Music
Music Intent
Music is for every child and we want all children at St Gregory’s to feel that they are a musician. We want all children to be exposed to the power of music through engaging lessons and extra-curricular opportunities. Every child deserves the opportunity to engage with music of all styles and from all cultures, to develop their own musical journey. Our curriculum is designed in a way that children be immersed in music-making activities that deepen over the course of their seven years at our school.
We echo the aims of the National Curriculum that music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.
Our aims for Music at St Gregory’s:
- Children will 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
Children will learn about and deepen their musical understanding and connect this with their place in their community.
That children will 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.
Songs and singing lie at the heart of the learning process.
An authentic musical experience is at the heart of musical learning.
At each age and stage of development, musical learning is drawn from engaging with the
songs in each unit.
Music is fun, modern, inclusive and engaging.
The children will understand and connect with different styles of music from various cultures, particularly where cultures intersect.
Children will gain an understanding of historical and cultural contexts related to music.
Children will form their own musical opinions and learn to make their own musical decisions.