See our Music Development Plan at the bottom of the page.

How does our Curriculum Vision become a reality? Find out about the teaching of Music at our school here.

Intent

At Ingham Primary School we want children to feel that they are musical, and to develop a life-long love of music. We focus on developing the skills, knowledge and understanding that children need to become confident performers, composers, and listeners. Children are introduced to music from all around the world and across generations, teaching children to respect and appreciate music from all traditions and communities. Children are taught musical skills through singing, body percussion and classroom instruments before putting these skills together in a performance. We encourage children to take part in a range of musical experiences including performances within our school and wider community. Additionally, pupils have the opportunity to take individual instrumental lessons with peripatetic teachers. They are encouraged to foster an enjoyment and love of music, in line with the aims of the National Curriculum (2014). 

Implementation

At Ingham Primary School we follow the Kapow scheme of work which takes a holistic approach to music, in which the individual strands below are woven together to create engaging and enriching learning experiences.

• Listening and evaluating
• Creating sound
• Notation
• Improvising and composing
• Performing

Over the course of their time at Ingham Primary School, children will be taught how to sing fluently and expressively and play tuned and untuned instruments accurately and with control. They will learn to recognise, demonstrate and name the interrelated dimensions of music - pitch, duration, tempo, timbre, structure, texture and dynamics - and use these expressively in their own improvisations and compositions.

The Kapow Primary scheme follows the spiral curriculum model where previous skills and knowledge are returned to and built upon. Children progress in terms of tackling more complex tasks and doing more simple tasks better, as well as developing understanding and knowledge of the history of music, staff, and other musical notations.

In each lesson, pupils will actively participate in musical activities drawn from a range of styles and traditions, developing their musical skills and their understanding of how music works. Lessons incorporate a range of teaching strategies from independent tasks, paired and group work, as well as improvisation and teacher-led performances. Lessons are ‘hands-on’ and incorporate movement and dance elements, as well as making cross-curricular links with other areas of learning.

In Key Stage 2, the children have instrument lessons with Lincolnshire Music Service for a term each year. The children learn 4 different instruments on a rolling programme: ukulele, djembe drums, brass instruments (trumpet, trombone, etc) and samba drums. This gives our children a wide experience of playing different musical instruments. Lincolnshire Music Service (LMS) deliver music sessions in Key Stage 2 for one short term every year. This means that by the time our children leave Ingham Primary School at the end of Year 6, they will have been exposed to playing 4 different instruments. LMS also deliver the Infant Music Programme to our Y1/2 children for a short term each year.

Parents also have the option to opt in to individual musical lessons for a cost-this is organised direct with LMS. Please speak to the school if you are interested.

Floor books are used across the school for photographs and other evidence from our music lessons. All of our children perform on the stage in our Key Stage 1 (EYFS, Y1 and Y2) Christmas production or the Key Stage 2 (Y3-6) Summer production. 

Every other year, the school takes a choir to sing at Young Voices; this is an amazing opportunity for the children to experience. We also take part in Arts week, where all the arts are celebrated in an exhibition to our local community, parents and carers. 

Impact

Whilst in school, children have access to a varied programme, which allows them to discover areas of strength, as well as areas they might like to improve upon.

Children will:

• Be confident performers, composers and listeners and will be able to express themselves musically at and beyond school.
• Show an appreciation and respect for a wide range of musical styles from around the world and will understand how music is influenced by the wider cultural, social, and historical contexts in which it is developed.
• Understand the various ways in which music can be written down to support performing and composing activities.
• Demonstrate and articulate an enthusiasm for music and be able to identify their own personal musical preferences.
• Meet the end of Key Stage expectations outlined in the National Curriculum for Music.

Pupils will leave Ingham Primary School equipped with a range of skills to enable them to succeed in their secondary education and to be able to enjoy and appreciate music throughout their lives.