Music Intent
At Giles Brook School we are committed to providing a passion and love for Music, where children are inspired to become talented musicians, their self-confidence and creativity is increased, and they gain a sense of achievement. We believe that music is a unique and powerful form of communication that has the ability to reach out to anyone and it allows us to make strong links with the community.
We feel a quality musical education promotes creativity and personal expression as well as development and reflection. Our musical curriculum aims to give children the opportunity to listen to and appraise a range of music from different historical periods, genres and styles. Children explore a range of musical elements e.g. pitch, tempo, form, using their voices and musical instruments. Through our musical scheme ‘Charanga’ we give children opportunities for improvisation and composition of their own music which allows them to experiment with technology and perform regularly to their peers. |
It is important to us that Music can be seen and heard throughout the curriculum. We endeavour to give children at our school the opportunity to listen to and experience live music wherever possible, from listening to calming, classical music during Art lessons, to visiting the theatre to watch musicals. We take pride in creating our own musical performances every year to allow the children to show off their musical, artistic and performance skills and developing confidence for everyone.
Children in Y4 receive whole class instrumental sessions where they learn the basics of the recorder, start to play and compose simple tunes and perform to their peers. Children sing regularly for enjoyment throughout our school and this strategy is also used to support cross curricular learning. In 2018-19, 36% of our KS2 pupils learnt an instrument within our school (taught by specialists from the MK Music Co-operative). In order to support our children as musicians for the future, we have good links with our local secondary school and, as a result, music is valued and a large percentage of pupils continue with their instruments as they transfer to the next stage of their education.
Children in Y4 receive whole class instrumental sessions where they learn the basics of the recorder, start to play and compose simple tunes and perform to their peers. Children sing regularly for enjoyment throughout our school and this strategy is also used to support cross curricular learning. In 2018-19, 36% of our KS2 pupils learnt an instrument within our school (taught by specialists from the MK Music Co-operative). In order to support our children as musicians for the future, we have good links with our local secondary school and, as a result, music is valued and a large percentage of pupils continue with their instruments as they transfer to the next stage of their education.