Music

Music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. (Department of Education, National Curriculum) At Treales School our aim is to provide a music curriculum which will enable each child to reach their full potential in music, encouraging children to enjoy singing, composing and performing and provide children with the opportunity to perform in front of an audience. Our curriculum explores different elements of music, teaches important vocabulary and helps to develop an understanding on how music has changed throughout history. 

Across School, we use the Charanga Scheme of work, a music-based scheme in which children learn to sing and play instruments, covering basic skills such as pulse, rhythm, pitch and tempo. In KS1 and KS2, children have the opportunity to explore non-pitched instruments.  A steady progression plan has been built into Charanga, both within each year and from one year to the next, ensuring consistent musical development. By using Charanga as the basis of a scheme of work, we can ensure that they are fulfilling the aims for musical learning stated in the National Curriculum. Charanga provides many examples of music styles and genres from different times and places. These are explored through the language of music via active listening, performing and composing activities, which enable understanding of the context and genre.

At Treales, children in Lower KS2 are taught ukulele by their class teacher, with our classroom instruments. In Upper KS2, children have weekly guitar lessons, delivered by their class teacher, and are given an instrument to take home in order to practice. We encourage singing and listening to music for all children across KS1 and KS2, as well as in EYFS, with regular singing in Collective Worship as well as in class.  We sing a variety of songs during Collective Worship, with an emphasis on children’s spiritual and moral development. All children are given the opportunity to perform to their peers and families throughout their time at Treales School. At Christmas, EYFS and KS1 perform a Christmas Nativity play and KS2 present a Christingle Concert. Impact

The integral nature of music and the learner creates an enormously rich palette from which a student may access fundamental abilities such as: achievement, self-confidence, interaction with and awareness of others, and self-reflection. Music helps to develop an understanding of culture and history, both in relation to students individually, as well as ethnicities from across the world. Children are able to enjoy music, in as many ways as they choose- either as listener, creator or performer. They can dissect music and comprehend its parts. They can sing and feel a pulse. Class assemblies for parents and other community presentations allow the children to understand the importance of preparing for performance and promotes self-confidence and sense of achievement.