Music
Curriculum Overview
At Shade, music is a highly valued subject. It supports our pupils in building a sense of community and they grow in confidence through shared performances and singing. It enables them to show their creativity through the compositions and sounds they make and helps us to build the cultural capital of our children.
Our Music Curriculum is underpinned by Charanga and we employ a specialist music teacher to teach all year groups from EYFS to Year 6. It is built around a spiral progression to ensure skills are revisited and built upon each year
The units of Work comprise the of strands of musical learning which correspond with the National Curriculum for music:
Listening and Appraising
Musical Activities:
- Warm-up Games
- Optional Flexible Games
- Singing
- Playing instruments
- Improvisation
- Composition
All our children sing in one of our three Christmas productions; EYFS/KS1/KS2.
Calderdale Music- Strings
Our Year 4 children all learn to play the violin or cello paid for by school and delivered by Calderdale Music. At a subsidised cost to parents or via pupil premium funding, they are then given the opportunity to continue in Year and Year 6. Through Calderdale Music, pupils can undertake music lessons on a whole host of instruments.
Calderdale Music Statement of Intent
All our instrumentalists then perform as part of our annual ‘Shade Shines’ performance at the local Todmorden Hippodrome Theatre.
Our music specialist also offers in-school piano lessons to around 30 children at any one time, paid for by parents or in some cases pupil premium funding.
We are especially proud that the children have access to extra-curricular musical experiences. Our choir at KS2 meets weekly and as well as performing in Shade Shines, have taken part in local theatre productions, such as Evita and as part of extended community choirs for special events.
