Britannia Terrace Houghton Le Spring Tyne And Wear DH4 6HL

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Dubmire Primary Academy

Proud to be part of Aim High Academy Trust

Music

Subject Lead- Mrs Kane

Here at Dubmire we strive to provide every child with a solid foundation in musical skills and seek to build every child’s love of music through high quality musical experiences both within and outside school. Each week children participate in a range of musical experiences, building up their confidence at the same time. They develop their understanding of rhythm and pitch and learn how music is structured, as well as learning technical vocabulary for these elements. We follows a spiral approach to musical learning, with children revisiting, building and extending their knowledge and skills incrementally. In this manner, their learning is consolidated and augmented, increasing musical confidence and enabling them to go further.

In our Key stage 1 and 2:

The music curriculum is taught progressively through three interrelated pillars: Technical, Constructive and Expressive. The pillars of music are developed through the curriculum which progressively builds pupils knowledge and skills of the following key concepts:

  • Musicianship (understanding music: pulse/beat/metre, rhythm, pitch/melody, tempo, dynamics, timbre, texture, structure/form)
  • Listening (exploring feelings and emotions in response to music, giving opinions, identifying instruments, structure, musical features)
  • Singing (developing pitch, melody, rhythm and control individually and as part of a group)
  • Playing an instrument with the song
  • Composing (improvising, composing, notating: representing sounds through symbols, standard and non-standard notation)
  • Performing (singing, playing instruments, individual and groups, practising, rehearsing, presenting, recording, evaluating)

In our Early Years Foundation Stage:
• Children are encouraged to join in with simple songs and phrases
• Children are encouraged to join in with ring games and move to music through dance expressing themselves freely.
• Percussion instruments and objects are provided to encourage a range of shaking, tapping, banging and blowing.
• Listen to a range of music and sounds making choices and preferences about what they like/ dislike.
• Children are encouraged to perform confidently through class assemblies, Christmas performances and on other occasions for parents and visitors.

End points
By the end of key stage 2, pupils should be able to:
1. Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency,
control and expression
2. Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music
3. Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
4. Use and understand staff and other musical notations
5. Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great
composers and musicians
6. Develop an understanding of the history of music.

Musical enriched provision

Throughout the school year , we provide opportunities for children in Key stage 2 to attend after school clubs in; choir, performing arts and glockenspiels. They also have the opportunity to advance their musical skills by taking up a musical instrument; Violins, guitars or drums. Children have the chance to expand their vocals skills even further in our weekly Choir assemblies.

 

Musical experiences

School Music performances 

Pantomime visits

Christmas performances

Community singing at Houghton Feast

Choir performances outside of school- Infantasia, The Big Sing

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Documents 

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Useful Websites

https://charanga.com/yumu/login 

Log in to Charanga's student platform to access lessons or homework set by your teacher.

https://www.singup.org/singupathome

Explore a range of different songs to sing along with at home. Sing to help you learn, cheer you up or just have fun!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/primary-music-ks1--ks2-index/z6762sg

BBC music gives opportunities to sing, take part in music activities and appraise music in relation to popular infant topics such as traditional tales and famous people. 

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