St Joseph'sCatholic Primary & Nursery School
Music
Music is all around us. It is the soundtrack to our lives. Music connects us through people and places in our ever-changing world. It is creative, collaborative, celebratory and challenging. In our schools, music can bring communities together through the shared endeavour of whole-school singing, ensemble playing, experimenting with the creative process and, through the love of listening to friends and fellow pupils, performing. The sheer joy of music making can feed the soul of a school community, enriching each student while strengthening the shared bonds of support and trust which make a great school. Model Music Curriculum 2021
Subject Lead: Mrs. Neilson
Today (19.3.25) the choir sang two contrasting songs of worship at the Highbridge Festival of Arts. They were absolutely amazing and we won a gold medal!
Children's thoughts about Music at St. Joseph's
We enjoy using different instruments and composing our own part of the song. ( Year 6)
I enjoy warming up our voices in music and clapping to the beat. (Year 5)
I love singing and it makes me feel calm ( Year 4)
I love getting together in choir and singing our favourite songs (Year 5)
I really enjoyed learning the Ukulele and exploring the different sounds it makes (Year 4)
I love to sing, it makes me feel happy (Year 1)
Our School Music Development Plan
This term ( Oct 24) a fantastic, local Musician came into school and talked to the children about intsruments. She shared her knowledge of the recorder and the saxophone. All the children thoroughly enjoyed listening to her play a variety of songs on her saxophone. The children and staff were able to request songs with the favourite being the 'Pink Panther.'
Term 2 (DEC 24) - Live Performance from Avalon Recorder Consort. A fanatastic opportunity for the children to listen to live Christmas music. Everyone loved joining in singing some of their favourites too.
Term 3 (Jan 25) - Today, we all enjoyed a live performance from Somerset Music. Everyone learnt about different brass instruments and loved listening to all the songs they performed.
Intent, implementation and impact.
Progression of skills, knowledge, musical elements and styles.
Termly topic breakdown
