Music

By the end of Year 6, we want children at Oughtibridge Primary school to be able to understand the concepts below and to be able to answer these key questions about them.

Harmony – How can we blend sounds together in pleasing ways?

Texture – How can we vary tempo, melody and harmony to express ourselves musically?

Appraisal – How can we evaluate the characteristics within music to enhance our understanding of music in the world around us?

Notation – How can we develop our knowledge of musical notation to communicate our ideas to others?

Heritage – How can we learn about different cultures and beliefs from the way they express themselves through music?

These skills are developed as children are given opportunities to be creative, express themselves musically and develop confidence through composing and performing.

In our music lessons we teach children that music has immense worth. Children will know how to practise, rehearse and analyse and critique music performance. Performing music encompasses playing with others, as well as alone, which both necessitate learning many other skills.

Our children learn many important and necessary values for life as music enhances their mind and their expressive ability.

Would you like to know more about Music at Oughtibridge Primary School?

If you would like to see the topics we cover in Music, please download our Music Long Term Plan.

You can find out more about the specific way provision in Foundation Stage 2 links into the subject by reading about objectives that children  access in Music in the Foundation Stage.

You may also wish to find out more about how children make progress across the school by reading our Music Progression Grid which explains the knowledge and skills we expect a typical child to demonstrate at the end of each year.

Click here to return to the Curriculum page.