Music statement of intent 

Here at Prospect Hill Junior School we feel music is an important part of our wider curriculum and how it supports mental health and self-esteem and emotional well-being. Music is taught consistently throughout the year and music and singing assemblies are weekly. 

In line with the National Curriculum for music we understand that music must be an integrated, practical, exploratory and child-led approach to musical learning, something we feel is very important here at Prospect Hill Junior School.

Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high-quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and cultivate their talent as musicians. It should increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. Music has a rare ability to bring people together and connect both with each other and the wider world. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, perform and appreciate music in many different forms and genres. Music is the soundtrack to our school and can feed the soul of a community.

Our aims for music:

• To make music fun, accessible and interesting so that it becomes, or remains a hobby or pleasure, or develops to become a profession in adult life.
• For children to develop pride and confidence in their own musical ability and learn to work together.
• To provide opportunities for children to use different media when creating their own compositions.
• To provide an opportunity for the children to play a musical instrument.
• For children to appreciate music as a means of worship.
• To encourage children to develop their own musical tastes and to enable the children to learn about the music of different cultures, composers and about music through history.

Music Curriculum -

Autumn Term - Exploration

Spring Term - Notation 

Summer Term - Collaboration

Teaching Sequences

Teaching sequences have been carefully planned for every unit of work, so that our children can develop the substantive knowledge and disciplinary knowledge needed for Key stage 2. We consider previous learning so that children can build on what they know. We think about the vocabulary they will need to understand and use, and explicity teach this in lessons.