sight Reading
Practice and Performing
- Individual and Group Practice
- Rehearsal
- Performing (Confidence, proficiency, audience response…)
Composing and Improvising
- techniques,
- structure,
- collaboration,
- decision making,
- Improvising
- Follow model (repetition)
- Creating own music on spot
Theory
- Knowledge and understanding of musical terms (Treble/Bass clef, stave, crochet, Adagio, etc…)
- Knowledge of history of music, composers (music periods),
- Understanding and identifying genres/styles, musical cultures…
- Theory in Practice (Clapping symbols accordingly, singing notes…
- Listening, Appraising and answer questions about the music
Impact
We measure the impact of the Music Curriculum in the following ways:
In-Class Feedback: Teachers provide immediate verbal feedback to pupils in class and identify misconceptions as they occur. Children are also given opportunities to watch performances by their peers and give feedback.
Assessment: We follow Charanga’s Musical School Assessment Framework, which enables teachers in England to respond to Ofsted’s key lines of enquiry concerning the Intent, Implementation and Impact of music education in their school.
We assess children's knowledge and understanding by questioning, listening and observation of performance in class as an on-going process. Recorded performances (audio or video) are excellent means of keeping evidence within this subject.
At the end of a unit of work, the teacher makes a summary judgement about the work of each pupil in relation to the National Curriculum level of attainment.
School reports: School reports are issued at the end of the school year.
At The Rosary Catholic Primary School we believe that music education is integral for children to develop their individual skills, sharing experience and cooperating with others. Engaging in music has supported children in developing their speech and encourages strengthening of bonds with their classmates.
Close
Social Wall